Resources

This help sheet from LGBTIQ+ Health Australia and Dementia Support Australia provides information and tips for care staff to better understand the life events the LGBTI person with dementia may have experienced and enable tailored care and support.

These sections from Forward with Dementia contain information, tools and helpful strategies used by people with dementia.

This resource from Dementia Support Australia is to help you understand behavioural support, what a good behaviour support plan looks like, provide a guide to creating a good behaviour support plan, and how to play your part in bringing behaviour support plans to life.

In this course from Dementia Training Australia, you will increase your knowledge of caring for a person experiencing dementia-related responsive behaviours and explore how people with dementia may express their needs through behaviour, rather than words.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides guidance on using validation to communicate an understanding of the emotional state of the person with living dementia.

This online course from the University of Tasmania provides knowledge designed to maximise quality of life across the trajectory of dementia for people with the condition, their families and caregivers.

Information from Alzheimer's WA regarding understanding the impact of dementia, the lived experience, labelling behaviour, and common changes.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia aims to assist in understanding how apathy affects people living with dementia and how carers can respond.

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia provides practical advice on how to deliver safe and accessible care for people with dementia who have experienced traumatic events (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (53 min)

Top tips and key quotes from the Forward with Dementia expert panel at a webinar titled 'Navigating the System: Finding supports after a dementia diagnosis'.