Resources

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides practical information about what care staff can do to be prepared in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak and how to support a First Nations person with dementia.

This sheet from Dementia Australia and NPS MedicineWise provides information about good medicine management to enable you and your family, friends and carers to actively participate in the management of your medicines.

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of people and their family and carers who are facing concerns associated with a life-limiting illness. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about palliative care.

People with advanced dementia may show behaviour that is very different to how they usually are. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about behavioural changes in advanced dementia.

Dementia is a group of diseases affecting the brain. Over time the person loses everyday skills. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about advanced dementia.

The first in a series of three webinars from Dementia Training Australia exploring how a family home can be bolstered to reduce the burden of dementia, what moving house might mean, and how a new home can still be supportive (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (42 min)

This booklet from the New England Dementia Partnership has been written for the Aboriginal Community, to raise awareness of dementia and how to reduce the risk of dementia.

In this course from Dementia Training Australia, you will develop the knowledge and practice skills needed to care for people with dementia in hospitals.

This online course from Dementia Training Australia will help you understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides information on why it may be appropriate to introduce a simulated pet to a person with dementia, who is likely to benefit, how to introduce a simulated pet to a person with dementia, and interaction activities and precautions.