Resources

This open access article by Koh et al. evaluates pet robot activities and their implementation with aged care residents living with dementia.

This webpage from IRT Group explores creative activities in residential aged care, including ways to engage people living with dementia.

This webpage from Superior Care explains diversional therapy and how tailored recreational activities support aged care residents' wellbeing.

This project report by Steele et al. highlights the harms experienced by people living with dementia in residential aged care and frames reparations as a rights-based response to acknowledge, address and prevent those harms. It sets out principles and recommendations to strengthen accountability, justice and dignity within the aged care system.

This fact-sheet from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration explains the human and legal rights of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people living with dementia.

This collection of videos from NeuronsVR show how Virtual Reality can be used to engage older adults in memory support activities.

This report by Steele et al. outlines a human rights–based framework for supporting people living with dementia, highlighting the need to uphold dignity, autonomy, inclusion, and participation in all aspects of care, policy, and community life.

This Open Access article by Radford et al. examines the potential risk factors for dementia in the majority urban and regional population, with a representative sample of 336 Aboriginal Australians aged 60 years and older.

This report from OPAN aims to capture the views and experiences of people living with dementia, their supporters and professionals on supported decision-making in Australia. 

This Open Access article by Hughson et al. describes the development of a best-practice guide for cognitive and dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.