Resources

This handbook from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centrehas practical tips and suggestions and provides a step-by-step approach to put supported decision-making into practice. 

Meredith Blake's presentation on supported decision-making as part of the ‘We’ in Dementia Community Services Symposium. (22 min)

This video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre explains supported decision-making for people with dementia from the perspective of a person with a diagnosis of dementia, carers, a geriatrician and an aged care facility manager. (6 min)

The Strategic Roadmap for Dementia Research and Translation guides the dementia research sector in meeting the urgent challenge that dementia presents to Australia’s health, economy and society. This resource is from the NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research.

A collection of stories from people living with dementia and/or carers.

STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment) are explicit criteria that facilitate medication review in multi-morbid older people in most clinical settings (Admin time: Highly operator dependent - 5 mins for an expert, up to 20-30 mins).

Planning ahead is thinking about your future, and putting things in place so that your choices will be known and acted on if you cannot express these choices yourself later in life. Start2Talk provides resources to encourage conversations about care planning.

This booklet from the Australian Government Department of Health provides information for families and carers looking for specialised dementia care support services. The booklet includes an overview of program eligibility and referral requirements and where to go to for further dementia support.

In this course from Dementia Training Australia, you will understand some of the issues older people have with their sleep, learn about the association between sleep and dementia and uncover ways that nurses and care workers can optimise sleep for those living in aged care.

If you’re thinking of prescribing these medicines to manage the behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia, follow these 6 steps. This resource is from The Australian Government Department of Health, and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commision.