Resources

Dementia can have an impact on a person’s ability to communicate verbally. This sheet from Alzheimer's WA provides information regarding communicating and engaging with a person with dementia, stigma, what not to do, and life story books.

Designed by Dementia Training Australia, the Quick Reference Cards are designed as an on-the-spot point of reference for health professionals and care staff working with people with dementia, to help address responsive behaviours.

In this webinar from the Older Person's Advocacy Network, the panel covers communication changes after dementia onset, communication barriers faced by carers supporting a person living with dementia, practical strategies for communicating, and communicating with an individual from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. (1 h)

People with dementia often feel shocked and numb when told their diagnosis. These sections from Forward with Dementia contain information, tools and helpful strategies used by people with dementia.

The Responsive Behaviours App from Dementia Training Australia is an on-the-spot point of reference for health professionals and care staff working with people with dementia (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources).

Dementia is becoming better recognised as a terminal condition for which palliative care is appropriate and beneficial. This webpage from palliAGED provides information about palliative care in dementia care.

This 15-minute video from Dementia Training Australia introduces responsive behaviours, why they occur and what we can do to help reduce or eliminate them (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (15 min)

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides practical strategies to try when responding to common medication difficulties by understanding the person with dementia and their situation.

Guidelines which emphasise timely diagnosis; living well with dementia and delaying functional decline; managing symptoms through training staff in how to provide person-centred care and using non-pharmacological approaches in the first instance; and training and supporting families and carers to provide care.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides examples of common delusions and hallucinations that may be experienced by the person with dementia and how to respond to them.