Resources

In this course from Dementia Training Australia, you will learn how to identify and address the issues related to wandering for people living with dementia in the community, and for their carers.

This booklet from dementia Australia features information, tips and strategies on walking safely and what your community can do to help if you become lost or disoriented.

This webpage and video from Alzheimer's WA provides information about walking and dementia including why people walk, tips for reducing the risk of a person getting lost, assistive equipment and what to do if a person becomes lost.

This platform provides education and training on three key areas - dementia care, recognising and providing a palliative response to care, oral hygiene and links to health and well-being.

Vascular dementia is the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's disease. This webpage from Dementia Australia provides information about vascular dementia, risk factors, diagnosis, progression, treatment, and possible causes.

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia explores the benefits of activity engagement for people with dementia, and principles for selecting and individually tailoring activities (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access 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.