Resources

The Equip Aged Care Learning Packages from the University of Tasmania (Wicking Dementia Centre) are freely available to anyone interested in the aged care sector to help enhance knowledge and keep up to date with current practices.  One of the modules is specific to supporting people living with dementia and can be accessed by enrolling in the course.

This article from The University of Sydney provides insights about important things to consider when deciding to move a loved one with dementia into a nursing home.

This toolkit from Dementia Training Australia focuses on assessing and managing behavioural interventions for people living with dementia. It also links to resources to assess for wandering in long term care and in community and video presentation with slides on developing behavioural interventions. 

This online module from Dementia Training Australia discusses the use of Design Principles to create supportive environments for people living with dementia and develop tools for transformation within workplaces. (1 hr)

This online module from Dementia Training Australia discusses person-centred care and the priorities for a person-centred approach in aged care settings. The module includes the use of biography and tools to obtain the most relevant elements of the person's life story.

This online module from Dementia Training Australia provides an overview of pain, how common it is, and how to recognise pain in people with dementia who can’t tell us that they are in pain. (1 h)

This online module from Dementia Training Australia discusses the changes that happen in the brain of a person living with dementia and the impacts on the person. (40 min)

This online module from Dementia Training Australia discusses what person-centred care means especially in understanding the needs of the older person. (10 min)

In this podcast from Dementia Support Australia (DSA), two professors  discusses the meaning and best practice implementation of reminiscence and life story work in dementia care. (33 min)

This booklet from Dementia Australia features information, tips and strategies on staying connected to people living with dementia.