Resources

This fact sheet from the Australian Government Department of Health is for families of people with dementia in residential aged care. It explains what they can do to help, including providing consent for medicines like benzodiazepines and antipsychotics.

This fact sheet provides a summary of aged care terms, descriptions and acronyms.

The information in this helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides family and community with tips to recognise and understand pain, and includes some ideas that can help.

This help sheet from Dementia Australia outlines the key principles to enable you to make simple changes at home or in a care facility to help make the best of everyday life.

This help sheet from Dementia Australia explains how supportive aids can be used to assist people living with dementia by supporting their independence, reducing the risk of dangerous situations occurring, helping them maintain a sense of well-being and staying at home longer.

"If you are thinking about home care for yourself or for someone you care for who has dementia, this help sheet may be useful". This resource is from Dementia Australia.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides ideas to help your First Nations family member feel more at home in aged care and keep connection with family, community and country.

This help sheet from Dementia Australia lists some of the important aspects of good care for people with dementia who are living in residential aged care homes, including the involvement of relatives and friends.

Physical activity is any movement made by skeletal muscles in your body that uses energy. This includes any incidental activity you might do during the day like doing the housework, and any planned physical activity, like exercise. This sheet from the University of Melbourne contains practical tips on beneficial activity levels, how to stay motivated, and key information sources.

This helpsheet from the Dementia Centre and HammondCare provides information about the use of floor-mounted wayfinding signage for people with dementia living in residential care.