Resources

These facts are based on rigorous evidence from academic literature and the knowledge and experience of the Empowered experts comprising psychiatrists, geriatricians, social workers, pharmacists, scientists, dementia advocates and people with dementia and their carers.

This pamphlet from the Empowered Project provides information about changed behaviour, drug treatment, and consent.

Information regarding driving and dementia from Alzheimer's WA, including keeping safe while still driving, how to assess driving capacity, starting conversations about driving, and alternatives to driving.

This guide from the NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group Inc. provides deprescribing information that can be applied to written and/or verbal communication (in the form of “preferred language”) between clinicians, patients and/or carers. Adapt appropriately for individual patients.

This Pamphlet from Queensland Health provides contact information and guidance for specific specialties which a person living with dementia may want to consider reaching out to.

Theis Pamphlet from Queensland Health details the types of clinicians and organisations that someone with a recent diagnosis may wish to contact in relation to a number of commonly experienced issues.

This sheet provides information regarding what dementia is, types of dementia, causes, and psychological approaches to assessment and treatment.

This fact sheet from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care provides information about why people with dementia can also have trouble with bladder and bowel control.

This tool from Dementia Support Australia is designed to assist health care professionals assess causes of delirium that may be impacting on a person’s behaviours.

This sheet from Dementia Australia provides information on delirium,  presentation, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, management, relevance to dementia.