Resources

People with advanced dementia may show behaviour that is very different to how they usually are. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about behavioural changes in advanced dementia.

Dementia is a group of diseases affecting the brain. Over time the person loses everyday skills. This sheet from palliAGED provides information for care workers about advanced dementia.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides information on why it may be appropriate to introduce a simulated pet to a person with dementia, who is likely to benefit, how to introduce a simulated pet to a person with dementia, and interaction activities and precautions.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia is a useful guide to consider the use of music and personalised playlists to encourage engagement of a person living with dementia.

This position paper from the Dementia Centre and HammondCare provides background information on the use of murals in care settings, issues around the lack of evidence-based research in murals having positive outcomes for people with dementia, and critically examines some common assumptions on the use of murals in the care setting.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia details when the use of GPS may be appropriate, how to obtain consent, and what to consider when introducing and using GPS.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia outlines why you might consider introducing a doll as a therapeutic intervention and who is likely to benefit.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia is a useful guide for aged care providers to consider the use of activity sheds to encourage engagement of a person or persons living with dementia.

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia and LGBTIQ+ Health Australia contains information for care staff to support both the sexual and intimacy needs of an LGBTI person with dementia and understand why changes in behaviour may occur if these needs are not being met.

The supported Decision-Making Help Sheet from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre provides an introduction to supported decision-making (available in English, Greek, Simplified Chinese, and Italian).