Resources
Browse resources created and collated by ARIIA as a trusted, evidence-based guide to supporting innovation across the aged care sector.
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Dementia: Caring for the carer
This is the third video in a series of three from myVirtualMedicalCentre. This video focuses on understanding and managing Alzheimer's disease, and caring for the carer. (20 min)
Dementia Care Mapping: Supported living - Joy Lim
This video from Alzheimer's WA consists of Joy's 2017 symposium presentation on Dementia Care Mapping - supported living. (26 min)
Dementia Australia and Men's Sheds: Making a difference
This short film by Dementia Australia is about a program in the Hunter region of NSW for men in the early stages of dementia and male carers of people with dementia. (4 min)
Dementia: 10 minute exercises to improve your physical and mental health
First video in a series of three from myVirtualMedicalCentre: This video focuses on integrating more physical activity into the life of people of people with dementia - walks people through the 'ten for ten' exercises. (20 min)
Decision making capacity and people with dementia
In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Dr Dimity Pond discusses how a diagnosis of dementia doesn't mean you can't make decisions anymore. (2 min)
Coping with changing behaviour
This video from the Empowered Project provides perspectives about changed behaviour in dementia from professionals and family members of people living with dementia.
You're not alone: Discussing dementia - episode six: Losing the dreaming
This short film from Dementia Australia has been produced to provide information to carers of people living with dementia in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. The film features Birpai Elder, Uncle Bill O'Brien, discussing his experience of caring for his mother who had dementia. (4 min)
Who cares
Who cares is a short animated video from Carers NT that shows the roles of a carer and the support available for carers (Available in English and Yolngu Matha). (5 min)
Who can assist a person with advance care planning?
In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, general practitioner, Dr Dimity Pond talks about the different professionals who can have a role in prompting planning ahead within the course of their client interactions. (2 min)
Facilitating living using activities to enable and engage the person with dementia
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).