Resources

Top tips and key quotes from the Forward with Dementia expert panel at a webinar titled 'Navigating the System: Finding supports after a dementia diagnosis'.

STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment) are explicit criteria that facilitate medication review in multi-morbid older people in most clinical settings (Admin time: Highly operator dependent - 5 mins for an expert, up to 20-30 mins).

A tool from NPS MedicineWise to facilitate multidisciplinary review of antipsychotic medicines prescribed for patients experiencing changed behaviour, including advice on how and when to taper.

Designed by Dementia Training Australia, the Quick Reference Cards are designed as an on-the-spot point of reference for health professionals and care staff working with people with dementia, to help address responsive behaviours.

You are in control of who you tell about your dementia, when you tell them, and how (and how much) you tell. This worksheet from Forward with Dementia helps you figure out how and when to share your diagnosis with family and friends.

This resource from Forward with Dementia provides a list of possible questions to ask your doctor after a diagnosis of dementia.

The behaviour support plan resources from Dementia Support Australia offer to build understanding of behavioural support and what a good behaviour support plan may look like, and provide a guide to creating a good behavioural support plan, and how to play a part in bringing behavioural support plans to life.

A simple, easy-to-use checklist from the Australian Catholic University for palliative care needs rounds which aims to improve the quality of life and death for nursing home residents.

A worksheet from Forward with Dementia to identify your goals and work out strategies to overcome barriers to achieving those goals.