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Supporting wellbeing
These sections from Forward with Dementia contain information, tools and helpful strategies used by people with dementia.
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Supporting a person living with dementia
This webpage from Alzheimer's WA provides practical advice about the experience of a loved one having/being diagnosed with dementia, and information about available support.
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Stories from Forward with Dementia
A collection of stories from people living with dementia and/or carers.
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Start2Talk
Planning ahead is thinking about your future, and putting things in place so that your choices will be known and acted on if you cannot express these choices yourself later in life. Start2Talk provides resources to encourage conversations about care planning.
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Services to support people with dementia and their carers
Dementia causes a progressive decline in a person’s functioning and affects a person’s thinking, behaviour and ability to perform everyday tasks. This webpage from the BetterHealth Channel provides an overview of services to support people with dementia and their carers.
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Coming to terms with dementia
People with dementia often feel shocked and numb when told their diagnosis. These sections from Forward with Dementia contain information, tools and helpful strategies used by people with dementia.
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Cognitive impairment and dementia
Dementia is becoming better recognised as a terminal condition for which palliative care is appropriate and beneficial. This webpage from palliAGED provides information about palliative care in dementia care.
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Respite care for carers of people with dementia
This webpage from healthdirect provides some background and information about respite care.
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Caring for someone living with dementia
Information from myagedcare regarding support, the experience of living with dementia, working with health professionals, and making financial and legal decisions.
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Being dementia friendly
Being dementia friendly is about considering the human experience of dementia rather than just the biological condition. This webpage from Alzheimer's WA provides information about dementia, behaviours and stigma.