Resources

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.

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.

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.

This webpage from healthdirect provides some background and information about respite care.

Information from myagedcare regarding support, the experience of living with dementia, working with health professionals, and making financial and legal decisions.

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.  

This webpage from Alzheimer's WA provides information about assistive technology including the benefits of assistive technology in dementia care, where assistive technology is right for you, and links to specific technologies.

Dementia is characterised by significant loss of cognitive abilities such as memory capacity, psychomotor abilities, attention, visuospatial functions, insight and executive functions. This webpage from Austroads describes the impact of dementia on fitness to drive.  

This webpage and video from Alzheimer's WA provide information about the home environment for persons living with dementia and their family/carers - including safety tips, bathroom and other rooms, in the garden (includes video).

This webpage from healthdirect provides information about Alzheimer's disease including, what Alzheimer's disease is, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, complications, caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease, and resources and support.