Resources

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.  

Build the knowledge and skills of your team with Ask Annie, a mobile app designed for self-paced microlearning. This app from Dementia Australia provides practical tips and strategies to better support people living with dementia.

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 webinar from Dementia Training Australia covers the benefits of touchscreen technology and apps, how to select apps, and practical strategies for using apps. (31 min)

This manual from the Queensland University of Technology has been designed to assist primary carers to prepare resources to enable clear communication about their family member’s unique care needs.

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Tara recounts her first-hand experiences with medication use in older adults when she became a carer for her father who had dementia. (3 min)

This short video from the National Ageing Research Institute provides practical tips about lifestyle changes to prevent the onset of dementia (available in English, Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Tamil, Greek, Vietnamese, Spanish, Italian).

This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia outlines how engaging with animals can help the person with dementia express their emotions, feel validated, provide an opportunity for reminiscence and more.

Using an evidence-based approach, Anglicare SA delivers a few minutes of dementia care training every day. James Stack, Director and Co Founder of OBVIOUS CHOICE, introduces how the campaign was run and the technology that effectively supported its implementation. (4 min)

This fact sheet from Exercise is Medicine Australia provides information about Alzheimer's disease, risk factors, how exercise can help, and what type of exercise is recommended.