Resources

This 2019 professional development article from the Australian Journal of General Practice (AJGP) discusses reablement, restorative care and rehabilitation providing a function-focused approach to address the needs of older people with functional decline.

There is a need for greater, targeted support for LGBTI people with dementia from all care contexts, requiring service providers to be better informed in the additional considerations relevant to the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in this group. The Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration provides multiple resources about the LGBTQIA+ community.

This booklet has been developed by HammondCare for aged care staff who are caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.

This sheet from Dementia Australia is designed to give you some basic information about Lewy body disease and its associated disorders. It will help you understand what is happening in the home that you are visiting. It also gives you some tips so that you can assist both the client and their carer.

This video provides information about reablement practices, reablement programs and guidance documents. (23 min)

In collaboration with Dementia Training Australia, the Let’s CHAT (Community Health Approaches To) Dementia Team bring you a six-part series of webinars, which will give an overview of cognitive impairment and dementia care.

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, carers Kathy Williams and Imelda Gilmore speak about how knowing the person’s preferences and what is important to them helps in decision making about future lifestyle, care, and health decisions. (3 min)

Keynote address by Kate Swaffer, Chair, CEO & Co-founder Dementia Alliance International in a webinar by the Older Persons Advocacy Network. (16 min)

This presentation by Kate Swaffer was part of the Dementia Partnership Project Inaugural WA Community Services Symposium. (26 min)

This webpage provides a list of guidance documents on reablement approaches from different countries and the World Health Organisation.