Resources

This webinar from Dementia Training Australia focused on meaningful engagement outdoors. It addressed our need to get outside, be active and enjoy the fresh air. (*please note you must be logged in as a Dementia Training Australia member (free) to watch video presentations and access resources). (43 min)

The goal of this collection of resources from Dementia Training Australia is to support those who wish to improve environments for people with dementia (*please note you must provide some information in order to access this resource).

The Dementia Training Australia Environment Activity Cards aim to spark conversations among staff, residents and visitors about residential aged care and retirement living buildings.

This information from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, Brisbane Airport, and The Australian Government provides guidance through the Brisbane Airport’s international terminal for people living with dementia and their travel companions.

Dr. Tracey Mackie's presentation on engaging people living with dementia in decision making at the Dementia Partnership Project Inaugural WA Community Services Symposium. (37 min)

The Framework from the Government of Western Australia Department of Health offers health service providers and administrators a guide to planning, developing and implementing local processes and solutions to address the needs of people with dementia.

This webpage from Alzheimer's WA provides guidance about the importance of lighting in Dementia care.

These facts are based on rigorous evidence from academic literature and the knowledge and experience of the Empowered experts comprising psychiatrists, geriatricians, social workers, pharmacists, scientists, dementia advocates and people with dementia and their carers.

In this video from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Associate Professor Gaynor Parfitt speaks about an evaluation of an exercise program for people with dementia that she is leading and the importance of gaining evidence to enable uptake of exercise programs for people with dementia in residential aged care. (2 min)

General practitioners have a key role in providing quality primary care in terms of the identification, assessment, provision of information, referral and ongoing management. This article published in Australian Family Physician discusses the role of the GP in the diagnosis and management of people with dementia.