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Specialist Dementia Care Program: Information Booklet
This booklet from the Australian Government Department of Health provides information for families and carers looking for specialised dementia care support services. The booklet includes an overview of program eligibility and referral requirements and where to go to for further dementia support.
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Sleep matters (course)
In this course from Dementia Training Australia, you will understand some of the issues older people have with their sleep, learn about the association between sleep and dementia and uncover ways that nurses and care workers can optimise sleep for those living in aged care.
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Six steps for safe prescribing antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in residential aged care
If you’re thinking of prescribing these medicines to manage the behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia, follow these 6 steps. This resource is from The Australian Government Department of Health, and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commision.
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Sexuality and people in residential aged care facilities
This booklet from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration, La Trobe University, and the Queensland University of Technology, aims to increase understanding about sexuality, what it means and how and why it might still be important to people living in residential aged care.
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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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Safe care for people with cognitive impairment during COVID-19: Poster
This poster from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care outlines four important actions in providing safe, high-quality care for people with cognitive impairment in hospital during COVID-19.
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Ron's story
Ron's wife, Diana, had dementia. As her carer, Ron struggled with facilitating the choices his wife wanted to make that he was unsure of. This video is from the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre. (4 min)
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Roles of psychologists in assessing and treating dementia
This article from InPsych provides information about psychological assessment of dementia, includes information about types of dementia, course and stages of dementia, differential diagnosis, dementia screening instruments, and roles for psychologists.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander roadmap for dementia research and translation
This sheet from the National Institute for Dementia Research provides guidance to government, researchers, industry and philanthropy on Australia's dementia research strategy and activity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities over the longer term.
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Reviewing and tapering antipsychotic medications forbehavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
A tool from NPS MedicineWise to facilitate multidisciplinary review of antipsychotic medicines prescribed for patients experiencing changed behaviour, including advice on how and when to taper.