Resources

When someone living with dementia is experiencing high levels of stress or distress, they may present with particular behaviours that could increase the risk of harm to themselves or others. This helpsheet from Dementia Support Australia provides information about providing one-to-one care for the person living with dementia.

This toolkit is the product of a project carried out over two years by HammondCare and Uniting Aged Care Victoria and Tasmania. The purpose of the project was to demonstrate that resident behaviours of concern could be reduced by making simple, evidence-based changes in four different areas of aged care.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. This help sheet from Dementia Australia provides information about the progression of Alzheimer's disease including stages, mild Alzheimer's disease, moderate Alzheimer's disease, and advanced Alzheimer's disease.  

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.  

The behaviour support plan resources from Dementia Support Australia offer to build understanding of behavioural support and what a good behaviour support plan may look like, and provide a guide to creating a good behavioural support plan, and how to play a part in bringing behavioural support plans to life.

Proposal of a seven-tiered model of service delivery based on severity and prevalence of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

This guide from the University of Queensland and the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration can help you think about how to help your loved one with dementia and protect both of you from harm in the event of a natural disaster.

Catalyst takes you inside a program which is revealing that personalised playlists can re-awaken the brains of people with advanced dementia and allow people with severe Parkinson's to move. (29 min)

An Australian guidebook from the Prince of Wales Hospital Aged Care Psychiatry Service for facilitators to introduce Australian content into cognitive stimulation therapy sessions.

This position paper from the National Aged Care Alliance includes a rationale for recommending action on assistive technologies and a map of assistive technology programs and departmental funding responsibilities for assistive technologies for older Australians.