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Dementia video series
Video: an introduction to dementia
Watch these videos to learn about dementia from an expert and how to reduce the risk of developing this condition.
Video: signs and diagnosis of dementia
These videos explain early warning signs of dementia, when to talk with your doctor and how dementia is diagnosed.
Video: dementia treatments and research
These videos cover treatment options for dementia, what can be done to delay its progression and dementia research.
Video: caring for someone with dementia
Watch these videos for advice on care options for people with dementia, and to find out what help is available for dementia carers.
Video: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and dementia
Watch Dr Mark Wenitong, a leader in Indigenous health, sharing insights on dementia management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Living with dementia: making treatment decisions - NPS MedicineWise
People living with dementia have the right to make decisions about their care & treatment. Find out more about advance care planning for dementia.
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Caring for someone who lives alone | Dementia Australia
Each person with dementia is unique and so is the situation in which they find themselves. While most people live with a partner or in some type of family situation, increasingly many people live alone. This may be by choice, or by circumstance. Whatever the reason, it creates a particular challenge for people who care for someone with dementia who lives on their own.
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Help with Dementia | Dementia Australia
Help with Dementia is an online support portal for people living with dementia, their families and carers
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Planning for the future | Dementia Australia
Money matters Make sure that all your important documents such as insurance policies, mortgage and financial papers are the way you want them to be. Tell someone you trust where they are kept. In most states and territories, a person can sign a document called an 'enduring power of attorney'. An enduring power of attorney is a legal arrangement that enables a nominated person to look after your financial affairs if you become unable to do so.
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Support for people with dementia in ACT | Dementia Australia
Dementia Australia ACT offers a range of services for people living with dementia or those concerned about increasing lapses of memory.
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Dementia In My Family | Dementia Australia
Dementia in My Family offers valuable resources and information for children and adults who either know someone living with dementia or have dementia in the family.
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Dementia language guidelines | Dementia Australia
The purpose of this paper is to promote the consistent use of appropriate, inclusive and non stigmatising language when talking or writing about dementia and people living with dementia.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Tips for carers, families and friends of people living with dementia | Dementia Australia
Be mindful of the symptoms of coronavirus COVID-19 such as fever, a cough, sore throat, tiredness and shortness of breath. If you display any of these symptoms, contact your doctor for advice or call the Coronavirus Health Information Line for advice on 1800 020 080.
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Dementia care | Dementia Australia
Research into quality dementia care and the best ways of supporting carers provides important insights into improving quality of life of people with dementia, their families and carers. Research into improving quality of life for people with dementia While there is currently no cure for dementia, research has shown that there is much scope to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia through management of symptoms and providing a supportive environment. Person centred care is considered important.
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I am a carer, family member, or friend | Dementia Australia
Information and ideas for carers, family members, and friends. Activities for people with dementia Advance care planning Caring for someone who lives alone
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Purposeful Engagement & Activities for People with Dementia
This article will provide carers with a foundational understanding of purposeful engagement and activity design, to ensure their clients with dementia receive effective person-centred care.
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Dementia Types and Symptoms | Ausmed
Dementia is the term used for a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain–it is not one specific disease. There are 6 main cognitive domains that may be affected by dementia. An estimated 1,800 new cases of dementia are detected each week and this is expected to grow.
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Enrich Your Exercise Programs: Add a Cognitive Overlay
Margaret lives in a nursing facility. She has dementia and believes that the doll in her room is a baby. Every day she dresses the baby, feeds it, fails to notice that the baby does not swallow the food pooling on the floor, and gets angry if caregivers fail to acknowledge the baby’s existence.
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A Day in the Life of a Patient With Dementia
Molly wakes up in and hears her husband making breakfast. She gets out of bed and walks into the kitchen, where she sees a stranger in the place of her husband. This sounds like the script for a murder mystery movie; instead it is dementia, and it affects 342,000 people in Australia every day.
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Psychological treatments for depression and anxiety in dementia and mild cognitive impairment | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: We found evidence that psychological interventions added to usual care can reduce symptoms of depression and clinician-rated anxiety for people with dementia
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Exercise for Dementia | Ausmed
There was nowhere to stand, eat, sleep, or a place to work where you could avoid hearing the laboured painful moans of the woman in room 14. There was no beginning to her cry and no end. It was on a perpetual loop, interrupted only by sleep and medications. Even the staff had started avoiding her.
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How Can we Prevent the Risk of Dementia?
Probably my favourite TED Talk is that by Lisa Genova, ‘What can you do to prevent Alzheimer’s?’ (Watch below) (2017) In the talk, Genova states that we can reduce our risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease by implementing lifestyle changes.
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Rivastigmine for people with Alzheimer's disease | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Rivastigmine (6 to 12 mg daily orally or 9
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Delirium Awareness and Cognitive Impairment | Ausmed
Cognitive impairment is a term used to describe someone’s current state. It generally presents as a state of confusion, loss of memory or attentiveness, trouble understanding or making sense, difficulty recognising people, places or things, or changes to mood.
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Bereavement - Synthesis
Detailed summary & identified gaps from research on the bereavement & grief of older persons in aged care & their families.
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