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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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Dementia Australia | Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Tips for Carers, Families and Friends of People Living with Dementia
Help sheets download Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Tips for Carers, Families and Friends of People Living with Dementia
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Dementia Australia | Support for people with dementia in ACT
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 Australia | For people with dementia - SA
The Client Services Team offer a range of services designed to support the specific needs of people living with dementia.
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Dementia Australia | Planning for the future
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
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Dementia Australia | Capacity and needs of people living with dementia a priority for aged and health care COVID-19 coronavirus responses
Tuesday 17 March 2020 The needs and capacity of people living with dementia must be a priority in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Hospitals, GP clinics, community health centres, community care and aged care homes are all currently responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak with various methods of urgent communication to their patients and clients.
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Dementia Australia | Dementia In My Family
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 Australia | Engage, Enable, Empower
Watch and read about the experiences of people living with dementia. Meet people like Trish (pictured), who wish to share their story so that they can help others living with a diagnosis of dementia.
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Dementia Australia | Dementia Friendly Home app
The Dementia-Friendly Home app provides carers with ideas to make their home more accessible for people living with dementia. With 70% of people with dementia living in the community, the app enables the home to be made more dementia-friendly. This can allow the person to stay in their own home, enjoy their regular lifestyle activities and remain engaged with their community
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Dementia Australia | Support groups - NSW
Support groups give you an opportunity to meet with others in a similar situation to share experiences, learn new ideas for skills for living with dementia and engaging in mutual problem solving. What happens at a support group meeting?
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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.
Read more on Ausmed Education website
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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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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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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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.
Read more on Ausmed Education website
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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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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