Explore training to support evidence-based dementia care.
We consider the nature of aggressive behaviour and how identifying the underlying issues allows interventions to be trialled. Caring for someone from a culturally and linguistically diverse...
This is a half day workshop that focuses on changed behaviour in people living with dementia. The workshop focuses on the prevalence of changed behaviour and psychological symptoms in people living...
This course is designed to provide easily accessible dementia care education for Volunteers who are supporting people living with dementia or experiencing memory and thinking problems. It aims to...
This workshop is based on the train-the trainer model where key aged care training staff from a number of providers attend the workshop to learn more about changed behaviour and how to facilitate...
In this module you will continue to work through the case study to illustrate a suggested approach for introducing, monitoring and withdrawing a regular antipsychotic.This is module 2 in the 2-part...
In this webinar, Dr Monica Cations provides practical advice on how to deliver safe and accessible care for people living with dementia who have experience traumatic events. You’ll learn about the...
The learning and training ‘tools’ you’ll find in this toolkit focus on best practice approaches with an emphasis on the person behind the behaviour, as well as specific changed behaviour and...
Join Roslyn Malay and Dr Wendy Allan as they discuss best practice clinical and cultural principles to identify and support the health and wellbeing of carers of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
This webinar focuses on how we can support residents to personalise their bedroom and have a richer dining experience.The other webinar in this series is “Familiar places”.
Learn how to identify and address the issues related to wandering for people living with dementia in the community, and for their carers.
You'll build on your knowledge of dementia and changed behaviours and learn about tools designed to assess wandering behaviour. You will also learn about interventions that may help to keep a person...
You will learn how to take a structured approach to identifying and assessing behaviours and use this information to plan appropriate interventions.This is module 1 in the 3-part module series:...
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has recommended an industry-wide shift to small household models of accommodation. Part of this is a change in “bricks and mortar,” but a group...
Our panel of experts from Dementia Training Australia (DTA), Dementia Support Australia (DSA), and Dementia Australia will outline the important elements of good practice as well as programs and...
An expert panel discussion with audience Q&A took place on Friday, 17 September 2021 to discuss where we need to focus research, clinical practice and policy development moving forward, including...
The first in series of three webinars exploring how a family home can be bolstered to reduce the burden of dementia, what moving house might mean, and how a new home can still be supportive.This is...
