Key information about medication use in dementia care at your fingertips! This App was developed using existing DTA ‘Quick reference cards’, to assist residential aged care staff working with people...
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With limited guidelines carers have resorted to using extreme measures such as physical restraint and constant supervision to try to maintain safety. These reports have prompted us to review the...
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- Toolkit
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Information includes what side effects to look out for, and circumstances that lead to increased risk of side effects particularly altered cognition. Keep these cards close at hand e.g. by a...
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- Tool
- Tier
- Foundational
The Quick Reference Cards are a guide only, to remind or prompt interventions and raise points to consider, including the next steps to take. We recommend you refer to the resources they are based on...
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- Tool
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- Enhanced Practice
Increase your understanding of pain assessment and management for people living with dementia living in a residential environment.
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- Online course
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- Enhanced Practice
- Duration
- 2 hrs
This course was designed to help nurses and other health professionals understand the care experience from the viewpoint of the person living with dementia.
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- Online course
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- Foundational
- Duration
- 6 hrs
Introducing the key questions and practices that are part of a comprehensive behaviour assessment, with a focus on vocally disruptive behaviour (VDB). This is module 2 in the 7-part module series:...
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- Online module
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- Foundational
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Parent course
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Module 7 of 8 in: Understanding Changed Behaviour
This module raises awareness of the importance of individualised treatments, based on information gained from the comprehensive assessment. Better understand the importance of evaluating the...
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- Online module
- Tier
- Enhanced Practice
- Duration
- 40 mins
- Parent course
This module presents an overview of pain in people living with dementia and the recognition of pain in the absence of the ability to self-report. This is module 1 in the 3-part module series: The...
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- Online module
- Tier
- Enhanced Practice
- Duration
- 40 mins
- Parent course
This module presents a practical and systematic approach to conducting a comprehensive pain assessment.This is module 2 in the 3-part module series: The Pain Puzzle: Recognition, Assessment and...
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- Online module
- Tier
- Enhanced Practice
- Duration
- 40 mins
- Parent course
Information gathering and bedside tests focuses on information obtained through (carer or patient) interview or simple bedside tests that can assist with providing care. You will learn about the...
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- Online module
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- Foundational
- Duration
- 45 mins
- Parent course
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Module 7 of 9 in: The View from Here: Skills in Dementia Care for Acute Settings
In this module we ask you how you go about documenting your observations about people living with dementia who are your patients. We explore the value and limitations of some behavioural observation...
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- Online module
- Tier
- Foundational
- Duration
- 45 mins
- Parent course
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Module 6 of 9 in: The View from Here: Skills in Dementia Care for Acute Settings
In this module we explore some examples of how pain may be expressed and the challenges in assessing pain in a person living with dementia in a acute care setting. You will learn about the hierarchy...
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- Online module
- Tier
- Foundational
- Duration
- 1 hr
- Parent course
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Module 4 of 9 in: The View from Here: Skills in Dementia Care for Acute Settings
This module explores the characteristics of depression and anxiety in the context of dementia and the cultural considerations when caring for people living with dementia from an Indigenous...
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- Online module
- Tier
- Foundational
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Parent course
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Module 5 of 8 in: Understanding Changed Behaviour
Using a case study, we describe wandering in the context of dementia, explore how to use tools and models to assess it and strategies to trial. This is module 5 in the 7-part module series:...
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- Online module
- Tier
- Foundational
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Parent course
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Module 4 of 8 in: Understanding Changed Behaviour
This module steps you through the methods and processes you can use to identify whether a particular intervention has been effective, and how effective it has been. We use agitation as an example....
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- Online module
- Tier
- Foundational
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Parent course
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Module 3 of 8 in: Understanding Changed Behaviour