responsive behaviours

Introducing DTA’s new course – on sedatives

18 Jun 2021

Nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professionals wanting to learn more about the Appropriate use of benzodiazepines and other sedatives with people living with dementia can now take up the...

Leading the change in medication management

16 Dec 2019

Kate Fulford and Andrew Stafford report on the findings from the first two years of the Dementia Training Australia Medication Management Consultancy

New standards – An opportunity to improve medication use in residential aged care

06 May 2019

Responsive behaviours are experienced by many people who are living with dementia. Non-medication approaches are overwhelmingly the most appropriate and effective means of providing support.

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New tool to monitor antipsychotic use in residential care

26 Feb 2019

DTA has developed a tool to help aged care providers monitor their use of antipsychotic medications.

Reducing ineffective and dangerous medications

23 Oct 2018

DTA Director Andrew Stafford writes about the alarmingly high proportion of people living with dementia using antipsychotic medications

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Building capacity in responsive care

06 Dec 2017

A staff training program to help residential aged care organisations address and reduce dementia related responsive behaviours.

CAUSEd

01 Feb 2017

The CAUSEd problem-solving tool assists carers to understand and respond when people with dementia are communicating their unmet needs through their behaviour.

Articles tagged with: responsive behaviours

Introducing DTA’s new course – on sedatives

Leading the change in medication management

New standards – An opportunity to improve medication use in residential aged care

New tool to monitor antipsychotic use in residential care

Reducing ineffective and dangerous medications

Building capacity in responsive care

CAUSEd

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