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Dementia Care (2022)
Ideal for quick reference, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information on caring for patients with dementia at your fingertips. Evidence-based and fully updated for this second edition.
Fast Facts for Dementia Care - 2nd Ed. (2021)
delivers specific care strategies for all stages of dementia in a wide range of clinical settings, including acute care, long-term care, and home and community settings. Chapters introduce relatively simple dementia-specific interventions nurses can incorporate into their care plans to prevent or address problems before they escalate. Using bullet points and concise paragraphs, this streamlined resource discusses the issues faced by people with dementia and their care partners and what nurses can do. It addresses disease progression, assessment and management of pain, medications, safety concerns, communication strategies, ethical issues, and end-of-life care. Completely updated with the newest guidelines for evidence-based, person-centered care of people with dementia. New information of cultural considerations including culturally appropriate communication, considerations related to treatment goals, and more Chapters on Emotional Needs of People with Dementia and Self-Neglect and Elder Abuse
Discusses communication techniques for different stages of dementia
Describes numerous interventions for addressing issues such as pain, safety, end-of-life care.
Online Videos - Dementia - Health Services Assistance
Caregiver Training: Refusal to Bathe (2015)
he UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series provides viewers with practical tools you can use in a variety of settings to create a safe, comfortable environment both for the person with dementia and the caregiver
Dementia Australia - Virtual Reality: 'Every 3 Seconds' (2018)
Virtual reality and computer games are bringing about a positive change in dementia care. Dementia Australia has embraced innovations in technology to provide immersive and interactive experiences to enhance learning, engagement and understanding.
Dementia Care Aggression - Simulation Scenario (2016)
This video illustrates the behaviour of a person who is agitated and behaving aggressively. It then demonstrates ways in which health care professionals may manage a person with dementia that exhibits aggressive behaviour.
For more clinical simulation resources please visit http://ww2.clinsim.health.wa.gov.au/
The Nursing Assistant: Dementia Care (2021)
Examining decline in mobility, unwanted weight loss and dehydration, and decline in bowel and bladder control, this program defines dementia and describes typical patterns of decline. It explains how dementia can affect food and fluid intake and its consequences and looks at how dementia contributes to loss of bowel and bladder control.
Queensland research into dementia treatments a 'game changer' for sufferers (2022)
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Associate Professor Tony White researches dementia treatments in the hope of finding better treatments for the condition.
Wattle's innovative program for people living with dementia - Australia (2013)
Nurses and carers at Rural Northwest Health's Wattle unit in Warracknabeal, Victoria, have developed a capability model of care and other techniques devised from the Montessori training method. Residents of Wattle who previously spent their days in a vegetated state in front of the TV, are now performing useful tasks and engaging in activities. The results are having an amazing effect on the residents and their families as well as the staff involved
What is dementia? (2020)
Dementia is a group of cognitive diseases and conditions which cause a progressive decline in mental functioning. It can impact the way a person communicates, remembers, makes judgements and navigates social situations.
People with dementia may have:
Memory loss
- Difficulty thinking
- Trouble recognising people
- Confusion or begin acting unlike themselves.
Websites - Dementia - Health Services Assistance
Dementia Australia
Fact sheets, services and education resources. Purposeful activities for dementia.
Dementia Foundation (2020)
The focus of Dementia Foundation for Spark of Life is to humanise care for people with dementia. It is about facilitating a culture where people with dementia feel valued, loved and supported.
Dementia in Australia (2023)
. This online report provides a comprehensive picture of dementia in Australia, including the latest statistics on dementia prevalence, burden of disease, deaths, expenditure, as well as the use of health and aged care services among people with dementia and information on carers of people with dementia.
WA Centre for Health and Ageing
We have a strong record of success into the research of dementia, depression, Indigenous health, person centred aged care, stroke and frailty. Our research has resulted in better care and improved treatments for older people.
Physical Books in the Library - Dementia - Health Services Assistance
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia (2018)
This guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them. Outlining the challenges faced by people living with advanced dementia, this book shows how to relieve the strain on relationships between them, their families, and professional caregivers through better, person-centred communication. It includes communication assessment tools and guidance on how to build on the communication repertoire of the individual with dementia using nonverbal means including imitation, facial expressions, sounds, movement, eye gaze and touch. With accessible evidence and case studies based on the authors' research, Adaptive Interaction can be used as the basis for developing interactions without words with people living with dementia.
Dementia Beyond Disease (2017)
Eye-opening exploration of how to improve the lives of people with dementia and those who care for them. Focusing on seven essential domains of well-being, G. Allen Power challenges readers to evaluate their attitudes, expectations, and approaches and to embrace new ways of thinking that will lead to better solutions to problems encountered in all types of care settings.
Dementia Beyond Drugs (2017)
Years before the federal government started setting goals to reduce the use of psychotropic drugs in long-term care settings, Dr. Al Power argued eloquently in his trailblazing book Dementia Beyond Drugs about the harm done by these medications in the symptomatic treatment of dementia. This revised second edition introduces new research, language, and examples to reinforce the core message that antipsychotic medications are not the solution to ease the distress experienced by individuals living with dementia, and presents alternative solutions for providing respectful, individualized support and care. Unique features in the book include: * Discussion of new drug studies and government reports on the dangers and ineffectiveness of antipsychotic medications in the dementia population * Innovative practices in dementia care * A pathway to meet--and exceed--the drug-reduction goals established by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
The experienced carer : frontline leaders in Australia's aged care workplaces ; 3rd ed. (2020)
The Experienced Carer 3e will be designed for the Certificate IV in Ageing Support, in a growing mid-sized market of around 15,000 enrolments pa.
Senior frontline carers ' both in HACC and residential settings ' are central to making ageing a positive and largely self-managed experience. This training manual seeks to target the advanced care and frontline leadership skills of senior carers. In doing so it reflects the Community Services Training Package competencies for the Certificate IV level award for aged care work. The Experienced Carer, 3e addresses the compulsory competencies, plus electives from the CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support qualification.
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability (2021)
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: Principles for Nursing Practice provides the knowledge and skills necessary for nursing and allied health students to provide quality, competent care to people living with a chronic illness or disability. The text has a strong evidence base, but is founded in reality. It includes practical, useful principles for holistic care, self-management, and a multidisciplinary approach. It also covers a range of issues affecting patients, carers and families, with a focus on empowering individuals as they adjust to the life-changing journey of chronic disease and disability.
Fast Facts for Dementia Care - 2nd Ed. (2021)
delivers specific care strategies for all stages of dementia in a wide range of clinical settings, including acute care, long-term care, and home and community settings. Chapters introduce relatively simple dementia-specific interventions nurses can incorporate into their care plans to prevent or address problems before they escalate. Using bullet points and concise paragraphs, this streamlined resource discusses the issues faced by people with dementia and their care partners and what nurses can do. It addresses disease progression, assessment and management of pain, medications, safety concerns, communication strategies, ethical issues, and end-of-life care. Completely updated with the newest guidelines for evidence-based, person-centered care of people with dementia. New information of cultural considerations including culturally appropriate communication, considerations related to treatment goals, and more Chapters on Emotional Needs of People with Dementia and Self-Neglect and Elder Abuse
Discusses communication techniques for different stages of dementia
Describes numerous interventions for addressing issues such as pain, safety, end-of-life care.
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia (2018)
This guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them. Outlining the challenges faced by people living with advanced dementia, this book shows how to relieve the strain on relationships between them, their families, and professional caregivers through better, person-centred communication. It includes communication assessment tools and guidance on how to build on the communication repertoire of the individual with dementia using nonverbal means including imitation, facial expressions, sounds, movement, eye gaze and touch. With accessible evidence and case studies based on the authors' research, Adaptive Interaction can be used as the basis for developing interactions without words with people living with dementia.
Dementia : the one-stop guide : practical advice for families, professionals and people living with dementia and Alzheimer's disease (2020)
Recognising symptoms and getting help - Treatment and remaining healthy - Being a carer - Managing financially - Care homes and staying at home This edition is updated to include new research on sleep, exercise and reducing dementia risk
Dementia Beyond Disease (2017)
Eye-opening exploration of how to improve the lives of people with dementia and those who care for them. Focusing on seven essential domains of well-being, G. Allen Power challenges readers to evaluate their attitudes, expectations, and approaches and to embrace new ways of thinking that will lead to better solutions to problems encountered in all types of care settings.
Dementia Beyond Drugs (2017)
Years before the federal government started setting goals to reduce the use of psychotropic drugs in long-term care settings, Dr. Al Power argued eloquently in his trailblazing book Dementia Beyond Drugs about the harm done by these medications in the symptomatic treatment of dementia. This revised second edition introduces new research, language, and examples to reinforce the core message that antipsychotic medications are not the solution to ease the distress experienced by individuals living with dementia, and presents alternative solutions for providing respectful, individualized support and care. Unique features in the book include: * Discussion of new drug studies and government reports on the dangers and ineffectiveness of antipsychotic medications in the dementia population * Innovative practices in dementia care * A pathway to meet--and exceed--the drug-reduction goals established by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability (2021)
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: Principles for Nursing Practice provides the knowledge and skills necessary for nursing and allied health students to provide quality, competent care to people living with a chronic illness or disability. The text has a strong evidence base, but is founded in reality. It includes practical, useful principles for holistic care, self-management, and a multidisciplinary approach. It also covers a range of issues affecting patients, carers and families, with a focus on empowering individuals as they adjust to the life-changing journey of chronic disease and disability.
