Resources by section

Carers

• National Dementia Helpline. 1800 100 500. Alzheimer’s Australia. A telephone information and support service available across Australia for people with dementia, their carers, families and friends.
• Carers Australia, 1800 242 636. The national peak body for carers provides advocacy, information, advice and counselling for carers.
• Carer Gateway, 1800 422 737. This is the Australian Government’s gateway providing practical information for carers.
• Support for carers: a practical guide to services for families and friends of people with dementia. 2015. Alzheimer’s Australia.

Being yourself and adjusting to change

• Living with Dementia. For people living with dementia. Dementia Australia.
• Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. Dementia Australia.
• Resources for culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Dementia Australia.
• Understanding Dementia. A massive, open, online course (MOOC). Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania. Free, 9-week course for people living with dementia, carers and professionals.

Your health and wellbeing

• Choose health: be active – a physical activity guide for older Australians. 2014. Australian Government.
• Connections matter: helping older people stay socially active. 2014. Beyond Blue.
• Dementia: communication. Better Health Channel, Victorian State Government.
• Dementia and nutrition in the home, Discussion paper 14, November 2015. Alzheimer’s Australia NSW .
• Eating well: a nutrition resource for older people and their carers. 2015. Nutrition Services, Central Coast Local Health District.
• Eating well with dementia. 2015. Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania.
• Eating well with dementia: a carer guide. 2023. Nutrition and Diet Resources UK .
• Heart Foundation Walking. Find a local walk.
• Creating a life story book. A way to bring back memories for a person living with dementia. Alzheimer's WA.
• Speech pathologists working with older people. Speech Pathology Australia.
• Your shed and dementia: A manual. 2014. Alzheimer’s Australia NSW .

Speaking up

• Advance Care Planning Australia. This national site has links to your state or territory. Some state and territory websites have information specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• Dementia Advocates Program, Alzheimer’s Australia. If you are a person with a diagnosis of dementia or a current or former carer of a person with dementia, you can join the Dementia Advocates Program.
• Dignity in Care. 2015. UK .
• Future planning and advance care planning: why it needs to be different for people with dementia and other forms of cognitive decline. 2016. Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre and Hammond Care.
• Preventing financial abuse of people with dementia. Discussion paper, 10 June 2014. Alzheimer’s Australia NSW .
• Start to talk. A website about planning ahead.
• Planning Ahead. What's next? After your diagnosis. Dementia Australia.

At home with dementia

• Assistive technology: prompts and reminders. Alzheimer’s Australia WA .
• At home with dementia: a manual for people with dementia and their carers. 2011. NSW Family and Community Services: Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
• Dementia enabling design website. Alzheimer’s Australia. For information, tools and advice on dementia design.
• Dementia-friendly home app. 2016. Alzheimer’s Australia Vic . This tablet app provides you with ideas to make the home more accessible for people living with dementia.
• Driving and dementia: a decision aid. 2014. University of Wollongong.
• Driving – each state and territory branch of Alzheimer’s Australia has information about driving in that state, and links to state and territory-based organisations.
• Independent Living Centres Australia. For information about assistive technology, call 1300 885 886 or go to website  to be directed to the centre for your state and territory.
• Helpful handbook for memory loss: products, equipment, information, advice. 2007. Independent Living Centre NSW.

Changes to how you think and feel

• A guide for family carers: dealing with behaviours in people with dementia. 2014. Dementia Collaborative Research Centre: Assessment and Better Care and the University of New South Wales.
• Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service. 24-hour helpline: 1800 699 799
• Intimacy and sexual issues, Helpsheet 19. 2016. Alzheimer’s Australia.

Carers, families and friends

• National Dementia Helpline. 1800 100 500. Alzheimer’s Australia. A telephone information and support service available across Australia for people with dementia, their carers, families and friends.
• Carers Australia, 1800 242 636. The national peak body for carers provides advocacy, information, advice and counselling for carers.
• Carer Gateway, 1800 422 737. This is the Australian Government’s gateway providing practical information for carers.
• Support for carers: a practical guide to services for families and friends of people with dementia. 2015. Alzheimer’s Australia.

Later stages of dementia

• Planning for the end of life for people with dementia Paper 23, part one. March 2011. A report for Alzheimer’s Australia by Professor Colleen Cartwright.
• Planning for the end of life for people with dementia. Paper 23, part two. May 2011. A report for Alzheimer’s Australia by Professor Colleen Cartwright.
• The most difficult decision: dementia and the move to residential aged care. Discussion paper 5. 2012. Alzheimer’s Australia NSW .