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Allied health professionals and you

Acknowledgements

Steering committee

Co-Chairs

Elaine Todd

Consumer Dementia Research Network

Alzheimer’s Australia

Jamie Hallen

Co-Chair, Allied Health sub-group

Aged Health Network, ACI

Senior Physiotherapist, Aged Care Service in Emergency Teams

Prince of Wales Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Members

Jacqueline Wesson

Occupational Therapist, Aged Care Psychiatry Service

Prince of Wales Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Research Occupational Therapist

Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia

Jenny Henderson

Consumer Dementia Research Network

Alzheimer’s Australia

Joan Jackman

Consumer Dementia Research Network

Alzheimer’s Australia

Kate Swaffer

Consumer Dementia Research Network

Alzheimer’s Australia

Michelle Frawley

Occupational Therapist

Outgoing Co-Chair, Allied Health Sub-Group

Aged Health Network, ACI

Network Manager

Acute Care, ACI

Viki Brummell

Social Worker

Co-Chair

Aged Health Network, ACI

Network Manager

Aged Care and Rehabilitation Services Clinical Network Hunter New England Local Health District

Special thanks

Special thanks to:

  • the people living with dementia and their carers, including members of the Consumer Dementia Research Network, who have provided constant and valuable input into the scope, content and structure of this publication; and a special thanks to those who shared their stories (names have been changed).
  • the allied health sub-group of the Aged Health Network, ACI, for their discipline-specific input, guidance and reviewing of this publication.

Funding

  • This initiative is funded by the Alzheimer’s Australia National Quality Dementia Care Initiative with support from J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust.

About this booklet

The publication has been developed by the Allied Health Sub-group of the Aged Health Network, Agency for Clinical Innovation. It has been funded by Alzheimer’s Australia National Quality Dementia Care Initiative with support from J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust. The publication has been developed by allied health professionals, people living with dementia and their carers and families. It has drawn information from many sources, including Australian national guidelines, Alzheimer’s Australia’s numbered papers, discussion papers and fact sheets, and international research.