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
- Engage, Enable, Empower. A website for people living with dementia. Alzheimer’s 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’s guide. 2014. Nutrition and Diet Resources UK .
- Family and friends matter: how to stay connected to a person living with dementia. 2021. Dementia Australia.
- Heart Foundation Walking. Find a local walk.
- Personal life history booklet. 2011. Produced for the study ‘Developing and testing a strategy to enhance a palliative approach and care continuity for people who have dementia’, led by Alzheimer’s Australia WA .
- Speech pathologists working with older people. Speech Pathology Australia.
- The brainy app. An app to raise awareness of the risk factors for dementia and to help you be brain healthy.
- The benefits of physical activity and exercise for people living with dementia. Discussion paper 11, November 2014. Alzheimer’s Australia NSW .
- Your brain matters: an Alzheimer’s Australia program to maximise brain health.
- 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.
- What prevents people with dementia making plans for their future? Discussion paper 4, March 2012. Alzheimer’s Australia NSW .
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. 2015. 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 .
The National Dementia Helpline is an Australian Government funded initiative.