Resources

To order any of the following audio visual resources, please download and complete the order form here and email or fax back to 08 8338 3390.

Special Offer – Purchase all five SA & NT DTSC resources for $100.00 inc GST and Postage and Handling within Australia

If you have any questions, please contact the South Australia & Northern Territory DTSC on 08 8372 2100.

Resource for Aged Care Assessment Clinicians – advancing practice in the care of people with dementia

This resource was developed by the Dementia Training Study Centres (DTSC) program in collaboration with staff from the Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP).
The resource is designed to help clinicians improve access to services for people with dementia who live…

Culture, Communication and Relationships at Work – Online training package

In 2012 Brightwater Care Group in partnership with Juniper – a Uniting Church Community, engaged Fortis Consulting to design and develop a program for fostering cultural competence and engagement across its culturally diverse workforce.
Funded by a Social Innovation Grant,…

The dementia journey – Information and workbook for planning ahead

This workbook has been produced by Palliative Care New South Wales in association with Alzheimer’s Australia (NSW).
The workbook is about planning ahead.  It includes information about Advanced Care Planning, euthanasia, dementia and Palliative Care. It goes through some of…

Australian Ageing Agenda

Australian Ageing Agenda (AAA) is an independent and authoritative bi-monthly publication for people who work in or around the aged care and retirement sectors in Australia. It provides a broad range of news, education and opinion with an emphasis on…

Dementia Enabling Environment Project, (DEEP)

Developing an enabling environment for a person living with dementia can make a significant difference to independence, quality of life and wellbeing.
A well designed garden, or an interior planned with cognitive impairment in mind can provide essential prompts, accessibility…

Caring for Indigenous People with dementia in remote areas: Perspectives from the Northern Territory

Caring for Indigenous people with dementia in remote areas: perspectives from the Northern Territory – DVD and workbook

This resource provides undergraduate students with a brief view of the unique experience of supporting people with dementia and their carers in urban, regional and remote communities in the Northern Territory. The DVD and workbook will give students the opportunity to discuss cultural, language, and geographical issues that may arise in the context of delivering services to Indigenous Australians.

$25.00 (including postage and handling within Australia)
Please download and complete the order form and send to  or fax to 08 8338 3390.

 

Come Into My World

Come into My World – DVD and Workbook

This resource provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to understand person-centred care and its benefits in improving the quality of their practice and the wellbeing of people who have dementia. The resource has a theoretical underpinning, and illustrates real life examples of person-centred care, as well as scenario based positive and negative outcomes to enhance student’s professional practice.

$25.00 (including postage and handling within Australia)
Please download and complete the order form and send to or fax to 08 8338 3390.

General Dementia Knowledge Resource

General Dementia Knowledge Resource – Interactive CD-ROM

This interactive CD-ROM encompasses the understanding of dementia in Neuro-pathology and Neuro-physiology, as well as personally from the perspectives of people living with dementia and their families. The General Dementia Knowledge Resource is an inquiry based learning framework that includes case studies to illustrate some of the different types of dementia and its affects on diagnosis, treatment, and the lives of people living with dementia and their families.

$25.00 (including postage and handling within Australia)
Please download and complete the order form and send to or fax to 08 8338 3390.

 

Dementia Palliative Care

Dementia Palliative Care – DVD and Workbook

This resource is to provide health professionals with an overview of end of life issues in caring for people with dementia. National and international experts in dementia and palliative care have contributed to a discussion about issues related to the palliative approach, staying at home, care at the end of life, and supporting carers.

$25.00 (including postage and handling within Australia)
Please download and complete the order form and send to or fax to 08 8338 3390.

 

Visual Stories

Visual Stories – DVD and Workbook

This educational resource includes stories from people living with dementia and their carers talking about their experience of symptoms, diagnosis, living with dementia, prevalence in Australian, and supporting discussion with a guide.

$25.00 (including postage & handling within Australia)
Please download and complete the order form and send to or fax to 08 8338 3390.

 

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