VIC/TAS News
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…
Career and Education Pathway
The career pathway project document and matrix are attached here for dissemination. The project document gives a history of the project and the matrix provides a summary of the professional skills required at various stages of dementia and educational pathway…
Free online video: Driving with Dementia
The YouTube Video on ‘Driving and Dementia’ is a seven-minute animated video about people with dementia who want to continue to drive. This video is intended for the medical profession as well as other health professionals as a teaching resource…
Dementia series: The timely diagnosis of dementia
This education was prepared by Dr Claire Berman, Dr John Crimmins and Dr Allan Shell (DCRC). This dementia educational activity ‘discusses the assessment and investigation of the patient who presents with cognitive impairment. The various presentations and their associated comorbidities…
Free online course: Timely diagnosis of dementia
ThinkGP… (previously known as Genesis Ed online education) is a leading provider of online education solutions to GPs and other health care professionals.
ThinkGP provides user-friendly online education accredited with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Australian College
Free dementia education
Are you a health professional looking to update or consolidate your dementia knowledge?
Look no further, a comprehensive education program with a large range of resources and references is available here….
The modules attract Royal College of Nursing continuing
Fellowship Program
9 May 2013
Over the past two years the Victoria and Tasmania Dementia Training Study Centre (VIC/TAS DTSC) has given seventeen health professionals from various health disciplines and care settings the opportunity to participate in a Fellowship Program.
The Fellowship…
Fitness to Drive – Ballarat Health Service seminar now available to view online
In March 2012, the Ballarat Health Service hosted a seminar Assessing Fitness to Drive.
This seminar was organized for medical, nursing and allied health staff, as well as educators, managers and policy makers involved in the screening, assessment and management…
Presentation notes now available for Dr Eddy Strivens workshop 2012
Click here to download the PDF copy of the workshop notes …for Dr Eddy Strivens’ seminar Dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities or ‘Yagar smol and loosing it’ from 23 August 2012.
Master Classes and Workshops
A recent Master Class was conducted in Melbourne on needs driven dementia compromised behaviours in the acute care setting and dementia care experts included Professor David Ames, Director of the National Ageing Research Institute and University of Melbourne Foundation Professor…
