This is a resource for services working in the disability sector, providing an understanding of dementia and the services and supports available for people living with dementia, to enable their ongoing involvement in the community.
It is also a resource for family members and friends who are concerned about signs of cognitive decline in a relative or friend who lives with an intellectual disability.
This resource has been funded by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and produced by Dementia Australia NSW.
- Videos
- Carers and people living with dementia share Christmas festive wishes
- Dementia Australia virtual reality and computer games to bring a positive change in dementia care
- Your Story Matters Part 1 Short Film
- Advance care plans can assist health professionals in their patient care
- Alastair Rushworth Research Fund
- Antipsychotics and dementia: managing medications
- Breakfast with John Breitner (part 1)
- Breakfast with John Breitner (part 2)
- Breakfast with John Breitner (part 3)
- Breakfast with John Breitner (part 4)
- Breakfast with John Breitner (part 5)
- Breakfast with John Breitner (part 6)
- Brisbane Memory Walk 2016
- Buddies: Dementia Australia Tasmania’s Younger Onset Dementia Buddy Program
- Buddies: Dementia Australia Tasmania’s Younger Onset Dementia Buddy Program
- Caring for the carer (National Dementia Helpline)
- Charlotte's Story
- Community Café Toolkit
- Debunking dementia myths
- Decision making capacity and people with dementia
- Dementia Australia and Men's Sheds: Making a Difference
- Dementia: Taking the Next Step
- Detecting dementia in general practice
- Early for Early
- Election 2016
- Engage, Enable, Empower: Dawn
- Engage, Enable, Empower: Peter
- Engage, Enable, Empower: Trish
- Feeling different fabrics
- Fight Dementia Australia
- Gill Ayling (Brisbane) 2015 - Global Action Against Dementia
- Greg Kelly launches ‘Kell’s Ride for the Future’ at A Night of Stars Gala 2017
- Heart
- Help is available (National Dementia Helpline)
- Homelessness and dementia
- How can planning ahead including advance care planning help carers of loved ones with dementia?
- How to ensure advance care planning documents are available when needed
- It's not a disgrace... It's dementia - Hindi
- It's not a disgrace... It's dementia - Mandarin
- It's not a disgrace... It's dementia - Portuguese
- It's not a disgrace... it's dementia - Assyrian
- It's not a disgrace... it's dementia - Cambodian
- It's not a disgrace... it's dementia - Croation
- It's not a disgrace... it's dementia - Serbian
- It's not a disgrace... it's dementia - Ukranian
- It's not a disgrace... it's dementia - Vietnamese
- It's not a disgrace...it's dementia - Arabic
- It's not a disgrace...it's dementia - Italian
- It's not a disgrace...it's dementia - Spanish
- Ita Buttrose Q&A with Dementia Australia (Qld) consumers highlights
- Ita Buttrose speech - A Night of Stars Gala 2017
- Joy Anderson Centre
- Kate's Story
- Knowing the person's wishes and choices as a substitute decision maker
- Knowledge can be key (National Dementia Helpline)
- LGBTI People and Dementia - Desi
- LGBTI People and Dementia - Mary and Thelma
- LGBTI People and Dementia - Tony and Paul
- Lewy Body Disease - Robin and Lis
- Lewy Body disease - a typical case
- Lewy Body disease - visiting the doctor
- Living with dementia 01 - introduction
- Living with dementia 02 - changes we noticed
- Living with dementia 03 - seeking a diagnosis
- Living with dementia 04 - reactions to the diagnosis
- Living with dementia 05 - lifestyle changes
- Living with dementia 06 - keeping active
- Living with dementia 07 - Dementia Australia support services
- Living with dementia 08 - what is dementia
- Living with dementia 09 - how the brain influences behaviour
- Living with dementia 10 - dementia and driving
- Living with dementia 11 - what is Alzheimer's Disease
- Living with dementia 12 - what is Vascular Dementia
- Living with dementia 13 - what is Lewy Body Disease
- Living with dementia 14 - what is Frontotemporal Dementia
- Living with intellectual disability and dementia
- Looking out for Dementia
- Love, Loss & Laughter - Living with Dementia
- Memory
- Memory Walk & Jog National TVC 1 min
- Message
- Michael's Story
- My Grandmum, My Papu, My Grandpa and Me - Bibi
- My Grandmum, My Papu, My Grandpa and Me - Ezekiel
- My Grandmum, My Papu, My Grandpa and Me - Julia
- Our stories - Arabic
- Our stories - Italian
- Our stories - Spanish
- Planning ahead including advance care planning and why it is important
- Reaching out (National Dementia Helpline)
- Rosemary House Tree Mural
- Seeking support (National Dementia Helpline)
- Sports stars campaign for brain health
- Standing in a person’s shoes as a substitute decision maker
- Staying in control
- Steve Milton, Dementia-Friendly Communities
- Story
- The Big Tooks Sports Chair Challenge
- The diet to fight dementia
- The importance of exercise
- The unexpected positives of dementia
- The unspoken impact of dementia
- There's a difference - Arabic
- There's a difference - Croatian
- There's a difference - Greek
- There's a difference - Italian
- There's a difference - Macedonian
- There's a difference - Mandarin
- There's a difference - Polish
- There's a difference - Portuguese
- There's a difference - Russian
- There's a difference - Serbian
- There's a difference - Spanish
- There's a difference - Ukrainian
- There's a difference - Vietnamese
- Towards A World Without Dementia - Prevention, Cure and Care (via ABC Big Ideas)
- Training the brain for functional gain
- Understanding dementia can help (National Dementia Helpline)
- Virtual Dementia Experience
- Welcome to Your Brain Matters
- What annoys you most about living with dementia?
- What should people know about dementia?
- Who can assist a person with advance care planning?
- Why you should Start2Talk
- World Alzheimer's Day address to the National Press Club
- You are not alone
- Younger Onset Dementia & the NDIS
- Your Story Matters Part 2 What You Can Do