Wonderwalls Using images to create a sense of belonging
Wonderwalls Using images to create a sense of belonging
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Integrating music into care plans
Sandra Garrido and her team have developed best-practice guidelines, and an accompanying website, to help carers and aged care providers learn more about the effective use of music playlists for people with dementia and how to integrate music into care plans
Meeting Centres in Australia
Australia’s first Meeting Centres Support Program for people with dementia and their family members has now been running for just over two years. Dragana Bozinovski reports
Alchemy Chorus hits right note
Alchemy Chorus, Canberra’s first dementia-inclusive community choir, brings together people with dementia, their carers and volunteer musicians and singers for rehearsals and concerts. The choir’s founder and conductor, Brian Triglone, reflects on their successes and challenges over the past three years
Co-designing dementia diagnosis and support
COGNISANCE is a new three-year international project established to enable health care practitioners to effectively enact national dementia guidelines for best practice diagnosis and post-diagnostic support, and to empower people with dementia and their family care partners to seek the support they require. Meredith Gresham explains
Conversations about dementia
Mention Dementia Conversation Cards is a suite of cards featuring words and images chosen by people living with dementia to help stimulate more discussion about the condition. Kathleen Doherty and Helen Courtney-Pratt report
Research Focus
A new way to support isolated carers in Australia
Lynne Parkinson, Annie Banbury and Anne Livingstone report on a successful project to connect and support carers living in rural areas of Australia
Features
Creating a sense of belonging
In this case study, Alex Reed describes the trial of customised door decals and large photo panels installed in the spring of 2019 outside the rooms of aged care residents living at IRT Crown Gardens in Batemans Bay and IRT Moruya, on the NSW South Coast
Cost-effective ideas for transforming care homes
Colin McDonnell explains how murals and artwork have been used to transform the environment at Calvary Retirement Communities’ residential care homes without the need for major, and costly, structural changes
Caring for Spirit
The Aboriginal Health and Ageing Program team at NeuRA has developed a new dementia education resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and is now seeking organisations and individuals interested in critically evaluating the learning modules and website. Lauren Poulos, Sharon Wall, Madeleine Nichols and Kylie Radford report
Plus the latest dementia research news, resources and events.
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