| Title | Summary | Reference & Link |
| Information for family and friends - Help sheet | Designed for people with dementia and their families to provide information to others about dementia. It explains what dementia is, how it affects people and ways to help. | Alzheimer's Australia Help sheet "About Dementia Series" - June 2005 |
| Support Services | Overview of the key national programs and contacts for getting in touch with the right programs and services. Very helpful tool in regards to navigating the system. | Dementia Resource Guide June 2008 - DoHA |
| Social and Emotional Issues | Information on caring for families and carers, depression, elder abuse, bereavement and grieving, and personal experiences of dementia | Dementia Resource Guide June 2008 - DoHA |
| Effects of Stress on Family Caregivers | Focuses on caregivers stressors and reactions of caregivers of persons with dementia and related disorders. It highlights problems and how psychiatrists can help them and their care recipients. | Psychiatric Times Vol 23 No 7 |
| Grief and Loss Fact sheet | Discusses the many losses associated with chronic conditions that challenge people with these conditions, their families and their carers. It describes grief, emotional reactions and ways to cope. | Brain Link |
| Coping with Stress | Helps carers to recognise the symptoms of stress and provides strategies on how to avoid and manage stress. | Brain Link |
| Taking care of Yourself - AA | Discusses the importance of families and carers looking after themselves while they are caring for someone with dementia and discusses ways to manage stress | Alzheimer's Australia Help sheet "Looking after families and carers Series" - June 2005 |
| Looking after yourself - CA | Offers strategies and a checklist for looking after yourself. | Carers Australia / Commonwealth Carer Resource Centre |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Carers | Overview of self care habits. | Carers NSW 2007 |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Carers | Overview of self care habits. | Carers NSW 2007 |
| Carer Support Group Concept | General info on types and benefits of support groups | Carers NSW 2007 |
| The Wellbeing of Australians - Carer Health and Wellbeing Special Report | Report on Carer Challenges and Resources | Deakin University / Carers Australia, Australian Unity 2007 |
| The Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers in SA - Research Report | Report on Carer Wellbeing | Govt of SA - Dept of Health |
| Getting Help | Describes the different services available for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, their families and carers. These include specialised dementia services, health and home support services. | Dementia and memory community centre - VIC / AA |
| Calm amid the Storm | Pieters-Hawke is a carer's advocate, recently appointed chairwoman of the National Advisory Committee on Dementia for the Minister for Ageing, and is primary carer to her mother Hazel, who has Alzheimer's disease. Pieters-Hawke wrote of the illness, diagnosed in 2001, and her mother's life in the best-selling book Hazel's Journey. | Sue Peiters-Hawke SMH June 2008 |
| Getting in Touch - A carer support model using teleconferencing | Comprehensive resource on using teleconferencing as a support system for carers. | DADHC / AA 2001 |
| Growing Older | Section 4 Contains information on carers at home | NSW Health |
| Recognising and Supporting Care relationships for older Victorians | Review of approaches and actions that recognise and support care relationships including current services and initiatives and new initiatives. | Action Plan 2006-2009 Department of Human Services VIC 2006 |
| The Wellness Guide for Carers | Easy to use directory that contains helpful information and handy hints on: how to live and stay well, where to find info on health related topics and how to seek help from available community services. | Department of Human Services & Deakin University 2004 |
| Information About dementia for younger people | Written especially for young people and answers some questions they frequently ask about dementia. | Alzheimer's Australia Help sheet "Young People and Dementia Series" July 2005 |
| Carers Handbook | The Carer’s Handbook is a practical, fully illustrated guide for those looking after someone at home, with comprehensive advice on all aspects of caring. Step-by-step photographs suggest ways of carrying out daily tasks, such as moving someone safely, with information about equipment that can assist you. | St Johns Ambulance (purchase from website) |
| You as the carer | Website with various resources on dementia and caring | Dementia Care Australia |