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TitleSummaryReference & Link
Information for family and friends - Help sheetDesigned 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 ServicesOverview 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 IssuesInformation 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 CaregiversFocuses 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 sheetDiscusses 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 StressHelps carers to recognise the symptoms of stress and provides strategies on how to avoid and manage stress.

 Brain Link

Taking care of Yourself - AADiscusses 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 - CAOffers strategies and a checklist for looking after yourself.

 Carers Australia / Commonwealth Carer Resource Centre

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective CarersOverview of self care habits.

 Carers NSW 2007

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective CarersOverview of self care habits.

 Carers NSW 2007

Carer Support Group ConceptGeneral info on types and benefits of support groups

 Carers NSW 2007

The Wellbeing of Australians - Carer Health and Wellbeing Special ReportReport on Carer Challenges and Resources

 Deakin University / Carers Australia, Australian Unity 2007

The Health and Wellbeing of Adult Carers in SA - Research ReportReport on Carer Wellbeing

 Govt of SA - Dept of Health

Getting HelpDescribes 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 StormPieters-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 teleconferencingComprehensive resource on using teleconferencing as a support system for carers.

 DADHC / AA 2001

Growing OlderSection 4 Contains information on carers at home

 NSW Health 

Recognising and Supporting Care relationships for older VictoriansReview 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 CarersEasy 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 peopleWritten 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 HandbookThe 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 carerWebsite with various resources on dementia and caring

Dementia Care Australia


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