Education

The new Advance Project – Dementia, led by HammondCare and funded by the Australian government, provides free, practical, evidence-based training and resources that make it easier for aged care and primary care professionals to initiate courageous end-of-life conversations and assess the palliative care needs of people living with dementia, to enable better care. The Advance […]

The Nature Reviews Disease Primers journal has an article on Delirium which provides a comprehensive summary with sections on epidemiology; mechanisms/pathophysiology; brain energy metabolism; inflammation; drugs, stress and neurotransmitter imbalance; neuranatomical substrates and failure of network connectivity; diagnosis, screening and prevention; assessment in different settings; ultra-brief screening tools; assessing delirium severity; non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions; […]

NPS MedicineWise has a free webinar providing practical information on overcoming barriers when providing care to people living with dementia. You will need to have or create a free account with NPS MedicineWise to watch the webinar.

The Centre for Dementia Learning has launched a mobile app, Ask Annie, for home and community support workers caring for people living with dementia. It provides self-paced learning through videos, interactive quizzes and practical tips to build their dementia support skills. A free trial is available on their website, which explains that “Ask Annie helps […]

Dementia Training Australia is a website from a consortium of experts in dementia care and workforce training. Funded by the Australian Government, it provides dementia-specific training for aged care, health care professionals, undergraduate trainees and a range of other professionals and community service providers. The website provides a wide range of evidence-based eLearning training courses […]

Learn about Delirium is a QUT self-paced online course about delirium and delirium superimposed on dementia.

Understanding Dementia is a free seven week online course provided by the Wicking Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania.

Dementia Care Training has developed a set of new learning modules for providing care to older people in emergency departments.

The Portal of Geriatrics Online Education is a free collection of geriatrics educational materials contributed by experts for educators and learners.

The Caring for Cognitive Impairment campaign website has a page dedicated to online learning programs from across Australia.

The Caring for Cognitive Impairment campaign website has a large number of videos useful for personal or group education.

Insights into the Hospital Dementia Experience, is a positively evaluated experiential workshop specifically designed by Dementia Australia to assist staff working in a hospital or Multi-Purpose ServiceĀ (MPS) setting. Hospital or MPS educators can obtain a facilitators toolkit.