How to support people living with dementia staying at home

By Dementia Training Australia

Access on dta.com.au
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The first in series of three webinars exploring how a family home can be bolstered to reduce the burden of dementia, what moving house might mean, and how a new home can still be supportive This is video recording 1 of a 3-part series: Exploring how a family home can be bolstered.

Domains:
Enabling Environments

Cost:
fully-subsidised

Resource Type:
Video Recording

Learning Outcomes

After watching, staff should be able to:
  • The symptoms of dementia, sensory challenges, and how this can affect a person and their family.
  • The importance of retained abilities, maximising autonomy, and seeing our home as a support.
  • Ways a home can be adapted to suit changing needs and counter cognitive decline.