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7 tips to support people living with dementia
Dementia and memory resources
Celebrate a carer
Download and share
Living with dementia
7 tips for living well with dementia
Dementia and memory resources
Interactive home plan
Celebrate a carer
COVID-19
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Caring for someone
7 tips for looking after yourself
Create memory book
Create carer book
Interactive home plan
Carer and family resources
Checklist for choosing a residential aged care home
COVID-19
Download and share
Supporting carers
7 tips for supporting carers
Carer resources
Celebrate a carer
Interactive home plan
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Healthcare professionals
7 tips for healthcare professionals
Practice health check
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7 tips to support people living with dementia
Dementia and memory resources
Celebrate a carer
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Living with dementia
7 tips for living well with dementia
Dementia and memory resources
Interactive home plan
Celebrate a carer
COVID-19
Download and share
Caring for someone
7 tips for looking after yourself
Create memory book
Create carer book
Interactive home plan
Carer and family resources
Checklist for choosing a residential aged care home
COVID-19
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Supporting carers
7 tips for supporting carers
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Action week quiz
Action week quiz
When having a conversation with a person living with dementia, you should:
Help lead the conversation because they can’t
Listen more than speak
Speak a little more than listen
A balance of both
When organising events for people living with dementia you should:
Make your own suggestions to spur ideas
Organise a surprise event
Ask their family or friends what they like
Find out directly from them
When a person living with dementia is trying to solve a problem, do you?
Offer your solutions to get things started
Allow the person to arrive at their own solutions
Listen to the person’s solutions first but then give your opinion
When a person living with dementia is not responding to you verbally, do you:
Rush them to hurry up
Stay patient and give them extra time
Anticipate what they should say and say it for them
When a person living with dementia is performing a task, it is best to:
Stop them and do the task yourself
Micromanage them so they do it properly
Give them extra time
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