Dementia How we support change leaders in aged care
The Fellowship programs at DTA all have a common theme – to place the wellbeing of people living with dementia at the heart of care quality.
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New standards – An opportunity to improve medication use in residential aged care
Responsive behaviours are experienced by many people who are living with dementia. Non-medication approaches are overwhelmingly the most appropriate and effective means of providing support.
Pharmacists boost dementia knowledge through online course
DTA’s Kirsty Bennett talks about how the new Aged Care Quality Standards can facilitate better design for dementia.
Dementia friendly pharmacies
A new online course aims to increase dementia knowledge among community pharmacists as the health professionals most commonly visited by people living with dementia and their family carers.
A salutogenic approach to dementia design
DTA’s Kirsty Bennett talks about how the new Aged Care Quality Standards can facilitate better design for dementia.
Royal Commission highlights dementia training gap
The design of a building can change the way we engage and interact, move around, and even our mood.
New resource to track antipsychotic use
Dementia Training Australia has launched a new tool to help residential aged care providers monitor and reduce the use of antipsychotic medications in facilities.
Calls for mandatory dementia training
DTA Executive Director Richard Fleming talks to ABC radio about dementia training, and focusing on the person not the disease.
New tool to monitor antipsychotic use in residential care
DTA has developed a tool to help aged care providers monitor their use of antipsychotic medications.
