Dementia Awareness Week 19-26 September
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by DPS
The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, has launched three new $600,000 dementia training resources – as part of Dementia Awareness Week – including one to assist in supporting the care of those with younger onset dementia.
The Australian Government is the principal sponsor of Dementia Awareness Week and the theme for Dementia Awareness Week is ‘Mind your Mind – and reduce the risk of dementia’.
The three dementia training resources developed at a cost of $600,000 – as part of the Australian Government’s Dementia Initiative – are:
- ‘Local Knowledge:’ A dementia care e-learning resource for rural and remote aged care workers’ focuses on people living in regional Australia;
- ‘Strangers in a Strange Land: Cultural Competence in Dementia Care’ focuses on people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; and
- ‘2 Young 4 Dementia – Meeting the Needs of People with Younger Onset Dementia’ to support improved dementia awareness and care for younger people with dementia, their carers and families in a variety of work and care environments.
These resources will be rolled out across Australia over the next three months to training providers.
Copies of these free resources can be ordered by email at:
