Aged Care

Podcast Episodes

#77 Dementia diagnosis with Dr Marita Long, GP

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#68 Parkinson’s disease with Dr Ron Granot, neurologist

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#51 Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia & a lifestyle medicine approach with A/Prof Ross Grant

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#47 End of life and palliative care with Dr Louise Welch, palliative care physician

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Online Resources

Dementia Support Australia: 1800 699 799. A free nationwide service. 24 hour help, 365 days a year. Trained consultants provide advice and recommendations to people who care for someone with dementia where behaviours are impacting their care.

Responsive Behaviours Quick Reference Cards, from Dementia Training Australia

Clinical guidelines for dementia, from the University of Sydney

Primary care guides for dementia prevention (excellent resource): communicating the diagnosis, supporting carers and more

Dementia prevention guide (pdf)

Dementia-friendly checklists: 40 information sheets with practical strategies, checklists and educational tools for particular aspects of designing and caring for people with dementia.

Silver Book: the RACGP aged care clinical guide

Osteoporosis Australia: A wide range of information for patients and clinicians

Osteoporosis quick reference guide for GPs (pdf)

Complete guidelines: Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis and management in postmenopausal women and men over 50 years of age, from RACGP (pdf)

Exercise in osteoporosis, a consumer guide (pdf)

Books

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Online Courses

Dementia Training Australia

DTA was established in October 2016 with the mission to improve the care and wellbeing of both the people living with dementia and the staff delivering their care.

Project ThreeSixTwelve (patients)

Online exercise and wellbeing programs for women in their 40s and beyond. Created by experts in ageing and exercise physiology.

Apps

Frailty Tool: App Store | Google Play

Free. Makes it easy to evaluate frailty and 1-year mortality risk for your patients. Simple stepwise guide helps you administer the Essential Frailty Toolset. Easy-to-use calculator automatically computes EFT score and 1-year mortality risk.

MindMate: App Store

Free. Sole mission: Making people living with Alzheimer’s more independent, give family members a greater peace of mind and enable professional carers to provide real person-centered care.

DTA Behaviours: App Store | Google Play

Free. Facilitates better understanding of dementia-related behaviours and management strategies.

BrainHQ (web app)

Free trial available. BrainHQ is your online headquarters for working out your brain. Think of it as a personal gym, where you exercise your memory, attention, brain speed, people skills, intelligence and navigation instead of your abs, chest and legs.

Other Podcasts

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