Managing Challenging Behaviours in Older People with Cognitive Impairment


Session 1
  • Prof David Ames
    Challenging behaviours in older people with cognitive impairment – why they matter [download]
  • Nadine Schofield
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    Challenging Behaviour and Cognitive Impairment – time to RESPECT (Respond to every challenge therapeutically) [download]
  • Dr Mike Bird
    A case-specific approach to challenging behaviour associated with dementia [download]
Session 2
  • Kirsten James
    Help is only a phone call away, improving service delivery through effective partnership [download]
  • Seema Desai
    Pilot Program for Clients with a Cognitive Impairment in Transition Care [download]
  • Kelly Burns
    Complex Behaviours in Acute Care: an Australian approach [download]
  • Dr Helen McGowan
    A New Model Of Multidisciplinary Professional Development [download]
Session 3
  • Cathy Wynn & Yvette McKenna
    An Experiential Learning Challenge – Walk In Their Shoes [download]
  • Virginia Creaser
    Creative Ways to Care – A training program for family carers [download]
  • Hazel Saville & Liz Langer
    Development of the First Psycho-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in NZ [download]
  • Wendy Austin
    Positive results from using electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) as a treatment option for managing challenging behaviours associated with severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD ). Two case studies. [download]
Session 4
  • Dr David Lie
    Dementia care in hospitals: will the Internet save us? [download]
  • Bernie Keenan
    From theory to virtual reality [download]
  • Alissa Westphal
    Using the Wii with people with BPSD [download]
Session 5
  • Dr Inga Stewart
    Managing Challenging Behaviours in Older People: Evidence for the Prevention and Management of Aggression in a Specialist Service [download]
  • Dr Inga Stewart
    The use of the SAS BA in the Assessment of Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour in Neurological Impairment [download]
  • Dr Graeme Yorston
    Managing Challenging Behaviours: Forensic Psychiatry and Older people – A UK Perspective [download]
Seminar Handbook
  • Bios and Abstracts

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    Seminar Handbook [download]

Session 6
  • Prof Daniel O’Connor
    Non-pharmacological treatments of challenging behaviours in dementia: do they work – and how much [download]
  • Lynn Chenoweth
    Improving outcomes for persons with dementia through Person Centred Care [download]
  • Chris McMahon
    Challenging behaviour or loneliness, helpless & boredom? Practical ways to overcome everyday challenges [download]
Session 7
  • Robyn Attoe
    Managing behavioural symptoms of fronto-temporal dementia using a non-pharmacological approach [download]
  • Alissa Westphal
    Using spontaneous activity opportunities to promote engagement of people with BPSD in residential care [download]
  • Dr Alice Rota-Bartelink
    Behaviour Management Strategies for People Living with Alcohol Related Brain Injury (AR BI) [download]
  • Dr Wayne Herdy
    Medication Management and Challenging Behaviour – or When to Call the Doctor [download]