Whose Challenging Behaviours- Meeting the Needs of Older People with Dementia


Session 1 - Managing the Challenges
  • Prof Henry Brodaty
    How we can meet the challenge of challenging behaviours [download]
  • Colm Cunningham
    Supporting People with Dementia at Night: Waking up to the challenge [download]
  • Judi Weaver
    A Person Centred Practice Development Model to Transform Care Cultures in Residential Aged Care Facilities [download]
Session 2 - Medicate or Remediate
  • Dr Bradley Ng
    Discontinuing Antipsychotics in Dementia: What is the Evidence? [download]
  • Juanita Westbury
    Working together to ‘RedUSe’ the use of sedatives to manage challenging behaviours in aged care homes [download]
  • Dr Alice Rota-Bartelink
    An Untold Truth About the Ageing Population - Alcohol Related Brain Injury [download]
  • Grace O'Sullivan
    Making a difference for people with dementia in residential care [download]
Session 3 - Models of Service Delivery and Care
  • Elizabeth Brandis
    A Comprehensive Approach to the Management of BPSD by the NSW DBMAS [download]
  • Dr Matthew Croucher & Nathan Van Rij
    A settling effect at a difficult time of the day? Short-term effects of Tai Chi in an inpatient psychogeriatric ward [download]
  • Michelle Stewart
    Management of Challenging Behaviours accompanying Parkinson's disease [download]
Session 4 - Behaviour Management Strategies
  • Sheridan Read
    Safewalking for People with Dementia [download]
  • Tanya Rogers
    Doll Therapy for people with dementia: Playing for real [download]
  • Lenore de la Parrelle
    Cognitive Stimulation can changes behaviour and attitudes for people with dementia, students and staff [download]

Session 5 - Person Centred Care
  • Prof Jenny Abbey
    Death at home - too hard for families? [download]
  • Dr Lynn Chenoweth
    Employing the Need-Driven Dementia Behaviour Model (NDB) and Person-Centred Care (PCC) to improve care and well-being for persons with dementia [download]
  • Robyn Attoe & Alissa Westphal
    BPSD- Right here right now [download]
Session 6 - Organisational Development
  • Kaye Ervin
    What helps or hinders nurses management of behaviour problems in aged care residents? A research study [download]
  • Irene Teo
    Improving Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia through Person Centred Training [download]
  • Kate Read, Pam Bottrill & Gary Anderson
    It's not rocket science - An interdisciplinary approach to behaviour management utilising a problem solving approach [download]
Session 6A - Improving Service Delivery for Dementia Patients
  • Rosemary Oates
    An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Dementia Service in the Reduction of Clinical Presentations to Acute Hospitals [download]
  • A/Prof Mark Yates
    The Cognitive Impairment Identifier Program - A Victorian Hospital Alert and Education Program for Cognitive Impairment [download]
  • Catherine Bateman
    The impact of a person centred care dementia-delirium hospital volunteer pilot program in a rural NSW hospital [download]
  • Loren deVries
    Case Conferencing - Enhancing care for people with a cognitive impairment [download]
Session 7 - Education and Training - Resources
  • Dr Anita De Bellis
    An interdisciplinary educational resource on person-centred dementia care to prevent challenging behaviours in persons with dementia [download]
  • Andrea Price & Kelly Burns
    The Cognition Care Kit: Information online, twenty-four-seven [download]
Session 8 - Functionality and Dementia
  • Maree Bennett & Karen Farrar
    Restorative Care Program An Innovative Aapproach to Caring for Patients who have Cognitive Impairment [download]
  • Bee Cochran, Dr Maria Tsanglis, David McMillan & Helen Callanan
    Triple D! Depression, Dementia, Delirium - preventing functional decline or bust! [download]