In February 2003 Alzheimer's Australia released a position paper on Quality Dementia Care. http://www.alzheimers.org.au/upload/QualityDementiaCare.pdf
The purpose of this paper was to provide managers of aged care facilties with a simple tool to assist in attaining high quality outcomes in dementia care.
In February, 2007, three more documents were released by Alzheimer's Australia which provide more practical information and advice, based on the original document, for managers and staff working in nursing homes.
In February, 2007, three more documents were released by Alzheimer's Australia which provide more practical information and advice, based on the original document, for managers and staff working in nursing homes.
1. Quality Dementia Care: A Guide to Practice for Managers in Residential Aged Care Facilities
The purpose of this paper is to link in practical terms the principles of good quality dementia care to the framework of the aged care accreditation standards. It is intended as a practical check-list of things that will help staff manage facilities for people living with dementia whether they are mainstream residential care facilities or special units.
2. Quality Dementia Care: A guide to practice in residential aged care facilities for all staff, February 2007 http://www.alzheimers.org.au/upload/QDC11.pdf
This paper provides all workers (nurses, care workers, activity/lifestyle staff, other care staff, domestic staff, kitchen staff, gardeners etc.) who provide care for older people living with dementia, with practical information to help them deliver best practice person centred care, in a residential setting. The paper may also be useful for staff providing support or care to people living with dementia in the community or for people caring in a voluntary capacity for older family members or friends living with dementia.
3. Quality Dementia Care: Nurturing the Heart
Designed for all those people who live with and interact with individuals with dementia, this paper describes ways to free the creative flow so that creative activity is possible. For Art Therapists the paper offers a validation of their professional therapeutic work and provides some guidelines as to the special ways of working with people with dementia. An information page on Dementia & Art - Tips for art at home is also available.
The link for all the documents, as well as a form to order documents in hard copy, is at: http://www.alzheimers.org.au/content.cfm?topicid=351
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