Dementia Language Guidelines

Developed by Alzheimer’s Australia, this hand-out sets forth appropriate language guidelines for talking about dementia, including language for talking about:
People with dementia

• Carers, families, etc.
• People with dementia under 65
• Behavioural and psychological symptom of dementia
• People with dementia in research
• The hand-out also provides a handy chart listing preferred terms, and terms that should not be used.

This resource can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/2gaDAIx