A Guide for Carers 2023
ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Sydney was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care to develop a comprehensive suite of updated resources to support people who present with changed behaviours and psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD)*.
A Guide for Carers 2023: Supporting carers to better understand and help people experiencing changed behaviours and psychological symptoms associated with dementia is a ‘travel size’ summary of evidence-informed care principles. These relate to changed behaviours that commonly occur in people living with dementia. The information contained in this Guide is a modified summary of key points from the comprehensive document A Clinician’s BPSD Guide 2023: Understanding and helping people experiencing behaviours and psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD).
This ‘user-friendly’ Guide for Carers was developed to provide information and support for care partners and hands-on care staff in their role of caring for people with dementia, who present with changed behaviours. Easy access to key messages, descriptions of what changed behaviours in dementia look like, suggestions as to why these might be happening, strategies to try to help the person with dementia and example stories are provided.
Understanding why changed behaviours can occur may help to address them as well as improve the person living with dementia’s quality of life and carer’s well-being.
Hard copies of the Guide for Carers 2023 are available from the BPSD team at CHeBA free of charge, pending availability.
Please email Kim Burns or download the pdf.
Care4Dementia app
Supporting care partners to better understand and help people experiencing changed behaviours and psychological symptoms associated with dementia.
The Care4Dementia app was developed to provide easy access to key information and support for carers in their role of caring for people with changed behaviours that can occur in dementia.
Information on what these behaviours look like, why they might be happening and what you can do to help is included for those most commonly reported by carers. Understanding why changed behaviours occur can help to support the person with dementia and their care partners.
*This terminology is used respectfully for communication between those supporting people with dementia. For more information about consumer preferences on terminology, please consultÌýÌýdeveloped by Dementia Australia.
The Care4Dementia app is available for free download.