If you are in the Perth today, brave the weather and join us at the Cognitive Impairment Focus Day at Joondalup Hospital.

Chat to our specialist staff about the dementia care courses, resources and programs that we provide.
#dementiaawarenessmonth

Not even the space junk managed to land on Australia

Apparently there is data to prove it: dialogue in Disney films is dominated by the male voice. And dialogue for women in films diminishes substantially after age 40. Interesting site from pudding cool.

pudding.cool/2017/03/film-d…

Making sense of self-reported practice impacts after online dementia education: the example of Bedtime to Breakfast and Beyond

Read article here:
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Access the online course from the paper here: dta.com.au/online-courses…

Belinda Goodenough ASSBI

📢 LAST CALL

Have you nominated for a complimentary subscription of the Australian Journal of Dementia Care?

If not, *HURRY!*

Nominations close TOMORROW at 11:59pm AWST.

More information, eligibility criteria and nomination form at bit.ly/3dh6juJ

#Dementia #rural

What goes 1, 2, 18, 12, 10, 18, 4....? Me enjoying chapters in “What Works Now” -just enough internal cross-refs to whisk the curious on a tailored tour that mimics the nonlinear evidence lifecycles the book describes. Clever work by Annette Boaz and co shar.es/abKgTu

Connections for Life is an innovative project which brings together people with dementia and their care partners with experts from social science, human geography, education, public health, engineering and information science.

Read the full article here: bit.ly/370hmTW

The Q Project is in good hands, and Quality smiles. ⁦Annette Boaz⁩

Using Evidence Better - with a smile in Post Truth World. Celebrating the Q Project, Monash University, ⁦Annette Boaz⁩

“Hindsight, Insight, Foresight” - “systems relationships, dissemination” - “past, present, future” - Mark talks in triplets about “What Works Now” book celebration Annette Boaz

Have you ever wondered what happens at one of DTA’s Designing for People With Dementia (DPD) Workshops?

Watch as a recent participant from Omnicare describes the workshop they attended and how important design is for people living with dementia: bit.ly/2nPrwq8

One in seven GPs work in aged care
bit.ly/2kNbFqw

DTA's FREE online course 'Recognising, Diagnosing and Managing Dementia in General Practice' explores the most up to date advice on dementia in the General Practice setting. bit.ly/2kLgjFt

October online courses start Tuesday!

* Our course are FREE for Australian workers
* Available online 24/7 - study when it suits you
* 'Salutogenic' in their approach, meaning they focus on factors that support health and wellbeing.

Register now: bit.ly/2TWWffu

Panel: Need a funded Dementia National Action Plan to tackle the growing pressures: 447,000 people with dementia with new cases daily, & increased pressures on care facilities, hospitals, carers, people with dementia #dementiadoesntdiscriminate Dementia Australia

Panel: how do we tackle discrimination of dementia? Need more blunt messages from health; tackle ageism; if you had dementia would you want a loud voice & someone to listen; partnerships; bring people in & be inclusive as a community again #dementiadoesntdiscriminate Dementia Australia

Did you know there are 100 different types of #dementia ? Hear PhD candidate Gabrielle Phillips UOW Research talk about her research into #Huntingtonsdisease . Dementia Australia Dementia Action Week #dementia doesntdiscriminate youtu.be/GyDQ1cpimoA via YouTube

We love this article from Alzheimer's Society in the UK about humour, #dementia and stigma. Give it a read as we approach Dementia Action Week. #DementiaDoesntDiscriminate

alzheimers.org.uk/blog/what-to-s…

Do you work in a hospital? Almost 95,000 people with dementia were hospitalised over 12 months in 2016-17. Our free online course, The View from Here, helps learners develop the knowledge and skills needed to care for people with dementia in hospital. bit.ly/2Nvngq4

This gang of Indian women patrol their village and punish badly behaving men abc.net.au/news/2019-08-0…

Free seminar by the one and only Lee-Fay Low - Rehabilitation and #dementia – current evidence and implementation aspirations. Thurs 15 Aug at 12pm Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University. More information: eventbrite.com.au/e/aihi-seminar…