Publications
Dementia - The Caring Experience
The Caring Experience is a book that provides carers of people with dementia with information, advice and support. The carer information, stories and ideas in this book come directly from carers and service providers throughout Australia.
You may download this document in PDF format:
PDF printable version of Dementia - The Caring Experience (PDF 667 KB)
Alternatively, an HTML version of Dementia - The Caring Experience is available online.
Program/Initiatives
- Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care
- Multicultural mental health
- eheadspace
- National Perinatal Depression Initiative
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration
Publications
- Australian Government response to Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration Report: Residential and Community Aged Care in Australia
- Comprehensive scoping study on the use of assistive technology by frail older people living in the community
- Changes in Caring Roles and Employment in Mid-Life: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH), July 2007
- Identifying the carer project: final report and recommendations for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
- Supporting parents and families: the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people
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