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.
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ISBN: 0 642 82982 9
Online ISBN: 0 642 82983 7
Publications Approval Number: 3865
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Acknowledgements
Project management, consultations and research by Alzheimer’s Australia.
Heather Michaels Project Leader.
Project Reference Group:
Jackie Jenkins, Alzheimer’s Australia
Heather Michaels, Alzheimer’s Australia
Steve Dunlop, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Caroline Sargood, Commonwealth Carer Respite Centre, Southern Metropolitan Region
Fran McArdie, Carers Australia
Margaret Tonks, carer
Max Tabbaa, person living with dementia.
The majority of photographs in this publication have been provided by Lynton Crabb Photography.
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