Resources

Here are links to resources we have developed to help inform people about Dementia.
If you wish to use them e-mail info@southerndag.org and we will send you a link to download them.
All we ask is that you acknowledge the creator(s).
Likewise if you would like a similar resource developed or customized for your use e-mail info@southerndag.org.

About Dementia: a short video (.mp4) about the difference between what you see and what we experience. Click to Download the video

Dementia As An Umbrella Term : Is a short video (.mp4) about the terminology. Click to Download the video

A Laypersons Guide to Brain Anatomy:  Is a short video (.mp4) that shows a simple overview of the brain structure and relates some common symptoms to the areas of the brain that contributes to them. Click to Download the video

Communication And Language:   This is a 20-minute video of a presentation done in 2020 about communicating with people living with Dementia. Click to Download the video

Hear Our Voice is a short video produced in 2016 as part of the Dementia Friendly Kiama Project. It was included in numerous presentations to Aged Care and Dementia Conferences over the next few years. A special thank you must go to Twisted Sister whose work gave inspiration to this video. Click to Download the video

Using Zoom: is a presentation showing how you can use zoom to host meetings. It also covers a few pointers about making the experience better.

The following videos relate to the rates of Dementia in Australia (The values are a few years out of date).  1: Dementia Rates, (Download); 2: Graph of Age Vs Rates, (Download); Rate vs Population, (Download); When One Person is Diagnose who is affected, (Download).

The following videos relate to how our senses may be affected. Sense of Taste, (Download); Sense of Smell,(Download); Our Hearing, (Download); Making Sense of our Senses -Flavour, (Download); and Sight – It’s Not all Black and White,  (Download);