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Psychosocial wellbeing

 

What makes you happy (video resource)
Author:
Te Arai Research Group (NZ)
Description:
In collaboration with their community research partner Dementia Auckland, Te Arai Research Group have completed a pilot project exploring the use of digital stories with people with dementia and now have five videos to share. 
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Promoting psychological wellbeing for people with dementia and their carers: An enhanced practice resource
Author:
NHS (UK)
Description:
This excellent resource is designed to enhance your understanding of dementia from a psychological perspective, and to enable you to apply this learning to supporting people with dementia and their families and carers. 
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Promising approaches to reducing loneliness and isolation in later life
Author:
Campaign to end loneliness (UK)
Description:
This report offers a new framework for understanding loneliness interventions, and provides a comprehensive review
Link
Meaningful engagement of people with dementia: A resource guide
Author:
Alzheimer Society, 2015 (Canada)
Description:
This resource guide has been developed to provide tools, resources and strategies to assist organizations in promoting meaningful engagement with people who have dementia.
Link
Purposeful activities for people with dementia: A resource
Author:
Dementia Australia (Au)
Description:
Purposeful Activities for Dementia offers practical ways that aged care carers, home based support workers and other health care professionals can engage people living with dementia in purposeful activities at home and in social groups, based on Montessori principles. The resources include a video guide in six chapters, with a workbook
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Activities at home: Planning the day for a person living with middle- or late-stage Alzheimer’s
Author:
Alzheimer’s Organisation (US)
Description:
While aimed at care-partners this is a useful brief overview of tips for planning activities for people living at home.
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Dementia and the arts: Massive Open Online Course
Author:
Created out of Mind (UK)
Description:
The aim of this free online course is to Explore, challenge and shape your perceptions of dementia through science and the creative arts. It has been developed by Created Out of Mind, with an interdisciplinary team of scientists, researchers, broadcasters, clinicians, musicians, care home workers, charities, visual artists – and of course people living with dementias and carers.  The course runs for 4 weeks with an estimated two hours of engagement per week, with various start times through the year.
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