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A Guide to Making General Practice Dementia Friendly.

Alzheimer’s Society (UK)

This 2017 guide includes a checklist for GP practices to help people with dementia and carers access high-quality care and support.

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Dementia Friendly Surgeries Implementing ISPACE.

Wessex Academic Health Network (UK)

The ISPACE programme has produced a brochure that describes how to make surgery dementia-friendly and outlines the steps for implementing it. They also have a video presentation and other resources available.

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Dementia Care for Māori Short Course.

Goodfellow Unit, 2019

This resource provides information and tools around communicating with Māori patients and their whānau, as well as information around diagnosing dementia and long-term care of dementia patients – all of which will make it easier for you to support and care for your patients and their whānau. Registration is free, and you can print a certificate for 1 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hour.

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Recognising and Managing Early Dementia.

BPAC 2020

BPAC released new guidance on recognising and managing early dementia in February 2020. Reading an article on bpac.org.nz is endorsed by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) as a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity. Every hour spent reading articles earns one Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit.

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Dementia Friendly Dentistry: Advice and Guidance for Primary Care Dentistry Teams.

NHS England

In this podcast (Audio only), Professor Ngaire Kerse talks about living well with dementia. Take-home messages: Making the diagnosis of dementia can happen and is often most appropriate in primary care. For Māori patients, involve whānau and the wider community. Be realistic with patients about driving. Encourage getting affairs in order early. Caring for the carers is important too. Get community agencies involved.

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Management of Dementia in Primary Care.

BMJ Learning (UK)

This module covers the management of dementia, particularly behavioural and psychological symptoms. A free subscription is available to RNZCGP members, with an estimated completion time of 1 hour.

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Recognising, Diagnosing and Managing Dementia in General Practice.

Dementia Training Australia (a Consortium of Four Australian Universities)

A free online course for general practice nurses and GPs, presented as videos (with transcripts available). Four modules cover Recognising Dementia in General Practice; Diagnosing Dementia in General Practice; How does Dementia progress?; and Managing Dementia in General Practice. Estimated time to complete is 4 hours. You are welcome to take DTA courses if you live outside of Australia. If the learner quota is near full, then preference will be given to Australian enrolments. At the time of writing, the course is offered monthly.

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Developing Dementia Friendly GP Practices: Guidance Document.

Bury Dementia Friendly GP Practices Project (UK)

To enable other organisations to learn from this UK project, a summary of the aims, management, benefits and future opportunities is presented in this guidance document.

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