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Resources to support you on your journey
Whether you are living with dementia, or supporting a partner, parent, sibling, friend, or chosen family member with a diagnosis, you bring your own deep understanding to the journey. We are here to walk alongside you, offering practical tools, guides, and information designed to help you feel more confident and supported.
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If you have more questions, we are here to help. Call us on 1300 015 406 or click below to send an enquiry – and one of our team will be in touch.Explore and download our most popular resources on this page.
What I wish I knew about dementia resources:
- Empowering people with dementia through Reminiscence Therapy: Unlocking Memories
- The Role of Support Groups in Dementia Care: Building a Strong Community
- What is the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia?
- Navigating the Landscape: different types of dementia, and is dementia a disease?
- What is dementia?
- Dementia, what now?
- Is dementia a normal part of ageing
- Does it matter what type of dementia I have?
- Dementia and the seasons
- How to visit someone with dementia
- 3 tips for stepping into someone’s reality
- 5 tips for engaging your loved one during holiday gatherings
- Tips for supporting your loved one at home
- A support partner’s mindset
- What is carer fatigue?
- Difference between group homes and aged care facilities
- Creating a memory book
- Food for thought
- Nourishing the mind
- Top 20 Brain Boosters
- Unlocking the power of sleep
Planning tools and tips for organising your care:
Helpful reading, when you're ready
Take a moment. When you feel ready, we’ve gathered thoughtful notes and real answers to questions we’re often asked, designed to support you through each step.
Where can I find more Videri Australia information and resources?
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You might like to also join one of our regular regular, free dementia education workshops, which support people living with dementia and their families and friends. With afternoon and evening sessions available, join us over three hours as we share innovative strategies and tools to enhance quality of life beyond a diagnosis of dementia.
Where can I find other trusted information about dementia?
You’ll find expert advice, resources, and support services at Dementia Australia. Their site offers fact sheets, help for carers, and stories from people with lived experience.
I’m caring for a loved one — where can I get support?
Caring for someone can be incredibly rewarding, but also overwhelming. Our articles regularly highlight self-care strategies, community support, and respite options. For further dedicated carer advice, our friends at Dementia Australia have some wonderful support services. Visit Get support | Dementia Australia.
How can your blog help me?
Our blog is written with families, carers and support partners, as well as people living with dementia in mind. We share real-life stories, expert interviews, and updates on innovations – all aimed at making your journey easier and more informed.
What government resources are available to support families?
What does it mean to step into someone’s reality?
In traditional dementia care, there is this school of thought that says you should never lie to someone living with dementia. People use strategies such as re-orientation, re-direction, diversion, distraction and/or validation. Another tool to consider is stepping into their own reality.
At Videri Australia, we recognise that there are two (2) realities when caring for someone living with dementia – the resident’s reality and our reality. Our reality is the here and now, who that person is now and their diagnosis. However, for a person living with dementia, their reality could be any point in their life, from their lived timeline, and this can change day to day.
They can be stuck in a moment in time, as a child needing to get home for dinner, or a young professional needing to go to work, and even a parent needing to make dinner for their young kids, when in our reality these children are in their mid-40s and live far away.
Entering into a persons reality is the ability to be present in what is real to them in that moment and not force them into our own reality, leaving them shamed and disorientated. Often family will use the phrase “don’t you remember that…?”. Having the ability to step into their reality gives them a sense of comfort and orientation.
In order to step into someone’s reality here are a couple of tips:
Listen
Listen for clues of where that person is in that moment in time, of that persons lived timeline. Each day is going to be different, so don’t assume that if they were living in a particular timeframe yesterday, they will be in there today. So listen for cues to be able to identify where they are.
Validate
Validate and legitimise everything they say. If they say they need to go home to make dinner for the kids, your response should be “what do your kids like to eat for dinner?”, instead of arguing that the kids are longer at home and they don’t need dinner made for them.
Be prepared
Be prepared for them to step out of that reality and into a different space. It is not up to you to keep them stuck in a particular timeframe. It is up to you to listen, learn and remain curious.
What’s the timeline that your loved one is living to?
Read our related resource: 9 tips for caring for someone at home
How can I access more support for myself and my family members while caring for someone with dementia?
A person living with dementia requires care that’s as unique as their needs. For family members, it’s important to understand the symptoms, possible changes in behaviour, the importance of nutritious foods, and much more.
From the National Dementia Helpline to dedicated support groups, contact Videri Australia today to find resources to help you support a person living with dementia. You can talk to our professional team and get an understanding of what to expect in the future.
How can I get support as a family member as dementia progresses?
Research suggests that people with dementia can experience the condition very individually. Each person has a different journey, as do those caring for a person with dementia. A person with dementia has specific health care needs. As dementia progresses, a person’s behaviour may change. A caregiver needs people to talk to as well, and it’s important to take regular breaks.
Whether you or your loved one need respite care, long term care, or simply some additional support to help you navigate the future, Videri Australia is here to help.
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