Articles tagged with: salutogenesis

The Fellowship programs at DTA all have a common theme – to place the wellbeing of people living with dementia at the heart of care quality.

DTA’s Kirsty Bennett talks about how the new Aged Care Quality Standards can facilitate better design for dementia.

Listen as DTA Executive Director Richard Fleming talks to ABC radio about dementia training, and focusing on the person not the disease.

The design of a building can change the way we engage and interact, move around, and even our mood.

DTA Executive Director Richard Fleming writes in the Australian Ageing Agenda about the Village by Scalabrini, a new dementia friendly community that “marks the emergence of a new paradigm in...

Today, on World Alzheimer’s Day and in the week when the Royal Commission on Aged Care was announced, we may find ourselves thinking that it is time for things to...

University of Newcastle medicine student, Tara Kannan, has been announced as a winner of this year’s National Dementia Storytelling Competition, an annual awareness initiative run by Dementia Training Australia (DTA)...

Two university students have snagged $2000 each for their exploration of salutogenesis and what it means for people with dementia.

Almost half a million Australians are living with dementia and Dementia Training Australia is inviting undergraduate students to help make a difference.

An article by Richard Fleming in the Meaningful Ageing Australia newsletter, on salutogenesis and spirituality in aged care.

Almost half a million Australians are living with dementia and Dementia Training Australia is inviting undergraduate students to help make a difference.

What gives our lives meaning is different for every one of us. DTA Executive Director Professor Richard Fleming writes for HelloCare.

Dementia Training Australia is offering a new online course for shift workers who care at night for people with dementia.

Dementia Training Australia has launched a free online training course for aged care staff who care for people with dementia overnight.

Undergraduate students across Australia can win prizes of up to $2000 and help make a difference to people living with dementia in the 2017 National Dementia Storytelling Competition.

In this article, Jan Golembiewski, a practising architect and neuroscience PhD, reframes the essentials of good design and care delivery for people with dementia.

The ‘salutogenic approach’ has enormous relevance in aged care, particularly in the care of people with dementia.

Storytelling competition to explore supporting people with dementia.