Dementia guide for occupational therapists

Osborne Park Hospital in WA has published a resource called Dementia: Osborne Park Hospital Guide for Occupational Therapists in Clinical Practice, and it is available freely online.  It is an evidence-based guide developed by clinicians for clinicians.  “To our knowledge there was, and is, no comparable resource available in Australia or in other parts of the world, and as such is both innovative and will lead to excellence in occupational therapy services through the consistent use of current evidence-based interventions.” says Heather Freegard, Project Coordinator, WA Dementia Training and Study Centre, Curtin University.

The contents include : definitions and natural course of dementia, occupational therapy guidelines and standards for dementia care, occupational therapy strategies for aspects of dementia care (Driving, ADL, wandering etc), and a section on the caring role of families.