“As a healthcare provider, this toolkit allows me and colleagues to easily find resources to help us navigate the challenges we may face when supporting someone diagnosed with dementia and supporting their loved ones,” says Dana Human, a Psychiatric Nurse and Regional Lead of Community and Continuing Care with Southern Health Sante Sud in Manitoba.
There’s no shortage of information about dementia online but much of it is unreliable or difficult to access. The new Toolkit provides user-friendly filters that make finding reliable information easy, ensuring healthcare providers and patient caregivers are able to respond to even the most frustrating of symptoms.
“Most people with dementia will experience changes in their moods and behaviours,” says Brenda Martinussen, Director of Projects and Public Policy with CCSMH. “This Toolkit is a very user-friendly resource library containing tip sheets, checklists, videos, training courses and more which help health care providers and care partners better understand and compassionately respond to behaviours in dementia.”
T
hese guidelines are the third
in a series of three
sets of guidelines developed by the CCSMH in the last year, including Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety and Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults.
