From now till 31 January 2025, save 20% on our Healthcare Professional Book Bundle, featuring specially selected books to help you discover new insights and learn best practice in dementia leadership and care to improve outcomes for people living with dementia.
Our Healthcare Professional Book Bundle includes:
1. BPSD Textbook: Addressing behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia
Edited by Colm Cunningham, Madeleine Healy and Steve Macfarlane
With a unique combination of content covering theory, practice, assessment and management, the BPSD Textbook addresses the most complex aspects of dementia care, within a framework that is both knowledge-based and deeply compassionate.
Featuring in-depth analysis of topics such as holistic assessment, understanding causes of changes in behaviour, the role of medication and the importance of individually tailored psychosocial interventions, the BPSD Textbook is essential reading for health professionals passionate about improving understanding and support for people experiencing behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia.
2. An Everyone Story: Finding our way back to compassion, hope and humanity
by Duncan McKellar
An Everyone Story offers a powerful call to action for health professionals striving to deliver compassionate, person-centered care. Drawing on his experience in mental health and aged care – including his pivotal role in the Oakden Report, which exposed systemic failures in elder care – Dr McKellar sheds light on the hidden barriers to delivering the compassionate care every person deserves.
Through heartfelt stories of people who lived and worked at the Oakden Campus, candid reflections, and practical guidance, this book offers a roadmap for health professionals who are determined to make a difference. It challenges readers to rethink traditional care models, embrace vulnerability in leadership, and foster a culture where dignity, respect, and kindness are central to every interaction.
3. Better for Everyone: Tools for managers, staff and families
The Better for Everyone toolkit provides practical, evidence-based strategies to reduce changed behaviors in older people living with dementia. Developed through the Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care project, this resource translates research findings into actionable insights for improving care environments.
By addressing the physical environment, staff mentoring, education, and family involvement, the toolkit empowers care teams to foster understanding, enhance support, and create positive outcomes for residents, staff, and families alike.