Eastern Australia Dementia Training and Study Centre

Australian Government Dementia Initiative

The Australian Government’s Dementia Initiative was funded in 2005 to provide significant additional support to Australians living with dementia, their carers and families. Programs have been established to increase the capacity of both the health and aged care sectors to undertake research and provide for evidence-based early intervention assessment, treatment and care initiatives. This includes the establishment of Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia Packages and dementia specific training for aged and community care staff and residential care workers, carers and community workers such as police and ambulance officers.