Acknowledgements
Steering committee
Co-Chairs | ||
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Elaine Todd | Consumer Dementia Research Network | Alzheimer’s Australia |
Jamie Hallen | Co-Chair, Allied Health sub-group | Aged Health Network, ACI |
Senior Physiotherapist, Aged Care Service in Emergency Teams | Prince of Wales Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District | |
Members | ||
Jacqueline Wesson | Occupational Therapist, Aged Care Psychiatry Service | Prince of Wales Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District |
Research Occupational Therapist | Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia | |
Jenny Henderson | Consumer Dementia Research Network | Alzheimer’s Australia |
Joan Jackman | Consumer Dementia Research Network | Alzheimer’s Australia |
Kate Swaffer | Consumer Dementia Research Network | Alzheimer’s Australia |
Michelle Frawley | Occupational Therapist | |
Outgoing Co-Chair, Allied Health Sub-Group | Aged Health Network, ACI | |
Network Manager | Acute Care, ACI | |
Viki Brummell | Social Worker | |
Co-Chair | Aged Health Network, ACI | |
Network Manager | Aged Care and Rehabilitation Services Clinical Network Hunter New England Local Health District |
Special thanks
Special thanks to:
- The people living with dementia and their carers, including members of the Consumer Dementia Research Network, who have provided constant and valuable input into the scope, content and structure of this publication; and a special thanks to those who shared their stories (names have been changed).
- The allied health sub-group of the Aged Health Network, ACI, for their discipline-specific input, guidance and reviewing of this publication.
Funding
- This initiative is funded by the Alzheimer’s Australia National Quality Dementia Care Initiative with support from J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust.
The National Dementia Helpline is an Australian Government funded initiative.