Free dementia series video offer expires soon
December 18, 2004UPDATE: As of 25 July 2005 free copies of the dementia series are still available, now on both DVD and VHS video. See our more recent news item for details.
The complete series of five Rural Health Education Foundation programs on dementia is still available for free on video, with support provided by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Time is running out to order them, as this offer must conclude on 31 December 2004 (or beforehand, if all copies of the programs are exhausted).
About the dementia series
The five dementia programs, all produced in 2003, are:
- Dementia: What’s It All About (no. 303, 25 February 2003)
- Dementia: The Importance of Early Diagnosis and the Role of GPs (no. 314a, 23 September 2003)
- The Dementia Continuum: How to Manage It (no. 314b, 7 October 2003)
- Dementia: What Difference Does Person Centred Care Make? (no. 314c, 4 November 2003)
- Dementia and the Aged Care Worker (no. 314d, 25 November 2003)
Presenters
Speakers featured in the dementia programs include:
- Professor Henry Brodaty, Professor of Psychogeriatrics, University of NSW.
- Dr Mark Yates, Geriatrician, Ballarat, Victoria.
- Dr Robert Yeoh, General Practitioner, Fairfield NSW and President of Alzheimer’s Australia.
- Richard Fleming, Director of Dementia Services, Hammond Care Group, Sydney.
- Barbara Squires, Director, Centre on Ageing, The Benevolent Society & President, Australian Association of Gerontology.
- A number of consumers and carers.
- Dr Norman Swan (Chair), presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National.
How to order
To order your free VHS video copies of the dementia programs (individual copies only within Australia), please email us at rhef@rhef.com.au or fax us on (02) 6232-5484 providing your name, organisation, postal address, contact telephone number and email address.
Offer expires 31 December
This free video offer will expire on 31 December 2004, or when copies of the programs are exhausted.