Topic guides: Tips for someone living with dementia: Home life

Resources

Make home life easier with a few smart changes
Your immediate environment can have a large impact on your wellbeing and
quality of life.

Adapting your home by Dementia Australia
The physical environment can have a major impact on a person living with dementia. This Help Sheet provides information for families and carers on how to create a dementia-friendly environment that maximises the wellbeing of people living with dementia at home and increases their participation in activities.
Safety issues (in the home) by Dementia Australia
This Help Sheet discusses some of the safety issues that need to be considered when caring for someone with dementia. It provides some tips for safety inside and outside the home, and a basic safety checklist for use by families and carers.
Online home improvement tool
A dementia-friendly environment is familiar to the person, easily accessible, safe, secure, and supports the person living with dementia to retain their independence. Use the online home improvement tool to discover some easy ways you can make your home more dementia-friendly, room by room.

Dementia-friendly environments / Department of Health Victoria
Dementia-friendly environments is a comprehensive and user-friendly online resource for service providers, carers and families who support people with dementia. The resource was originally developed for use in residential aged care facilities; however the information and advice is useful to anyone who wants to create an environment that is more friendly, inclusive and supportive for people with dementia - whether the environment is a residential care setting, hospital, community health service, private home, backyard, shop or public space.