Increased support for people suffering severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia will benefit carers
4 February 2015
Carers Australia welcomes Assistant Minister Fifield’s announcement that the government will use the remaining $54.5 million from the over-subscribed and now defunct Dementia Supplement to provide support to residential aged care providers through mobile teams of clinical experts, which will assist residents experiencing severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (known as BPSD).