Dementia Language Guidelines
Developed by Alzheimer’s Australia, this hand-out sets forth appropriate language guidelines for talking about dementia, including language for talking about:
People with dementia
People with dementia
- Carers, families, etc.
- People with dementia under 65
- Behavioural and psychological symptom of dementia
- People with dementia in research
- The hand-out also provides a handy chart listing preferred terms, and terms that should not be used.