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Webinar: The Impact of Childhood Trauma on a Person Living with Dementia

Dementia Australia webinars are free videos where subject experts discuss topics relating to dementia for a general audience.

In this webinar, Doctor Monica Cations (psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University) and Meg Schwarz (project coordinator for older Forgotten Australians at Helping Hand Aged Care) discuss how the impacts of psychologically traumatic events can continue into late life and affect the experiences of a person with dementia.

They also cover strategies for people with dementia and their care partners to manage the ongoing effects of traumatic stress and maintain a sense of safety and autonomy.

You will learn:

  • the relationship between psychologically traumatic events and dementia
  • how the symptoms of traumatic stress might appear for people with dementia
  • strategies to manage the ongoing effects of traumatic stress and maintain a sense of safety and autonomy.
     
Dementia expert webinar: the impact of childhood trauma on a person living with dementia, with Monica Cations

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Last updated
9 July 2025