Ask Annie is a free and interactive app developed by Dementia Australia's Centre for Dementia Learning to help aged and community care professionals problem solve and learn on-the-go, developing dementia-specific care skills.
In an exciting expansion campaign announced this week at Dementia Australia's webinar 'Making Behaviour Support Plans Work for You', Ask Annie is now freely accessible to aged care workers looking to develop their person-centred care for those living with dementia.
Within the expansion of the mobile app, Ask Annie now includes a new program for Residential Aged Care – Plan Behaviour Support, with an additional 4 modules and 19 lessons. This includes branched scenarios to provide workers with real world scenarios and decision-making opportunities to learn through trial and error.
More than two-thirds (68%) of aged care residents have moderate to severe cognitive impairment. Residential aged care providers are required to have a behaviour support plan in place for each consumer who may require the use of restrictive practices as part of their care.
Ask Annie now provides workers with a 24/7 resource in their pocket for behaviour support planning, to ensure best practice, solutions-based thinking and empathetic delivery of person-centred care.
Since the app was launched in June 2021, there has been more than 20,000
