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We acknowledge the 2 tools used for assessment and
self-assessment in this resource.
1. Dementia Attitudes Scale
The Dementia Attitude Scale was developed by M. L. O’Connor and S. H.
McFadden. The Scale was published in M. L. O’Connor; S. H. McFadden.
(2010) Development and Psychometric Validation of the Dementia
Attitudes Scale, International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Article ID
454218, doi:10.4061/2010/454218
2. Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool Version 2
The Dementia Knowledge Assessment Too Version 2 was developed from
Version 1 at Curtain University. Edith Cowen University, the Australian
Catholic University, and the University of Tasmania by C. Toye; L. Lester; A.
Popescu; F. McInernery; S. Andrews; and A. L. Robinson. Version 1 was
developed at Edith Cowan University with Funding from the Australian
Government Department of Health and Ageing and support from a
dementia education consortium led by Alzheimer’s Australia WA.
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