Associate Professor Lee-Fay Low is a psychologist, epidemiologist and researcher specialising in developing and evaluating interventions for older people. She has published extensively on dementia and aged care. Lee-Fay brings together people to solve real-world problems so her projects often involve a range of collaborators including people with dementia, care partners, clinicians, service providers and policy makers as well as others with relevant expertise such as designers, artists and marketing experts. Associate Professor Kate Laver is an occupational therapist with experience working with people in inpatient and community rehabilitation settings. Her work involves collaborating with people with dementia to design research that is relevant and important. Her studies involve testing and implementing non-pharmacological interventions for people with dementia. The aim of her research work is to optimise function and quality of life in people with dementia and their families. She has an interest in technologies in rehabilitation and expertise in knowledge translation.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Rehabilitation as a new way of working with people with dementiaLee-Fay Low and Kate Laver1. Rehabilitation: a human right for everyoneKate Swaffer2. Cognitively-oriented treatments in dementiaAlex Bahar-Fuchs, Loren Mowszowski, Nicola T. Lautenschlager and Kay Cox3. Communication interventions for people with dementia and communication partnersSarah El-Wahsh, Penelope Monroe, Fiona Kumfor and Kirrie Ballard4. Maintaining and improving physical function in dementiaMichele L. Callisaya, Susan W. Hunter and Manuel Montero-Odasso5. Optimizing independence in activities of daily livingKate Laver, Catherine Verrier Piersol and Rachel Wiley6. Active and engaged: Maintaining leisure activities in dementia Claire M. C. O'Connor, Jacqueline Wesson, and Lindy Clemson 7. Rehabilitation to improve psychological well-being in dementiaLee-Fay Low, Monica Cations, Deborah Koder and Annaliese Blair8. Driving and community mobility for people with dementiaTheresa L. Scott, Jacki Liddle and Nancy Pachana9. Supporting people with dementia in employmentDavid Evans, Carolyn Murray, Angela Berndt and Jacinta Robertson10. Can buildings contribute to the rehabilitation of people living with dementia?Richard Fleming11. Supporting everyday functioning of people living with dementia: The role of care partners Laura N. Gitlin and Michael Bruneau, Jr.12. Physical comorbidities of dementia: Recognition and rehabilitationSue Kurrle13. Improving functional independence: Dementia rehabilitation programs Yun-Hee Jeon, Nicole Milne, Cassandra Kaizik and Barbara Resnick