Dementia-Friendly Community tools and resources
Tips, strategies, support and inspiration to help you build your Dementia-Friendly Community.
Community Toolkits
- Dementia-friendly tips for health workers
If you work in healthcare, aged care or allied health, here are some tips for helping people living with dementia feel comfortable, supported and engaged.
- Community Education Toolkit
Dementia Australia’s free, interactive video toolkit designed for community groups interested in learning about brain health and dementia.
- Toolkit for businesses
Ready to get started? Find information, tips and inspiration in our toolkit made especially for businesses and workplaces.
- Toolkit for starting a dementia-friendly council
Ready to get started? Find information, tips and inspiration in our toolkit made especially for councils.
- Becoming a dementia-friendly organisation
As the number of people living with dementia continues to grow, many Australian businesses and organisations are taking positive steps to become dementia-friendly.
Further Resources
- Half the story
A guide to meaningful consultation with people living with dementia, families and carers.
- Let's Talk Brochure
Good communication tips for talking with people with dementia.
- Making it dementia friendly
A guide to assess a venue for use for people living with dementia and other disabilities.
- Supporting People with Dementia at Conferences and Other Events
Because members of Dementia Alliance International (DAI) have a unique perspective on conferences we decided to assemble responses from post-event informal email surveys of the past four years to see how people with dementia and care partners feel about the access, support, and enablement provided at professional meetings of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and other conferences or events.
- Inclusive choirs for those living with dementia
The Alchemy Chorus has kindly put together some information regarding their set up and establishment so that other community groups can do the same.