Dementia-Friendly Community tools and resources
Tips, strategies, support and inspiration to help you build your Dementia-Friendly Community.
Community Toolkits
- Tips for healthcare professionals
If you work in healthcare, aged care or allied health, find information and resources tailored for your field here.
- Toolkit for businessesPDF — 125 kB
Ready to get started? Find information, tips and inspiration in our toolkit made especially for businesses and workplaces.
- Toolkit for starting a dementia-friendly councilPDF — 118 kB
Ready to get started? Find information, tips and inspiration in our toolkit made especially for councils.
- Becoming a dementia-friendly organisationPDF — 830 kB
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 storyPDF — 4.7 MB
A guide to meaningful consultation with people living with dementia, families and carers.
- Let's Talk BookletPDF — 952 kB
Good communication tips for talking with people with dementia.
- Making it dementia friendlyPDF — 991 kB
A guide to assess a venue for use for people living with dementia and other disabilities.
- Supporting People with Dementia at Conferences and Other EventsPDF — 3.8 MB
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 dementiaPDF — 294 kB
The Alchemy Chorus has kindly put together some information regarding their set up and establishment so that other community groups can do the same.