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Put dementia on your agenda

Broken Hill Times

WITH two in three people with dementia thought to be living in the community, yet two in three people admitting that they know very little about dementia – community education is the key to increased dementia awareness.

That’s why Dementia Australia has developed a free, easy to use community education toolkit designed to enable community groups and organisations to self-deliver informative and interactive sessions about brain health and dementia.

So please, I call on all community and club leaders to put dementia on their agenda – from social, sporting, recreational, retirement villages, educational, corporate, local government and faith-based groups to take the first step towards building awareness about dementia with their clients or members.

Visit dementia.org.au/community-education-toolkit or contact Innovation@dementia.org.au for more information.

Please call the National Dementia Helpline on 1800 100 500 for free expert advice and support available 24/7.

Dementia Australia’s community education toolkit is funded by The Lionel & Yvonne Spencer Trust.

Professor Tanya Buchanan

CEO, Dementia Australia

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