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
