When asked to recall his wife’s name, Theo’s eyes filled with tears.

Join us for a scintillating evening of casino games, dancing, cocktails and … GOLD

New Date: 10th September 2020, 6.30PM - 10.30PM

Dementia Australia is using technology to support people living with dementia, their carers and families and to create experiential learning and development tools for health care professionals.

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

A Better Visit

A Better Visit is a free iPad app that enhances communication and social interactions between people with dementia and their visitors.

Become a dementia friend!

Make your community dementia-friendly, support people living with dementia.

Dementia costs Australia $14.67 billion a year.

By 2056, $36 billion a year.

Medicines and dementia: what you need to know

Medicines do not have to be part of your care plan for dementia, nor play a large role in your life.

We are committed to meeting the needs of people from the LGBTI community

Embrace diversity

Support, information and education for People living
with dementia Support, information and education for Carers, family
and friends Support, information and education for Health
professionals

A coronavirus (COVID-19) update from Dementia Australia

Read our latest update on coronavirus (COVID-19) here.

Available resources

Tips for carers, families and friends of people living with dementia
Tips for residential care providers
Tips for home care providers
Tips for people living with dementia

Welcome to Dementia Australia

We represent the 459,000 Australians living with dementia and the almost 1.6 million Australians involved in their care.

Dementia-friendly communities

A dementia-friendly community is a place where people living with dementia are supported to live a high quality of life with meaning, purpose and value.

Dementia Australia has developed resources to assist all Australians to get a better understanding of what they can do to contribute to a dementia-friendly nation.

For more information visit www.dementiafriendly.org.au.

Free phone and email support service

The National Dementia Helpline is open nationally from 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday excluding public holidays. A message service is available so if you call outside operating hours, we’ll call you back the next working day. More information

Make a difference

You can make regular donations, donate to local services and to research

For health professionals

Support

Services to support people with any type of dementia, their families and carers

What is dementia?

Education

Australia's leading dementia learning service

Help Sheets

Advice on the issues most commonly raised about dementia

Resources

Videos, facts, guides, toolkits, helpsheets, translated information and useful resources

What is dementia?

Dementia definitions, symptoms and causes, memory loss

Featured video

Latest videos

Dementia Action Week - Real Voices

Dementia Australia virtual reality and computer games to bring a positive change in dementia care

Carers and people living with dementia share Christmas festive wishes

The diet to fight dementia

It's not a disgrace... It's dementia - Hindi

More latest videos

Media releases

Community Visitors volunteers must receive dementia-specific training

Contact us - Dementia Australia calls for people impacted by dementia to reach out for support

Dementia Help Sheets to navigate coronavirus COVID-19

An update from Dementia Australia

Capacity and needs of people living with dementia a priority for aged and health care COVID-19 coronavirus responses

Driving legends join forces to lead the race against dementia

Leading sector change to embed quality dementia care as core business

Number of Australians living with dementia to rise, Dementia Australia releases national Dementia Guide

Presenting the solutions to transform dementia care for Australians

Dementia prioritised by Opposition in vision for older Australians

Calendar

Recently Diagnosed with Dementia - 6 April - Webinar

POSTPONED: Worried about your memory? - 7 April - Port Lincoln

Care for the carer - 8 April - Online / Gold Coast

POSTPONED: Dementia Care Navigator Session - 8 April - Mandurah

Communication - 8 April - Webinar

POSTPONED: Care for the carer - 9 April - Morphett Vale

Care for the carer - 14 April - Online

Grief, loss and dementia - Starting 15 April - Online

POSTPONED: Understanding dementia - 15 April - Geelong

Care for the carer - 16 April - Online / Brisbane South

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Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT 2h @ADNet_Australia

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Maria Dimopoulos 5h @MariaDimopoulo4

RT @MovingPics_NARI: More than ever, carers of people with dementia need to take care of themselves and seek support if necessary. Call @Ca…

Moving Pictures 5h @MovingPics_NARI

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GreatGalloot 6h @coops2206

RT @Diffident3: @MarciaRiordan @FructoseNo @FatEmperor @GeorgiaEdeMD @lowcarbGP @DementiaAus @DementiaUK @DementiaFriends My mom at 92 has…

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RT @Diffident3: @MarciaRiordan @FructoseNo @FatEmperor @GeorgiaEdeMD @lowcarbGP @DementiaAus @DementiaUK @DementiaFriends My mom at 92 has…

Andy 7h @Poodlequeen59

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Career opportunities

Administration Manager

Adelaide, SA, Woolloongabba, QLD, North Ryde, NSW or Parkville, VIC

Client Services State Manager

Canberra, ACT

Dementia Counsellor

North Ryde, Sydney, NSW

News

Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT) Registry and Clinical Trials Program

Dementia Australia mourns the passing of Emeritus Professor Hal Kendig

Dementia advocates marry after 34 years together

Dementia Awareness Month 2017

1200 kilometres in honour of Nan.

Memory Walk and Jog

Three families living with dementia share their experience through ABC’s Four Corners

GIANTS netball ace Sam Poolman becomes Dementia Australia NSW Ambassador

Gold Coast volunteer making a difference

National Volunteer Week

Featured resources

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Tips for Carers, Families and Friends of People Living with Dementia

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Tips for home care providers

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Tips for People Living with Dementia

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Tips for residential care providers

Dementia and your legal rights

Dementia language guidelines

Family and friends matter

Information for health professionals

LGBTI and dementia

Medicines and dementia: what you need to know

A coronavirus (COVID-19) update from Dementia Australia

Read more here