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South Australia’s Nightingale Program offers free dementia-specific palliative care support and guidance

The Nightingale Program is a palliative model of care, provided by specialist nurses and an Occupational Therapist throughout South Australia for advanced dementia care.

It’s available free of charge and provides strategies and advice to support people living with advanced dementia, their families and care providers, with a focus on promoting choice, well-being and forward planning.
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Dementia biggest health issue: reinforces need for interconnected, informed healthcare system

With dementia taking over as the biggest health issue for Australians aged 65 and over, Dementia Australia reinforces the need for an interconnected, dementia-informed healthcare system to ensure everyone impacted by dementia receives appropriate support and care throughout their experience of the disease.
MEMORY WALK & JOG - GET ACTIVE | BEAT DEMENTIA

Memory Walk & Jog

Memory Walk & Jog is Dementia Australia’s biggest national fundraising event. Together, we get active, we fundraise, and we step up for people living with dementia.

Memory Walk & Jog is fun for the whole community! We’ve got a distance to suit you. Whether you walk, jog or run, it’s a great event for all. Get together, create a team and beat dementia to the finish line. With your determination (and feet) you’ll join an inspiring community as we make a better today for the estimated 487,500 people living with dementia in Australia.

What is dementia?

Dementia describes a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain. It is not one specific disease.

Dementia affects thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday tasks. Brain function is affected enough to interfere with the person’s normal social or working life.

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