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Dementia Action Week 2023

This Dementia Action Week (18-24 September) we're encouraging everyone to take a few simple actions to create a dementia-friendly future for all Australians.

Find tips, information and resources for councils, businesses and communities on how you can act now for a dementia-friendly future at the link below.
Plan now to support people living with dementia to participate in the upcoming Voice referendum

Plan now to support people living with dementia to participate in the upcoming Voice referendum

With the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament referendum to take place on 14 October, Dementia Australia is calling on people living with dementia, their families and carers to start the conversation now about voting.

Dementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe AM said it is important that people living with dementia, their families and carers start the conversation now, along with their doctor - if required, to decide together whether they can vote in the referendum, so their status on the electoral roll can be amended, if needed.
Act now for a dementia friendly future. Dementia action week 2023.

Fear of people with dementia increases – Dementia Australia calls for immediate action

Almost a third of Australians find people living with dementia frightening, according to a recent survey.

In response, national peak body and charity Dementia Australia has called for urgent action and commitments from councils, businesses, community groups and leaders in every corner of Australia to take decisive action and be the change that makes their communities more dementia-friendly.

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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