Last updated 1 July 2023
The contribution by Dementia Australia and the people and organisations we have worked closely with on many varied projects, over many years, has been recognised in awards covering education, person-centred care, advocacy, empowering consumers, diversity, fundraising, technology innovations, branding design, public relations and, transparency and accountability in annual reporting.
Please note from 18 October 2017 the federated states and territory bodies of Alzheimer's Australia unified to become one national organisation - Dementia Australia.
2023 Awards
Winner
Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), ACT iAwards
Category: Community/not-for-profit
Entry: BrainTrack, Dementia Australia with Deakin University’s Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A²I²)
2022 Awards
Winner
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Technology – Business
Entry: Ask Annie, Dementia Australia
Winner
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Dementia Care
Entry: Talk with Ted, Dementia Australia
Highly Commended
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Community Engagement
Entry: Creative Dementia Workshops, Dementia Australia
Semi Finalist
Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards
Category: Healthy Tasmania Health and Wellbeing Award
Entry: Here we are community group, nominated by Dementia Australia
Winner
International PRNEWS Nonprofit Awards
Category: Advocacy Campaign and Lobbying Efforts
Entry: Securing a $229.4 million commitment to dementia in Australia
Winner
International PRNEWS Nonprofit Awards
Category: PR on a Shoestring Budget
Entry: Dementia Australia Library promotion campaign
Honourable mention
International PRNEWS Nonprofit Awards
Category: Event PR
Entry: Memory Walk & Jog, Dementia Australia
2021 Awards
Winner
Victorian Senior of the Year Awards
Category: Premier’s Victorian Senior of the Year
Entry: Anne Tudor OAM, Dementia Advocate, nominated by Dementia Australia
Winner
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Service Transformation
Entry: Communities of Practice, Dementia Australia
Winner
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Community Engagement
Entry: Dementia-Friendly Communities Program, Dementia Australia
Winner
innovAGEING
Category: Increasing Access to Care and Services
Entry: Client Services Carer Wellbeing Program, Dementia Australia
Winner
International Association of Business Communicators - Victoria
Category: Bronze Gold Quill Award, COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management and Communication
Entry: Isolating Not Isolated: Dementia Australia’s response to the COVID-19 crisis
Winner
APAC International Association of Business Communicators
Category: Silver Quill Award - Award of Merit
Entry: Isolating Not Isolated: Dementia Australia’s response to the COVID-19 crisis
Winner
Volunteering Victoria weVolunteer Community Champions Awards
Category: State Community Champions (1 of 5)
Entry: Loren Kumeroa, Volunteer nominated by Dementia Australia
High commendation
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Consumer Experience
Entry: Dementia Australia Advisory Committee, Dementia Australia
High commendation
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Indigenous Communities
Entry: Exploring Dementia Program, Dementia Australia
Finalist
Hesta Excellence Awards
Category: Team Excellence in Aged Care
Entry: Centre for Dementia Learning, Dementia Australia
Finalist
Hesta Excellence Awards
Category: Team Excellence in Allied Health
Entry: Blokes in a Caring Role, Dementia Australia
Finalist
Queensland Community Achievement Awards
Category: Australia Pacific LNG Community Hero Award
Entry: Juanita Hughes, Dementia Advocate nominated by Dementia Australia
Finalist
innovAGEING
Category: Enhancing Consumer Experience
Entry: Client Services Post Diagnostic Support Program, Dementia Australia
Finalist
South Australia Community Achievement Awards
Category: Office for Ageing Well Tackling Ageism Award
Entry: Ian Gladstone, Dementia Advocate, nominated by Dementia Australia
- 2020 Awards
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Winner
Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) Victorian iAwards
Category: Not for Profit and Community Solution of the Year
Entry: Ted the AI Avatar living with dementia, Dementia Australia with Deakin University’s Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A²I²) -
Top 10
AFR Boss Most Innovative Companies
Category: Government Education and Not For Profit List
Entry: A Better Visit™, Dementia Australia -
High Commendation
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Palliative Care
Entry: The Nightingale Program, Dementia Australia -
High Commendation
Future of Ageing Awards
Category: Technology (Health and Wellbeing)
Entry: Enabling EDIE workshop, Dementia Australia -
Finalist
Australian Not-for-Profit Technology Awards
Category: Innovator of the Year
Entry: Dementia Australia -
Semi-Finalist
Victorian Regional Achievement and Community Awards
Category: Community Group
Entry: Sunraysia Men’s Shed, nominated by Dementia Australia
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- 2018 Awards
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Finalist
Australian Not For Profit Technology Awards
Category: Technology Innovator of the Year
Entry: Dementia Australia -
Finalist
Tweed Shire Access and Inclusion Awards
Category: Dementia-Friendly Communities
Entry: Cudgen Leagues Club with Dementia Australia -
High Commendation
Information Technology Across Care Awards (ITAC)
NB: Awards name change from previous year
Category: Best solution that provides ongoing consumer independence
Entry: The Virtual Forest™, Dementia Australia
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- 2017 Awards
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Winner
Information Technology in Aged Care Awards (ITAC)
Category: Best Aged Care Software Development and Deployment
Entry: Dementia Australia -
Winner
Victorian Training Awards, Victorian Department of Education and Training
Category: Small Training Provider of the Year
Entry: Dementia Australia -
Winner
Simulation Australasia Awards
Category: Project Innovation
Entry: Enabling EDIE, Dementia Australia -
Winner
Australasian Reporting Awards
Category: Silver Award
Entry: Annual Report, Dementia Australia -
Honourable Mention
Platinum PR Awards USA
Category: Cause Related Marketing
Entry: You Are Not Alone Dementia Awareness Month 2016, Dementia Australia -
Finalist
Victorian Minister for Health Volunteer Awards
Category: Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Entry: Margaret Cameron, nominated by Dementia Australia -
Finalist
Victorian Minister for Health Volunteer Awards
Category: Outstanding achievement by a volunteer: Supporting Diversity
Entry: Ray Morgan OAM, nominated by Dementia Australia -
Finalist
Tweed Shire Access and Inclusion Awards
Category: Dementia-Friendly Communities
Entry: Dementia Action Group with Dementia Australia -
Finalist
Community Achievement Awards SA
Category: Alzheimer's Australia (as sponsor) Dementia Care Excellence Award
Entry: Dementia-Friendly Communities Committee of Nuriootpa
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- 2016 Awards
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Winner
Victorian Senior Achiever Awards
Category: Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria Senior Achiever Award for Significant Contributions to Local Communities and Victoria
Entry: Anne Fairhall, Dementia Advocate nominated by Dementia Australia -
Winner
Victorian Minister for Health Volunteer Awards
Category: Outstanding Achievement by a Volunteer: Supporting Diversity Award
Entry: Edie Mayhew and Anne Tudor OAM, Dementia Advocates nominated by Dementia Australia -
Winner
Australasian Reporting Awards
Category: Silver Award
Entry: Annual Report, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
PR News USA Diversity & Inclusion Awards
Category: Diversity & Inclusion Campaign
Entry: Let's Talk About Sex: Relationships and Intimacy as We Age Conference 2015, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Award of Merit
Registered Graphic Designers Canada In-House Awards
Category: Branding
Entry: Alzheimer’s Australia
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- 2015 Awards
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Gold Winner
Victorian Public Healthcare Award
Category: Excellence in person, family and community-centred care
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
Microsoft Imagine Cup, USA
Category: World Citizenship Award
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™, Opaque Multimedia with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
Australasian Reporting Awards
Category: Bronze Award
Entry: Annual Report, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
2015/2016 Leading Aged Services Australia – State Awards for Excellence - Victoria
Category: Large Provider of the Year
Entry: Lifeview with partnership with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Merit Recipient
Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), Victorian iAwards
Category: Education
Entry: Advanced Virtual Dementia Experience™ Alzheimer’s Australia with Opaque Multimedia -
Finalist
HESTA Community Sector Awards
Category: Outstanding Organisation
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Finalist
HESTA Community Sector Awards
Category: Unsung Hero
Entry: Tony Walsh, Dementia Advocate nominated by Alzheimer's Australia
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- 2014 Awards
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Winner
Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards APICTA
Category: eLearning
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™ at The Perc Walkley Dementia Learning Centre, Alzheimer’s Australia with Opaque Multimedia -
Winner
Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), National iAwards
Category: Education
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™ at The Perc Walkley Dementia Learning Centre, Alzheimer’s Australia, Alzheimer’s Australia with Opaque Multimedia -
Winner
Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), Victorian iAwards
Category: eLearning
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™ at The Perc Walkley Dementia Learning Centre, Alzheimer’s Australia with Opaque Multimedia -
Winner
Australasian Reporting Awards
Category: Bronze Award
Entry: Annual Report, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Finalist
Australian Microsoft Imagine Cup
Category: Victorian Finalist
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™ at The Perc Walkley Dementia Learning Centre, Opaque Multimedia with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Finalist
Melbourne Awards
Category: Contribution to Profile
Entry: Virtual Dementia Experience™, Alzheimer’s Australia with Opaque Multimedia -
Team Nominee
Victorian Minister for Health Volunteer Awards
Category: Outstanding Team Achievement
Entry: Jane Kilkenny, 24 Hour Treadmill Challenge Team, Fitness Energy, nominated by Dementia Australia -
Nominee
SACS Leadership Awards, SACS Consulting Awards for Leadership in Not For Profit Sector 2014
Category: Executive Leader
Entry: Senior Management Team, Alzheimer’s Australia
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- 2013 Awards
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Winner
REBRAND 100 Global Awards
Category: Best in Show
Entry: Interbrand with Alzheimer’s Australia
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- 2012 Awards
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Gold Winner
Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, Healthcare Innovation Award
Category: Optimising healthcare through e-health and communications technology
Entry: BrainyApp, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
Public Relations Institute Australia Golden Target Awards
Category: Consumer Marketed Services
Entry: BrainyApp, Porter Novelli Sydney with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
Victorian Public Relations Institute Australia Golden Target Awards
Category: Public Affairs
Entry: Fight Dementia Campaign, Porter Novelli Melbourne with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
Type Directors Club of America (TDC)
Category: Corporate Identity
Entry: Interbrand with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Distinction
Australian Graphic Design Awards
Category: Corporate Identity
Entry: Interbrand with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Honourable Mention
PR News USA Platinum PR Awards
Category: Cause Related Marketing
Entry: Fight Dementia Campaign, Porter Novelli Melbourne with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Honourable Mention
Brand New Awards
Category: Corporate Identity
Entry: Interbrand with Alzheimer’s Australia -
National Finalist
Australian Marketing Institute Awards for Marketing Excellence
Category: Brand Revitalisation
Entry: Fighting Alzheimer’s for Australia, Alzheimer’s Australia - National Finalist
Australian Marketing Institute Awards for Marketing Excellence
Category: Social Marketing
Entry: Fighting Alzheimer’s for Australia, Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
Government of South Australia Department of Communities and Social Inclusion The South Australia Carers Recognition Awards
Category: Outstanding Initiative for Carers as Customers by a Not For Profit Organisation
Entry: Alzheimer's Australia
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- 2011 Awards
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Winner
2011 Brand New Awards
Category: Comprehensive Identity Programs
Entry: Interbrand with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Recognition
Australian Business Arts Foundation Awards
Category: Arts and Health Foundation Award for Good Partnering Practice
Entry: Sundowner, KAGE Physical Theatre Company and Alzheimer’s Australia -
National Finalist and State Winner South Australia
Australian Marketing institute Awards for Marketing Excellence
Category: Brand Revitalisation
Entry: Memory Man, Alzheimer's Australia -
National Finalist and State Winner South Australia
Australian Marketing institute Awards for Marketing Excellence
Category: Consumer Insight
Entry: Dementia is Confusing, Alzheimer's Australia
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- 2008 Awards
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Honourable Mention
International Photography Awards
Category: Corporate Series
Entry: Lynton Crabb with Alzheimer’s Australia -
Winner
Every Generation Awards – It’s on for young and old
Category: Every Generation
Entry: Positive Images, The Photography Group with Alzheimer’s Australia
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- 2006 Awards
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Winner
Alzheimer’s Disease International Centenary Awards, Berlin
Category: Photography
Entry: Lynton Crabb with Alzheimer’s Australia
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