DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES PROJECT ALBANY LIBRARY PILOT

A PRATICAL MODEL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CIVIC SERVICES AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS.

Alzheimer’s Australia WA | LGMA Age Friendly| 29/04/2016 The 13 Community Café Consultations provided us with the necessary guiding information with which to act…

Alzheimer’s Australia WA | Presentation title | Date 2 Alzheimer’s Australia WA | Presentation title | Date THE THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TEN CIVIC DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PILOT SITES

Local Governments City of

Civic Sites Albany Public Library Armadale Police Station Bunbury Public Library Bunbury Museum Geraldton Regional Art Gallery Geradlton QEll Seniors and Community Centre Mundijong Public Library WA Museum Geraldton WA Museum and Sites

Alzheimer’s Australia WA | Presentation title | Date 4 Our Dementia Friendly Communities Journey

• What we did • What we are going to do • What we learned • Not onerous • Inspired • In alignment CITY OF ALBANY What we did

• Launch meeting with Althea & Hawthorn House team • Dementia awareness month • Library staff working group • Building Audits • Staff training • We have a plan! CITY OF ALBANY CITY OF ALBANY Some numbers

327,000 247,000 64,000 15,000 2 & 12.7

97% Memory Walk & Jog teams CITY OF ALBANY CITY OF ALBANY CITY OF ALBANY CITY OF ALBANY CITY OF ALBANY CITY OF ALBANY In pre-ANZAC times..... CITY OF ALBANY Staff training V1.0

• Understanding what is Dementia • Communicating with someone with Dementia • Understanding a dementia friendly environment • Volunteers’ stories CITY OF ALBANY What we are going to do

• Familiarisation with HH Services & staff • Ongoing training • Internal Library directional signage • External Building issues • Library service changes/enhancements/improvements CITY OF ALBANY Why we are doing this?

• Alignment: – DAIP, Age Friendly – Existing Community Development collaboration • “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.” • https://fightdementia.org.au/about-us/campaigns/dementia-friendly-communities CITY OF ALBANY What did we learn?

• Logical extension • No extra layers • Flexible & Sustainable • Put more of the ‘public’ in library • Staff understanding and approach, far outweighs the physical elements of the library in being dementia-friendly • Me To be launched in May 2016…

Alzheimer’s Australia WA | Presentation title | Date 21 THANK YOU

Althea Gordon Community Engagement Officer (08)9388 2800 [email protected] wa.fightdementia.org.au/support-and-services/creating-a-dementia-friendly- western-Australia Paul Nielsen Manager Library Services City of Albany [email protected] (08)98419328 http://library.albany.wa.gov.au/

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