CONNECTIONS Supporting Australians with Dementia Summer 2017
CONNECTIONS Supporting Australians with dementia Summer 2017 Bigger, Stronger, Bolder Welcome to Dementia Australia Maree McCabe, Dementia Australia CEO Dementia Australia ACT Greetings, Our Vision: A society committed to the pre- Welcome, as we come to you as Dementia Australia. The newly unified, bigger, stronger, vention of dementia, while valu- bolder voice of Alzheimer’s Australia. ing and supporting people living with dementia. Our 17th Alzheimer’s Australia Biennial National Dementia Conference was held from 17-20 Oc- tober in Melbourne this year. It was at this event that our chair, Professor Graeme Samuel AC, We value: officially launched Dementia Australia. The conference had the theme of “Be the • the worth of every individual Change”, and included a series of workshops and • strength and unity with speakers, both local and international, including respect for diversity Naomi Feil, Developer of the Validation Method, Dr Cameron Camp, Director of Research, Center for Applied Research in • co-operative working Dementia, Ohio USA and Kate Swaffer, Chair, CEO and co-founder of Dementia relationships Alliance International. They were four inspiring days full of inspiring speakers, extraordinary networking and a focus on transformation of care to improve the • organisational integrity quality care and lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers. • innovation, creativity and The theme prompts us to remember that we all need to Be the Change required to flexibility achieve transformation across the sector. • the contribution of volunteers. We are excited that our dementia friendly communities’ project continues to expand. This is an important step in encouraging our community including businesses to become dementia friendly, allowing all people living with dementia to CONTACT US live a life with meaning and purpose.
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