Dementia Friendly Communities
Dementia Friendly Communities - He Hapori Whakamāmā i te Mate Wareware
New Zealand’s population is ageing.
Around 83,000 Kiwis are living with dementia mate wareware in 2025. By 2050, this number could nearly double to almost 170,000
While many assume that a person with dementia mate wareware will be in secure care, manyNew Zealanders with dementia mate wareware live in our communities. People living with dementia want to lead full and active lives doing the things they enjoy in their communities, just like all of us.
That is why improving and enhancing our communities to make them easier and safer to live in for people living with dementia mate wareware is the right thing to do.
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Dementia Friendly Communities toolkit
Dementia-friendly communities adapt their facilities, infrastructure, programmes and services to be accessible and inclusive of people living with dementia. This toolkit outlines is designed to help get communities started on this journey.
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World Health Organization
Towards a dementia inclusive society
This World Health Organisation (WHO) toolkit for dementia friendly initiatives is a comprehensive guide to the range of tools and approaches to dementia friendly communities used internationally. It is a great resource to use alongside those from Aotearoa New Zealand.