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The Dementia Friendly Kiama Project

Moving Towards a Dementia Inclusive Community

Welcome

• Acknowledgement of Country
• Introduction
• Background
• Project Structure
• Role of the Advisory & Alliance Groups
• Our outcomes
• Our future
• Our Keys for Success

Dementia Friendly Kiama Background

• Why Kiama
• Alliance between
• Alzheimer’s Australia,
• University of Wollongong
• Kiama Municipal Council
• Kiama Community
• It’s about:
• Social inclusion
• Enablement
• disAbility Rights

Dementia Friendly Kiama Project Launch

• Began mid 2014
• Promotion and recruitment
• f Alliance and Advisory

Group members

• Formalisation of Advisory

Committee and First Alliance Meeting November 2014

Community education session

Dementia Friendly Kiama Project Structure

Kiama Dementia Alliance Dementia Advisory Group Working Group Working Group Working Group Working Group

Rests on Community Involvement and Support

Dementia Friendly Kiama The Advisory Group

• Structure
• Charter
• Made up of People With Dementia

& their Immediate Carers/Partners

• Chair – PWD + Backup
• Meet formally and Informally

Fun with the Advisory Group

Dementia Friendly Kiama The Advisory Group

• Role
• Advisory
• Evaluation
• Morphed into
• Peer to Peer Social Support
• Generating resources for project community and

beyond

• Collaborating both nationally and internationally in

Advocating for People With Dementia

Nothing About Us Without Us

Dementia Friendly Kiama The Advisory Group

• Outcomes
• Personal level for those involved
• Speaking locally to raise awareness

– we are the face of dementia

• Reviewing educational material
• Producing resources for use in and

beyond the project

A DAG Social Gathering

www.SouthernDAG.org

Dementia Friendly Kiama Activities

• Social media

presence

• Strong Media

engagement www.dementiaIS.com.au

Dementia Friendly Kiama Outcomes

• Individual gains
• Community understanding and awareness
• Dementia Environment Audit Tool (Prof Richard Fleming)

http://www.enablingenvironments.com.au/audit-tools--services.html

• University of Wollongong evaluation
• Rethink Respite

http://rethinkrespite.dementiaillawarra.com/

• ‘Our Place’ mapping app

http://ourplacemap.com/

• Kiama Community College & Animal

Kingdom

Some DAGs

Dementia Friendly Kiama DAG Outcomes

• De-Facto Consultants
• Input into resources on national level
• E.g. Enablement Guide (Queensland health)
• Raising awareness across the state
• Inputting into global communities
• Across generations
• Youth Video
• Play Group NSW
• DAGs as a social and peer support group

Kate Swaffer & Dennis Frost at the 31st ADI Conference

Dementia Friendly Kiama The Next 12 Months

• Intergenerational Playgroups
• Dementia Friendly Businesses
• Dementia and Music
• Development of a model and resource kit
• Community education
• Library Collection of Dementia Resources
• To progress the support of people with dementia

by people with dementia.

Some Alliance Members

Dementia Friendly Kiama Key Points For Our Success

• Shared Values and a Shared Philosophical Approach
• Having a strong Mentor – Kate Swaffer
• University of Wollongong – Academic Rigor
• Committed Council (Local Government) – working

within a community development framework

• Organic Project – allowing for growth and change
• Key local resource – Project Officer – Melissa Andrews
• Local Ownership and Investment in the idea
• Advisory Group PWD – the DAGs

Nothing About Us Without Us

Dementia Friendly Kiama Final Questions

E-mail info@SouthernDAG.org