Links to Resources and Information

Dementia Strategies:
United Kingdom
  • The Dementia Challenge: http://dementiachallenge.dh.gov.uk 
  • Prime Minister's Dementia Challenge Report
  • National Dementia Action Alliance: http://www.dementiaaction.org.uk (includes the National Dementia Declaration)
  • Dementia Friends: http://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/
  • 2009 Dementia Strategy
  • Scottish Dementia Strategy: http://dementiascotland.org/dementia-strategy/
  • Detailed Dementia Strategy Report for Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/09/10151751/0
  • Scottish Charter of Rights for People with Dementia: http://www.dementiarights.org/
USA
  • For more information on the national plan to address Alzheimer’s disease, visit: http://www.alzheimers.gov/
  • To read the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, visit: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/napa/NatlPlan.pdf
  • National Alzheimer's Plan: http://napa.alz.org/

Links to plans from Australia, Denmark, France, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway may be found at 
http://www.alz.co.uk/alzheimer-plans

The Canadian Dementia Plan:
  • How to Advocate: Tips and ideas for advocating for a dementia plan: http://www.alzheimer.ca/en/Get-involved/Raise-your-voice/How-to-advocate
  • Send a petition to Kristy Duncan, MP: Download the petition here.
  • Click here to read about and download the Rising Tide report.
  • Click here to visit the Canadian Alzheimer Society website about the dementia crisis in Canada and the need for a dementia strategy.

Dementia Beyond Drugs:
Click here to view and purchase DVDs by Richard Taylor, PhD & Dr. G. Allen Power

The Stigma of Dementia:
  • Watch the ADI video about stigma.
  • Read the 2012 ADI World Alzheimer's Report on the Stigma of Dementia:
Click here to download the Executive Summary.
Click here to download the full report.
  • Review the To Whom I May Concern Interactive Theater Project website.

Dementia-friendly Communities: 
  • Dementia Without Walls project and report (Joseph Roundtree Foundation, UK): http://www.jrf.org.uk/work/workarea/dementia-without-walls
  • UK Department of Health Dementia Challenge: questions about dementia-friendly communities and responses from readers: http://dementiachallenge.dh.gov.uk/2012/05/28/dementiafriendlyquestion/
  • UK Alzheimer's Society Dementia-friendly communities programme: http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1843
Memory Cafes:
  • REPOD: Rotarians Easing Problems of Dementia (UK) - Memory Cafe News and Start-up Guide: http://www.repod.org.uk/memorycafes.html
  • If you would like to contact Bill and Elise regarding Memory Cafes, their email address is emps41@hotmail.com
Other Resources:
  • I CAN! I WILL! Stand Up and Speak Out About Dementia: www.alz.co.uk/icaniwill
  • Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI): http://www.alz.co.uk/
  • Information about the different types of dementia: http://www.alzheimer.ca/en/About-dementia/Dementias AND http://www.alz.org/dementia/types-of-dementia.asp
I CAN! I WILL! Posters :
  • These colorful posters put a different face on dementia, focusing on what you CAN do rather than what you can't!
  • Print these posters on your inkjet printer or take the file to your local copy shop to print color copies or posters. 
  • All files are PDFs.
  • Give posters to your friends and family. 
  • Take posters to your support group meetings and other events!
  • Share the jpeg image below on Facebook!
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Click on the link below to download the 8.5 x 11 poster (letter sized):
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Click on the link below to download the 11 x 17 poster (tabloid sized):
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Click on the link below to download the 18 x 24 poster (standard poster):
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