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 Strategies from Other Countries:
United Kingdom

• The Dementia Challenge: http://dementiachallenge.dh.gov.uk 
  
• National Dementia Action Alliance: http://www.dementiaaction.org.uk (includes the National Dementia Declaration)
  
• Dementia Friends: http://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/
  

Scroll further down this page for links to information about Dementia Friendly Communities in the UK.

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

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 [email protected]
  

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