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 [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

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!

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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