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Highlights from World Alzheimer’s Month 2026

Read the highlights for the 2026 World Alzheimer's Month campaign, from ADI member activities to key events and achievements from the wider community of advocates united under the theme of ‘The Earlier You Know, The More You Can Do: A Dementia Diagnosis Matters’.

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Thinking more deeply about dementia friendly initiatives

This piece questioning how we see and understand dementia friendly communities, their role and how they may evolve was contributed to the World Alzheimer Report 2019 by Glenn Rees, former Chair of ADI, and Dr Linda Barclay, a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Monash University who specialises in disability and justice.

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Paola Barbarino and AAJ at the G20 Health Ministers Meeting

Dementia given high priority at G20 Health Ministers Meeting

Ahead of the G20 Health Ministers Meeting in Okayama, ADI’s Chief Executive Paola Barbarino and Noriyo Washizu of Alzheimer's Association Japan (AAJ) continue to work on progress made earlier in the year at the Osaka Summit.

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