#WhatsYourPlan campaign results in 20 commitments to implement National Dementia Plans
Following the launch of the #WhatsYourPlan campaign in November 2021, ADI examines the campaign’s successes in its first year.
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ADI members in the Caribbean call for urgent action on dementia
Alzheimer and dementia associations in the Caribbean are calling for National Dementia Plans to be created and implemented through the #WhatsYourPlan campaign.
My journey as a carer: From a dragging daughter to a ‘Dragon Daughter’
Lily Liu, a former communications professional in the non-profit sector, writes about her unique journey as an immigrant family caregiver in the United States and why she is a 'Dragon Daughter', even during the Year of the Ox.
Open to all: British Land and Canada Water
Emma Cariaga and Ginny Warr of British Land explore what inclusive design means for older people and for business growth. They look at Canada Water, where British Land is creating London’s first new town centre in over 100 years, and at activities across the company’s wider portfolio.
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, Chair of ADI, and Dr Linda Barclay, a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Monash University who specialises in disability and justice.
Designing to support dignity and independence
Fiona Walsh writes about designing around the different challenges a person with dementia may experience – and how these design decisions can have a significant impact on a person’s dignity and independence
COVID-19 has just made the Mount Everest of social care twice as hard to climb
On World Alzheimer’s Day, Hilary Doxford, a dementia advocate and member of the 3 Nations Dementia Working Group and World Dementia Council, shares her views and experiences – as well as those of her friends and fellow advocates – of living with dementia in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Diagnosis, treatment, care and support during COVID-19
The following piece is from our third 'From Plan to Impact' report and written by ADI's Communications and Policy Manager, Annie Bliss, the main author of the report. In this piece, she writes about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnostic, treatment, care and support services for people living with dementia.
Alzheimers New Zealand responds to COVID-19, then and now
Catherine Hall, Chief Executive of Alzheimers New Zealand, writes about how Alzheimers New Zealand has responded and adapted to COVID-19, both in the first weeks of lockdown and today.
Italy in crisis: ADI member Alzheimer Italia on the impact of COVID-19 on people with dementia and how they have adapted to support them
Mario Possenti, CEO of ADI’s member Federazione Alzheimer Italia shares his gratitude to the Italian health workforce for their support of people living with dementia in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.