In early 2020, a group of residents made up of carers, volunteers, people with dementia and workers in the field established the Yarra Dementia Alliance. 

We're looking for interested people in Yarra to join the alliance, so we can continue the conversation.

From their earlier meetings the Dementia Alliance established some key aims to guide its work.

These aims were to increase and improve:

• carer support
• inclusion and accessibility
• awareness and education.

Please let us know if you would like to be part of achieving these aims. We are particularly interested in people who:

• have dementia
• care for someone with dementia
• know someone with dementia.

We welcome diversity to broaden the group's scope and understanding. The main thing is that you are passionate about increasing the understanding of dementia in our community.

Join the conversation

To join the Yarra Dementia Alliance or get more information, please call 9205 5439 or email [email protected]

Did you know?

• Almost half a million people are living with dementia, with an extra 250 people joining the dementia population every day. That's half a million reasons for us all to understand more about it.
• A person living with dementia might be ignored or dismissed in conversations.
• Sometimes people will talk directly to the carer as if the person living with dementia is not even there.
• Assumptions might be made about the capacity of a person with dementia to contribute to conversations, decision-making, and everyday tasks.
• Friends and family might stop calling or inviting a person living with dementia to social occasions, often due to not knowing how to include them.
• Recent research suggests 40 per cent of people feel awkward around someone with dementia and find talking to them confronting.
• People living with dementia are more than two times more likely not to see friends compared to carers and the general public.

If you or someone you know needs support, visit Dementia Australia or call 1800 100 500.