Dementia friendly communities

The dementia friendly communities champion group has been working with the Alzheimer’s Society and the Dementia Action Alliance on a programme of work on these main issues:

• getting evidence from people with dementia and carers about what would make it possible for them to live better in their community – the evidence will then be used to develop information and tools for organisations to help them meet the needs and aspirations of people with dementia
• creating a system of recognition so that places and organisations that want to become dementia friendly can use a symbol to show they are working to become dementia friendly
• creating local Dementia Action Alliances across the country to bring together people and organisations who can change things for the better
• educating the public so that more people understand dementia and think about how they can make things better – the Dementia Friends programme is a central part of this

In the champion groups’ annual progress report, published on 15 May 2013, the dementia friendly communities champion group set out its progress so far. Read a summary of the main areas of progress, or for more detail see the full report.

See a list of the dementia friendly communities champion group’s members .