Inner West Region Dementia Alliance

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Do you have dementia and interested in making the inner west and surrounding suburbs more dementia friendly? 

Burwood Council has collaborated with other organisations and community members to form a Dementia Alliance Working Group, supported by Dementia Australia. Our action plan has a series of goals with specific actions based on community forums held annually and includes:  awareness raising, the built environment, carer support and so much more. 

Our Alliance is interested to speak to you, please contact Sarithya from Burwood Council on 02 9078 6158 or email sarithya.tuy@burwood.nsw.gov.au

 

Useful links

Dementia Australia

The National Dementia Helpline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Call: 1800 100 500

Webchat: dementia.org.au/helpline/webchat

Email: helpline@dementia.org.au

Visit the Dementia Australia website

 


Carer Gateway

Support includes counselling, connecting with others via support groups or joining online, coaching, education and referrals.

Call: 1800 422 737

 


Living Well With Dementia

A series of workshops presented by Inner West Neighbour Aid held at the 5 Senses Garden on the first and third Wednesday of the month 11am-1pm for people living with Dementia and their carers. 

Visit the Inner West Neighbour Aid Website