1. Slaying the Dementia Dragon: Alzheimer Organisations Responding to Stigma and Social Exclusion ADI Conference London 2012
Gráinne McGettrick

2. without a mind

4. Why the Dementia Dragon?S

5. Productivity = Status

6. Slaying the Dementia Dragon – The Challenge
New Social Group
Life lesser lived
Stigma by Proxy
Not health care priority
Public ignorance negativity

7. Slaying the Dragon: The Solution
Active Citizenship
Public perceptions
healthcare system
dementia workforce
People with dementia and their carers
Alzheimer Orgs

8. Alzheimer Organisations Innovators of Change

9. Valuing People with Dementia
“ We do not bite, We may sometimes need an explanation; we may need to be told several times, we may get confused in ways you are not. But does that mean we should not be full partners with you in our crusade?....Let us in! Affirm our worth by partnering with us”
Richard Taylor (ADI 2009)
Only those living with dementia know what it is really like cease to be a sideshow and instead are full participants in the work”.
Knauss and Moyer (2006)
So we need to open of door image of open door /closed door

10. Fellow Travellers?

11. Where to from here?
Within the person within the org with society

13. Thank you Gráinne McGettrick gmcgettrick@alzheimer.ie www.alzheimer.ie