1. Community engagement and community dementia forums ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Andrew Chidgey Head of Policy and Public Affairs

2. ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk - Why a community engagement model? - Dementia Action Alliance - Community Dementia Forums - Dementia Friendly Communities project

3. www.alzheimers.org. uk

4. ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Why commmunity engagement? Stigma Social isolation Access to services Discrimination Poverty

5. ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Why commmunity engagement? Stigma Social isolation Access to services Discrimination Poverty Support ACTIONACTION

6. ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Why commmunity engagement? 4 3 2 1 (Diagram adapted from Whitehead and Dahlgren, 1995)

7. An Alliance of 51 national organisations committed to changing quality of life for people with dementia and their carers ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk

8. ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk A National Dementia Declaration for England and organisation action plans

9. Family, friends, neighbours Person with dementia Community Dementia Forums ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Person with dementia Carer

10. Family, friends, neighbours Person with dementia Community Dementia Forums ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Person with dementia Carer Alzheimer’s Society Hospital Library Post office Travel agent Church Bank Public transport Local shop Fire brigade Police Care home Pharmacist GP Age UK

11. Community Dementia Forums ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Ambition to create dementia community forums across England, Wales and Northern Ireland Listening to people with dementia and carers Listening to people who work with them Discussing and implementing solutions Influencing to deliver change

12. Dementia friendly communities project ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk Outcome: Dementia friendly communities where quality of life for people with dementia and their carers is maximised How we will get there: 1.Working with people with dementia and carers to begin defining what a dementia friendly community is 2.Working with partners to understand what the solutions might be through action learning 3.Spreading it

13. THANK YOU More information: www.alzheimers.org.uk achidgey@alzheimers.org.uk ________________________________________________________________________________________ alzheimers.org.uk