Dementia without walls
Challenging attitudes, understanding and behaviours.
Inspiring local communities to be more aware and understanding of dementia.
Supporting the collective engagement of people with dementia.
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Our long-term aim is that the UK is a good place for those of us who have dementia to live, and live well.
To achieve this, we need to challenge attitudes, understanding and behaviours around dementia which reinforce stigma, isolation and exclusion. We need to inspire local communities, organisations and businesses to become more aware and understanding of dementia, and more inclusive. And we need to support the collective engagement of people with dementia, inspiring local communities, organisations and businesses to become more aware and understanding of dementia, and more inclusive as their voices are central in this debate.
Our new programme Dementia without walls includes three main strands:
- Strand 1 - Empowering people with dementia
- Strand 2 - Dementia-friendly communities
- Strand 3 -Thinking differently about dementia
This programme is founded on scoping work on Dementia & Society carried out both nationally and in York during 2011-12. Further details of the main projects can be found here (PDF, 90KB).
Further information
- For more information read our Investigations summary
- Further information on the early activity and progress of the Dementia Without Walls programme is available here (PDF, 180KB)
