Measure 2.4: Increased number of dementia-friendly communities

Dementia-Friendly Communities is a program delivered by Dementia Australia that supports communities and individual community members to develop their capacity to build understanding, awareness and acceptance of dementia within their community. It is important to measure the number of dementia-friendly communities to understand how many people with dementia and their families and carers have the opportunity to participate in inclusive spaces.

Data are available from Dementia Australia to track this measure.

Number of dementia-friendly communities

  • Indicator

    Number of dementia-friendly communities registered with Dementia Australia.

  • Baseline value

    191 communities in 2023–24

  • Latest value

    Baseline value only

  • Progress

    To be provided in future updates

The desired outcome is that there are more dementia-friendly communities in Australia, so this indicator should increase over time.

In 2023-2024, there were 75 Dementia-Friendly Alliances and 116 Dementia-Friendly organisations registered with Dementia Australia, which added to a total of 191 dementia-friendly communities.

To start a Dementia-Friendly community group in Australia, or become a Dementia Friend, see Dementia Australia’s website on Dementia-Friendly Communities.

For further information about dementia-friendly communities internationally, see Alzheimer's Disease International.

Change over time

Future updates of this report will track changes over time for this indicator.

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