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New Oral Health and Dental Care for People who have a Dementia Diagnosis booklet coming soon. Written by our Dementia Advisors and contributed to by Rebecca Woledge,  Chair Person of the Auckland Branch- New Zealand Dental Hygienist Association.  

“Have you or someone you know ever tried to fill out a government form online? How about doing that on your phone? And uploading documents to it? What if your internet connection was limited? Or English wasn’t your first language? Or you were vision impaired? Or didn’t have a credit card? What if you needed…

We have just finished our first ‘Learning How to Let Go Without Giving Up’ education and support series! This series is to learn how to adjust to changes when a family member goes to live in a residential care facility. Open to Dementia Waikato carepartners. If you are interested, please contact your Dementia Advisor for…

YouTube Attitude TV Programmes These topics are relevant for our clients, care partners, family & whanau. Follow these links for previously recorded programmes Living with Huntington’s Disease. (4 years ago) Living with Huntingdon’s Disease. Living with Dementia: Neil (2 years ago)  (DW Client) Living with Dementia: Neil Dementia: A Love Letter (2 years ago). DW clients/families Dementia: A…

LET’S END LONELINESS Anyone can feel lonely- Feeling lonely is a normal human experience, but if loneliness goes on for a long time it can affect health and wellbeing. So, it’s important to do something about it. Loneliness is solvable- Visit the Let’s End Loneliness website https://letsendloneliness.co.nz/ to learn ways to tackle loneliness and about…

There is no ‘best’ residential care facility but there is finding the residential facility that works ‘best’ for you and your needs. Check out the wonderful checklist from Eldernet NZ to assist you on the road to picking the right residential facility for you or a loved one. https://eldernet-resources.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/resources/categories/pdfs/kArTgUOUVjSmxN1U4FmQO9HaQhcPSQMMP0AvbgML/2019%20EN%20Checklist%20Residential%20Care.pdf

Did you know that more than 50% of New Zealanders do not have a will? By making a will you take control of your legacy and protect those you care about. Public Trust have offered Dementia NZ, their members and family the opportunity to take up a special discount of 15% off the price of…

We have had a lot of positive feedback on the Tips and Activities Sheets we prepared during Covid Lockdown. These provide useful information for those living with dementia symptoms. Topics include: Tips for Activities for people experiencing dementia symptoms Tips for Communicating with a person with dementia Tips for those experiencing confusion Tips for Home…

Some useful information about Enduring Powers Of Attorney for those of you embarking on a dementia journey. Useful too, for all of us – better done sooner, than later. Read more about Enduring Powers of Attorney Thanks to Cathy Flynn of Thames for preparing this for us to share.