Planning is currently underway for Dementia Awareness Week 2008.
As activities and events are confirmed, they will be added to this site. So please check back reguarly.
You may like to mark the following dates in your diary as a reminder:
Dementia Collaborative Research Centre's
National Dementia Research Forum
18 - 19 September 2008, Sydney
The theme of the Forum is Translating Research into Practice. This is applied research – how can the lessons from academia translate into best practice at the clinical coalface? The Forum will launch Dementia Awareness Month conducted by Alzheimer’s Australia.
Dementia Awareness Week (DAW)
19 September to 26 September 2008
World Alzheimer's Day
21 September 2008
Memory Walk
21 September 2008
9.00am to 2.30pm
The Parklands, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush
Regional Memory Walks
21 September 2008
Bega, Hunter, Port Macquarie, Forster/Tuncurry, Armidale
23 September 2008
Orange
Rememberance Service
21 September 2008
Service commentces at 5.00pm
Hamilton Wesley Church
Beaumont St, Hamilton (Newcastle)
Contact: 02 4962 700
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Dementia Symposium
25 September 2008
NSW Parliament House
Contact Us
Alzheimer's Australia NSW is a peak body representing the interests of people living with dementia in New South Wales. To find out more, contact us or call the National Dementia Helpline on 1800 100 500.
updated: 4 August 2008
created: 17 April 2008
