Involvement of people with dementia in raising awareness and changing attitudes in a dementia friendly community pilot project

Lyn Phillipson; Danika Hall; Elizabeth Cridland; Richard Fleming; Chris Brennan-Horley; Nick Guggisberg; Dennis Frost; Helen Hasan

doi:10.1177/1471301218754455

Involvement of people with dementia in raising awareness and changing attitudes in a dementia friendly community pilot project

Dementia (London). 2019 Oct-Nov;18(7-8):2679-2694. doi: 10.1177/1471301218754455. Epub 2018 Jan 24.

Authors

Lyn Phillipson¹, Danika Hall, Elizabeth Cridland², Richard Fleming³, Chris Brennan-Horley⁴, Nick Guggisberg⁵, Dennis Frost⁶, Helen Hasan²

Affiliations

¹ Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia; School of Health and Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia.
² Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia.
³ Dementia Training Australia, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Australia.
⁴ Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research, University of Wollongong, Australia.
⁵ Community and Cultural Development, Kiama Municipal Council, Australia.
⁶ Southern Dementia Advisory Group, Australia.

PMID: 29363336
DOI: 10.1177/1471301218754455

No abstract available

Keywords: advocacy; community attitudes; community awareness; community education; community survey; dementia; dementia friendly; empowerment; social inclusion; stigma.

MeSH terms

Australia
Awareness*
Community-Based Participatory Research*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dementia / psychology*
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Social Stigma
Surveys and Questionnaires