Dementia Canterbury
Dementia Canterbury exists to support people and their whānau to continue to live fulfilling lives following a Mate Wareware-Dementia diagnosis.
Dementia Canterbury exists to support people and their whānau to continue to live fulfilling lives following a Mate Wareware-Dementia diagnosis.
Our team provides free, community-based education, activities and specialised support services across the Waitaha-Canterbury and Te Tai Poutini-West Coast regions. We also raise awareness about Dementia, encourage local people to seek diagnosis, and break down barriers and stigma associated with the neurological condition.
Dementia Canterbury is a long-standing not-for-profit organisation, supported by the people and hapori-communities of Canterbury and the West Coast.
Our Services
Our services are accessible to anyone with a Mate Wareware-Dementia diagnosis still residing in the community (in their own home), and to their family/ whanau, and care-partner. The main focus behind what we do at Dementia Canterbury is about supporting people to live well after a dementia diagnosis.
The main interventions for Mate Wareware-Dementia are in the social realm, therefore providing opportunities for clients to stay connected socially, and to participate in a range of cognitively stimulating activities in normalised environments in the community, is a major role of Dementia Canterbury.
To see the latest copy of our Services pamphlet, please click here.
Dementia Canterbury serves the Christchurch and Wider Canterbury regions, as well as the West Coast. Not all our services are available in all areas. Please contact your Key Worker on 03 379 2590 / West Coast 0800 259 226 to discuss what options are available in your area.
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Mate Wareware-Dementia is a generic term used for a number of conditions whose symptoms affect memory and other brain functions such as language, problem-solving, thinking and behaviour. For a diagnosis of dementia to be made these difficulties need to impact on a person’s everyday functioning, and any other causes for these changes need to have been ruled out.
What is Dementia?
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Types of Dementia
Dementia is the umbrella term for a number of different types of Dementia.
Living with Dementia
Once the shock and disbelief of the diagnosis period has been processed it can be time to start thinking about living well…
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Dementia Canterbury exists to support people and their whānau to continue to live fulfilling lives following a Mate Wareware-Dementia diagnosis.
Our team provides free, community-based education, activities and specialised support services across the Waitaha-Canterbury and Te Tai Poutini-West Coast regions. We also raise awareness about Dementia, encourage local people to seek diagnosis, and break down barriers and stigma associated with the neurological condition.
Dementia Canterbury is a long-standing not-for-profit organisation, supported by the people and hapori-communities of Canterbury and the West Coast.
Our Services
Our services are accessible to anyone with a dementia diagnosis still residing in the community (in their own home), and to their family/ whanau, and care-partner.
Resources
Our resources cover a range of topics relevant to those living with dementia, and their carers.
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According to the Lancet Dementia Commission, 2020, approximately 40% of dementia worldwide can be prevented, or delayed, by attending to a range of lifestyle and protective factors.
Brain Health Resources
Resources on brain health …
Reducing the Risk
There are ways to reduce your risk of developing dementia..
