1 Dementia-Friendly CommunitiesPartnering to build a dementia-friendly B.C.
2 Alzheimer Society of B.C.Help for Today. Hope for Tomorrow…®
3 Dementia in B.C. More than 70,000 people in B.C. are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia. Of these, 10,000 are under the age of 65. More than 177, British Columbians will be living with the disease in years.
4 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other DementiasDementia is not part of normal aging. There are many types of dementia. Dementia is progressive – it is experienced in stages.
5 International ContextJapan U.K. E.U. Australia USA Canada
6 The Alzheimer Society of B.C. InitiativeOur Dementia-Friendly Communities Initiative exists to support municipalities, the professional sector, community groups and the general public to become dementia-friendly through planning, tools, education and partnership.
7 Governance and LeadershipLeadership Group: People with dementia Provincial Advisory Committee Leadership Group: Caregivers
8 Our Approach People Policy Practice Dementia Friends EducationOther Education Policy Municipal Bylaws Community Planning Practice Professional Groups Awareness and Skill Building
9 “The Dementia-Friendly Communities program will help create inviting and supportive communities where people like me who are living with dementia in the community can feel comfortable and safe walking, shopping and just getting around.” Jim Mann, B.C. Leadership Group
10 People: Becoming a Dementia FriendA Dementia Friend is someone who… Has respect for a person living with dementia. Makes a person with dementia feel accepted. Focuses on a person’s strengths and abilities. Knows it is better to offer assistance than to do nothing.
11 The National Initiative
12 Policy: Supporting Local GovernmentsThe Dementia-Friendly Communities initiative provides communities with assistance developing tailored approaches to supporting people living with dementia in their community. The initiative supports local governments through: Resources 2. Networks 3. Program integration
13 Practice
14 “Jim’s Story” Sharing this video is optional and requires audio. If you don’t have internet hide this slide by right clicking on the slide in the left hand pane and selecting “hide”, or simply skip over or delete the slide. If you do have internet click on “Jim’s Story” this text is hyperlinked and will pull up the Society’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ynYNKMTkhs). Explain that Jim is a previous board member for the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and the Alzheimer Society of Canada, he is also a person living with dementia. This video was developed in partnership with the City of Vancouver and this video is about his experience living with dementia and what a Dementia-Friendly Community means for him.
15 How the Partnership Began….Meeting with AS Learning about DF initiative and launching in our Sidney Branch Wanting to support the traiinng resource Contacted the Mayor Met Terra
16 New Community Office in Sidney, BC
17 Sidney All Care ResidenceTerra talks about the opportunity and how it fit with their care model Hosted the lunch after the meeting Everyone on board and now what?... Meeting of the whole
18 Sidney All Care’s AuditoriumPut picture in of Stage and screens or auditorium without people in picture…???
19 Bringing Awareness and Education to the CommunityEstimated 1400 individuals living with a dementia in Saanich Family and friends provide most of the care The impact on businesses: Caring for a person with dementia increases absentee and sick leave rates Clients/customers who have the diagnosis The ability to recognize dementia and respond appropriately Rebecca to confirm the numbers that are current for Saanich Peninsula…. What is the total number of people living on the Peninsula
20 Our own Care Workers Dementia training
21 September 2015: One Day Workshop
22 Time Lines of the Community Event PlanningMet with the Mayor and Chief Administrator in August Presentation to the Council of the Whole (September) Targeted business and began a focused Cause Marketing plan (October/November) Two events held in November
23 Cause marketing ad, Pooling our advertising budget
24 12 businesses stepped forward to help with the ad costs
25 Local news picked up our story and gave us a front page billing after a coffee morning mixer that we had invited the community into. (Chamber event).
26 More front page news after the movie nigh
27 Unfortunately you can’t always pick the part they are going to quote you on…… this statement sounded like I as talking about the attack of the zombies
28 What I actually said that should have been bolded….
29 Fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society of B.C.Movie Night and Silent Auction evening Appys, music, popcorn! Info booths 135 in attendance Brief presentation by AS followed by movie Stasia and Terra welcoming the crowd that night
30 Stasia and Terra welcoming the crowd that night
31 Note silent auction table in the back
32 Note piano player in the back
33 Good food!
34 AS table front and centre
35 AS table front and centre
36 Email Received After the Movie…Hi Stasia, I just wanted to let you know how much my niece-in-law and I enjoyed the Alzheimer info night on Nov. 5. The movie, "Alive Inside," was truly heartwarming and inspiring, the food and drinks were way beyond expectations, and everyone involved was friendly and welcoming! Our only regret was that we hadn't brought all of our extended families! Do you happen to know whether the movie will be shown again in the near future? As my sister-in-law has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, we are learning all we can about how to support her.
37 Community Workshop EventOur next event was the community workshop 75 in attendance
38 Next Steps Sidney’s Access Awareness Committee along with Beacon Community Services has taken on being the stake holders with support from the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia and the Town of Sidney.
39 Next Steps On May 20, 2016 members of the town council and some support groups in Sidney received the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s Dementia-Friends training. We are beginning the steps to start dementia-friendly working group and develop a dementia-friendly action plan for the town of Sidney.
40 Revenue/Demand Bayshore Private RevenueYTD Sept 2015-vs YTD Dec 2015: 13% increase YTD Dec 2015-vs YTD April 2016: 17% increase Sidney All Care Shortly after the events we saw an increase in our occupancy as we opened our the final phase of our community. We now have a total of 86 resident suites. The effect on sales
41 Sidney All Care – Team MembersIt takes a team to pull this all together
42 Bayshore’s Administration TeamIt takes a team to put this all together
43 Caregiver of the Year, 2015 And great caregivers to deliver great care
44 Note smile on her face as Terry Lake read about her accomplishments
45 Canada needs a National Plan to Address Dementia“We’ve know about the rising rates of dementia…and the catastrophic costs to the health-care system for years. What we need now is a multi-faceted action plan with government, the private sector and the community coming together.” Howard Feldman and Carol Estabrooks Quote from January 15th, 2016 Times Colonist paper. Feldman is an advisor with evidencenetwork.ca and professor of neurology in the faculty of medicine at UBC . Estabrooks is professor and Canada Research Chair in the faculty of nursing at the U of Alberta.
46 Spread the Word! Share on social media: @AlzheimerBC #dementiafriendlySpread awareness by encouraging others to become Dementia Friends at
47 Get Involved! Volunteer Donate Participate in/Support our eventsHost your own event
48 Contact Us Alzheimer Society of B.C. www.alzheimerbc.orgFirst Link® Dementia Helpline or (Lower Mainland) to request more information about Dementia-Friendly Communities or Dementia Friends.