$3.5 Million in Community Grants to Increase Dementia Support
Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot, announced $3.5 million in grants will be provided to fund 82 community projects to provide support and raise awareness for people with dementia and their families.
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21 April 2010
Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot, announced $3.5 million in grants will be provided to fund 82 community projects to provide support and raise awareness for people with dementia and their families.
It is estimated that more than 245,000 Australians have dementia, and nearly one million family members and friends help care for them.
Minister Elliot announced the grants during a visit to a Helping Hand Aged Care Inc facility in North Adelaide. Helping Hand Aged Care provides care for more than 7,000 older South Australians.
Helping Hand Aged Care Inc will receive over $63,000 to fund its “Memory Farm Project” which uses memorabilia and antiques to support reminiscence therapy and social engagement and its “Telling My Story” filmmaking project to assist people with dementia to share their stories and assist with recalling and passing on life experiences.
Other projects funded include the development of a mobile sensory room, exercise and nutrition programs, programs to reduce social isolation and drama and music programs such as the expansion nationally of the Silver Memories radio program broadcast by 4MBS in Brisbane.
Minister Elliot said: “Australia has one of the longest life expectancies in the English speaking world and with longevity comes the greater possibility of dementia and other chronic diseases and complex health conditions.
“Local communities are the key to improving awareness and helping families provide support and care.
“Communities throughout Australia will benefit from innovative projects to support and provide services to people with dementia, their families and carers.”
“In the last two years the Rudd Government has provided nearly $225 million to the Dementia Initiative and more than $384 million to the National Respite for Carers Program to support people with dementia and their carers.
“The Rudd Government is providing ongoing support to the Dementia Initiative, including early intervention programs, training for aged and community care workers to improve care for people with dementia, and funds for research.”
Further details of the grant recipients are available at www.health.gov.au/dementia
For more information, contact Mrs Elliot's office on (02) 6277 7280
Keeping Dementia Front of Mind: Incidence and Prevalence 2009-2050, Access Economics, August 2009
Dementia Community Grant Recipients:
Australian Capital Territory
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| National Gallery of Australia | Art and Alzheimer’s Training Video | $50,000.00 |
New South Wales
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| Ageing Research Centre, Prince of Wales Medical Research | NSW Aboriginal Community Dementia Education Program | $46,680.00 |
| Amaranth Foundation Inc | Community Pathways for Palliative Dementia Care | $49,978.00 |
| Anglican Care | Cameos for Empathy in Dementia Care | $31,727.00 |
| Assyrian Australian Association | Reach Out - Seek Help: Assyrian Dementia Awareness Campaign | $49,989.00 |
| Australian Chinese Community Association of NSW Inc | Ming Shi Art Corridor - Cherish and Celebrate | $23,200.00 |
| Calvary Health Care Sydney | "D Lunch" | $42,866.62 |
| Catholic Healthcare Ltd Marantha Lodge | Memories and Reminiscences: Key Environments Today Initiative (MARKET) | $50,000.00 |
| CatholicCare | DeCaff Connections | $22,727.00 |
| Central Sydney GP Network Ltd | GP Proof of Concept Project | $50,000.00 |
| Community Broadcasting Association of Australia | The Community Radio Dementia Awareness Project | $42,600.00 |
| Croatian Australian Welfare Centre Cooperative Ltd | Increasing awareness, earlier identification and management of dementia in the Croatian community in NSW | $50,000.00 |
| Down Syndrome New South Wales | Down Syndrome and Dementia | $49,910.00 |
| Greater Hume Shire Council | Rural Dementia Support Worker – Volunteers and Young People | $48,970.00 |
| Illawarra Retirement Trust | Sensory Garden and Integrated Community Project | $41,899.00 |
| Intereach NSW Inc | Indigenous Dementia Balranald Deniliquin Capability Project | $46,261.00 |
| Kempsey Shire Council | "Talkin Shop" | $45,300.00 |
| Macarthur Diversity Services Inc | Campbelltown Dementia Awareness Program | $48,000.00 |
| Macarthur Diversity Services Inc | Wingecarribee Dementia Awareness Project | $50,000.00 |
| Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra | Multicultural Dementia Outdoor Sensory Garden Area | $45,000.00 |
| My Home Living Care Pty Limited | Dementia Café | $48,500.00 |
| Nambucca Valley Community Services Council Inc | Looking Back to the Future | $31,750.00 |
| New England Division of General Practice | Taking it to the People -Raising Awareness of Dementia in the Northern Tablelands Aboriginal Community | $42,560.30 |
| NSW Spanish and Latin American Association for Social Assistance Inc | Understanding Dementia | $49,762.56 |
| Serbian Orthodox Welfare Association of NSW Inc | Serbian Community Dementia Support Program | $50,000.00 |
| Shellharbour City Council | Our Elders: our Community Speed Networking with dementia services | $18,800.00 |
| Tweed Valley Services Inc | Living Life Well – Pilot Project | $50,000.00 |
| Uniting Church in Australia - Frontier Services | ATSI Dementia activities resource | $50,000.00 |
Queensland
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| Blue Care Toowoomba Village | Minna Murra Sensory Gardens - Camellia Court Dementia unit gardens project | $48,500.00 |
| Brisbane Indigenous Media Association Inc | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dementia Awareness Radio Project | $49,050.00 |
| Co.As.It Italian Australian Welfare Association Inc | Demenza (Oggi e ieri) - Dementia (Today is Yesterday) | $46,900.00 |
| Community Solutions | ‘I Remember’ | $49,600.00 |
| FSG Australia | Reminisce with Me | $45,250.32 |
| Music Broadcasting Society of QLD Ltd | Silver Memories | $50,000.00 |
| Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media (QRAM) Aboriginal Corporation | Yarnin' About Dementia - Community Radio Dementia Awareness Project | $38,300.00 |
| Reflections Support Services and Alzheimer’s Australia Sunshine Coast Inc | The Brain Gym: Fit for Life Campaign | $45,000.00 |
| Spanish Community Respite Care Association Inc | Lighting the Memory | $25,464.00 |
| STEPS Disability Queensland Inc | The Diverse Cultural Community Dementia Care and Education Project | $50,000.00 |
| Sunshine Coast Division of General Practice Ltd | The Interactive Club | $49,250.00 |
| The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust trading as Blue Care | Community Links in Dementia Awareness | $30,700.00 |
| Townsville Intercultural Centre | Understanding Dementia | $47,860.00 |
| Trinder Park Rest Home (Lutheran Church of Australia Qld district) | Trinder Park Community Engagement Dementia Program "I'm Still Me" | $33,566.20 |
| Wesley Mission Brisbane - Hadden Place Day Therapy Respite Centre | The Humour Intervention Program | $50,000.00 |
Victoria
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| Anglican Aged Care Services Group trading as Benetas | "Bon Appetito" "Kali Orexi" - Happy Eating Pilot Project | $45,286.26 |
| Australian Multicultural Foundation | Memory Loss: Disrupting Daily Life. A national dementia campaign | $50,000.00 |
| Australian Unity Care Services Pty Ltd | Recognition of Self: Promoting dementia awareness among carers in the Cumberland/Prospect Region | $42,400.00 |
| Brotherhood of St Laurence | Celebration of Life | $15,000.00 |
| Centre for Philippine Concerns Australia Inc | Living in Dementia: You are not alone | $50,000.00 |
| Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc | Day Care Music Program for Chinese with Dementia | $50,000.00 |
| Darebin Community Health | The Forget Me Not Choir | $31,192.00 |
| DRs Total Quality Management Training Service Pty Ltd | Wellness of the Mind | $50,000.00 |
| KAGE Physical Theatre Association Inc | Sundowner | $50,000.00 |
| Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) | Dementia Awareness in culturally and linguistically diverse communities across the generations | $33,966.00 |
| Mobile Memories for the Aged Inc | Regional Victoria Mobile Sensory Room Program | $47,650.00 |
| Moyne Health Services | There IS a Light | $48,604.00 |
| Nazareth House, Ballarat | Development and implementation of a community men's shed project and appropriate activities. | $31,463.00 |
| Serbian Community Association Of Australia Inc | Increasing dementia Awareness among the Serbian Community in Victoria | $50,000.00 |
| St Laurence Community Services Inc | The Artist Within | $38,680.00 |
| St Laurence Community Services Ltd | "Remember Exercise Matters" | $45,532.00 |
| Womens Health in the South East Inc | Dementia Health and Wellbeing Program | $45,950.00 |
South Australia
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| ACH Group (Aged Care and Housing Group Inc) | Planning Ahead for Aboriginal Elders | $50,000.00 |
| ACH Group (Aged Care and Housing Group) Inc | Getting Connected | $45,720.00 |
| Active Ageing Australia | Active Living with Dementia | $48,500.00 |
| Alzheimer's Australia SA Inc | The Art Café | $50,000.00 |
| Country Home Advocacy Project Inc (CHAP) | Dementia in the community - who is coming through my door? | $18,670.00 |
| ECH Inc | My Life…Me | $45,360.00 |
| Helping Hand Aged Care Inc | The Memory Farm Project | $18,850.00 |
| Helping Hand Aged Care Inc | Telling My Story | $44,800.00 |
| Netherlands Australian Aged Services Association Inc | Dutch Dementia early awareness and support program | $50,000.00 |
| Riverland Division of General Practice | Moments, Marbles and Memories | $50,000.00 |
Western Australia
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| Ability Solutions Inc | Late Life Leisure | $50,000.00 |
| Alzheimer's Australia WA Ltd | Development of an Augmentative Communication Aid for people Living with dementia | $47,647.00 |
| Amana Living Inc | The Bush Tucker Garden | $50,000.00 |
| Council on the Ageing (Western Australia Inc) | Diets to Defy Dementia | $49,879.00 |
| Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) | GRAMS Dementia Education and Training Project | $38,938.00 |
| Mercy Community Services Inc | Men In Sheds | $7,000.00 |
| Sikh Association of Western Australia | Raising the awareness of dementia among communities of Indian Sub-Continent | $24,300.00 |
| Southern Cross Care (WA) Inc | Dementia Engagement and Activity Program | $49,025.00 |
| Southern Cross Care (WA) Inc | Dementia Music Therapy Choir | $40,250.00 |
Tasmania
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| General Practice South | What's That On My Plate | $41,307.00 |
| Huon Elder Care Inc | Keys to Ageing Well - A Dementia Imitative in the Huon Valley | $50,000.00 |
Northern Territory
Organisation | Project | Grant Offer |
| Alzheimer's Australia NT Inc | Theatre program - Awareness for children and residents of aged care facilities | $50,000.00 |
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