Dementia Friendly Communities

Background

While redeveloping Dementia Australia’s main website, we also rebuilt their community-focused member portal for their Dementia Friendly Communities initiative, with new designs and an upgrade from Drupal 7 to 8.

The DFC site is an online portal for their initiative to address the stigma, isolation and discrimination experienced by many people living with dementia. 

Objectives

• Educate target audience about the stigma, isolation and discrimination experienced by many people living with dementia
• Improve functionality so that users can register and complete courses about dementia and post about events in their communities that promote dementia awareness
• Provide tools for individuals to create local groups and alliances and for organisations to become dementia friendly spaces

Results

The new site allows users to register and complete courses about dementia, and post events in their communities aimed at promoting dementia awareness, as well as providing tools for individuals to create local groups and alliances, and for organisations to become dementia-friendly spaces.