It remains a high priority of mine, hence I have been campaigning for the deinstitutionalisation and de-segregation of people with any type of dementia of any age, and in fact, anyone of any age living in residential care for many years. This includes ‘memory units’ and ‘dementia villages’.
Although two of the following Transforming Communities for Inclusion webinar series highlighted below have passed, they are available to view online. I apologise for not having had time to highlight them all, in time to attend on the day.
This year TCI under its #WhatWENeed Campaign has organized a “4 part Webinar Series on De-Institutionalization of Persons with Disabilities in partnership with TCI in partnership with International Disability Alliance, Inclusion International, Validity Foundation, Disability Rights Fund, Indonesian Mental Health Association, Center for Inclusive Policy, and Bapu Trust for Mind and Discourse.
Of course, this therefore incudes the more than 55 million people living with demetia, who are all living with acquired cognitive and other disabilities.
- Webinar 1 Creating enabling environments for DI. To access the webinar recording click here
- Webinar 2: Building community support and psychosocial ecosystems. To access the webinar recording click here
- Webinar 3: Access to Generic Services following DI, November 2021
- Webinar 4: Gender and DI , December 2021
- Ps. I am still working on how to register for the last two! I will update here ASAP.
