Dementia Awareness Initiative

A Community-Based Approach at Increasing Knowledge, Promoting Understanding, and Fostering More Dementia-Friendly and Inclusive Communities

This Training Programme is funded by the Dementia Care Directorate within Active Ageing and Community Care

🧠 About the Initiative

Dementia is becoming an increasingly important health and social care concern, affecting not only individuals living with the condition but also their families, caregivers, and wider communities. Despite growing awareness, misconceptions and stigma surrounding dementia remain, often creating barriers to understanding, inclusion, and timely access to support.

In response, the Pastoral Formation Institute (PFI), in collaboration with the Dementia Care Directorate within Active Ageing and Community Care is introducing a community-based dementia awareness initiative aimed at increasing knowledge, promoting understanding, and fostering more dementia-friendly and inclusive communities.

The session aims to increase general awareness and understanding of dementia, including its different types, common signs and symptoms, and associated risk factors. It also seeks to promote brain health, highlight the importance of early recognition and diagnosis, and provide information on the dementia care services and support available within the community.

By bringing dementia awareness sessions directly into local communities, the initiative seeks to address common misconceptions, reduce stigma, and encourage a more informed, understanding, and dementia-friendly society where persons living with dementia and their families feel supported and included.

💡What the Session Offers

Participants will benefit from a free, one-time 2-hour interactive awareness session that:

Introduces dementia, its most common types, signs and symptoms.
Explores risk factors associated with dementia, including modifiable lifestyle factors and ways to promote brain health.
Highlights the importance of early recognition, timely diagnosis, and seeking appropriate support.
Provides information on dementia care services available within the community, including the support offered by Active Ageing and Community Care (AACC) and the National Dementia Helpline 1771.
Promotes greater awareness, understanding, and dementia-friendly attitudes, helping to address common misconceptions and reduce stigma.
Encourages questions, discussion, and shared learning in an interactive and welcoming environment.

These sessions can be offered in Maltese and English.

You can benefit from these sessions by registering your interest as a parish/organisation/church entity/group using the form below or by contacting us directly:

Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 2590 6514 / 2590 6516
Mobile: 7920 1358

We look forward to hearing from you.

Register your interest below

If you are interested in arranging a training session for your parish/organisation/church entity/group, kindly fill in the form below

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