Our Impact
- DemSCAPE aims to contribute to the generation of empirical knowledge and advanced understanding of the role of the neighbourhood built environment in mobility and engagement among persons living with dementia and their care partners to support aging in their communities and neighbourhoods.
- Improved knowledge of regional municipal planners and decision-makers on physical planning and design to enable communities to become dementia-inclusive.
- Use of the environmental audit tool by community-based dementia advocacy organizations and persons living with dementia to conduct evaluation of the neighbourhood environment and identify intervention projects.
Public Health Agency of Canada
With almost 452,000 Canadians living with dementia, the Dementia Strategic Fund aims to raise awareness about dementia with a focus on reducing risk and stigma and improving the quality of life of people living with dementia and their care partners.
Alzheimer Society of Canada
The Alzheimer Society of Canada supports people living with or affected by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias by creating a more dementia-friendly society and by funding dementia research across Canada.