Dementia Australia SA

Dementia Australia offers a range of services and programs designed to support you and the person you care for living with dementia. These include counselling services, carer support groups and other programs. For more information, you can contact the National Dementia Helpline. 

Counselling

Dementia Australia provides a counselling service for people with dementia, their families and friends.

People who can benefit from dementia counselling include:

• People in the early stages of dementia
• Carers of people with dementia
• Family such as a spouse, partners and children
• Friends and other significant people

Family Carer Support Groups

Our carer support groups provide an environment in which carers of people with dementia can discuss issues with other people in a similar situation.

Family Carer Education 

Dementia Australia offers a range of educational opportunities for people, of all ages, living with all forms of dementia, their families and carers.  

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)  

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) ensures that support will be provided to eligible Australians with a disability or disease such as younger onset dementia.

The purpose of the NDIS is to provide people with greater choice, individualised support and the flexibility to manage these supports.

Younger onset dementia key workers are placed to support people with younger onset dementia in the NDIS.