Young Onset Dementia WA Impact Network

04/06/2026

9 days until our annual, virtual, global Youth SUMMIT! Dear sons, daughters, and children of younger-onset dementia, join us June 12th & 13th for our SUMMIT! You’re welcome to join one session, multiple or both days and if you can't make it on the day - register anyway to receive the recordings.

Register with the link in our bio!

A heartfelt thank you to our generous partners and collaborators for elevating the voices of our young people!

04/06/2026

Want to know what it takes to support people with neurological conditions to maintain and retain employment for as long as possible?

With an expert panel, our FREE forum on Thursday 25 June will explore challenges and best practices around employment for people living with young onset dementia or other neurological conditions. Attendance is online or in-person at Bentley Technology Park.

DON'T MISS OUT! Find out more and secure your place at https://events.humanitix.com/spotlight-on-employment-forum

Special thanks to Dementia Australia, Brightwater Care Group, MSWA and Berrill & Watson for their generous support of this event.

This forum will explore the challenges and best practices around employment for people living with young onset dementia and other neurological conditions

02/06/2026

Must watch…

27/05/2026

“Good design for people living with dementia entails respecting their dignity, autonomy, independence, equality of opportunity and non-discrimination.”

Dementia Alliance International has released a great video resource on the Dignity Manifesto. It explains how the places we live in, visit and use every day can support people living with dementia, and introduces the Manifesto’s core values and principles in an accessible way. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0-a5cV5tL0

Alliance International

Written by prof. Richard Fleming and delivered using AI, this presentation explains how the places we live in, visit, and use every day can support people wh...

25/05/2026

Would you like to have a say about WA’s disability policies and services? The of Communities is seeking expressions of interest from community members to join the Lived Experience Advisory Panel or LEAP. To be involved you need to either live with disability or play an important unpaid role in the life of a loved one with disability. Expressions of interest close on 19 June.
Find out more and download the Expression of Interest form at
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements/seeking-people-lived-experience-of-disability
department of communities

20/05/2026

Tangles made its Cannes debut and yes, there were tears. 😭

The animated film, co-produced by HFC co-founders Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, tells the story of a young woman navigating her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis.

Directed by Leah Nelson, Tangles is based on Sarah Leavitt’s 2010 graphic memoir Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me. Including the voice talents of Seth Rogen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Pamela Adlon, Beanie Feldstein, Sarah Silverman, Abbi Jacobson, Samira Wiley, Wanda Sykes, Adam Shapiro, and Bowen Yang.

Stories like this matter. Alzheimer’s is more than a statistic. It’s love, loss, and the deeply human reality of caring for someone you love.

Read more in People: https://bit.ly/4tOJm7B

20/05/2026

For those of you in regional WA, there are 5 community consultations for the development of a new WA Carers Strategy coming up. Have your say and help guide the development of the new WA Carers Strategy by attending one of the following:
-- Broome – Tuesday 26 May
-- Karratha – Thursday 28 May
-- Kalgoorlie – Friday 19 June
-- Albany – Thursday 30 July
-- Geraldton – Tuesday 4 August

There are also two online sessions on Tuesday 30 June and Thursday 2 July. Find out more and register at

Carers - Department of Communities

18/05/2026

Want to expolore the challenges and best practices around employment for people living with young onset dementia or other neurological conditions? Come to our free forum on 25 June. Our expert panel includes legal and employment support specialists alongside those with living experience. Attendance can be in-person or online.
For more information and to register your place go to https://events.humanitix.com/spotlight-on-employment-forum

Special thanks to our event supporters Dementia Australia, Brightwater Care Group, MSWA and Berrill & Watson - Superannuation & Insurance Lawyers

This forum will explore the challenges and best practices around employment for people living with young onset dementia and other neurological conditions

13/05/2026

13/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE! The Australian Neurological Conference and Expo will be returning on 3-4 March 2027.