Alzheimers New Zealand

09/10/2026

Kia ora and welcome to our newest Dementia Friends 💜

Thanks for joining our community of more than 23,500 people who are helping to make Aotearoa New Zealand a kinder, more supportive, inclusive and understanding place for people living with dementia mate wareware 📣

Take 20 minutes out of your day and join us today 👉 https://ow.ly/hPnx50ZVBRH

08/10/2026

Tha latest edition of Alzheimers News is hot off the press 📫

A bit thank you to everyone who supported 💜 joined our conference 📚 or pre-election political panel 📣 and helped raise awareness of dementia mate wareware 🌏

Check it out online 👉 https://ow.ly/VwU250ZVBIO

Sign up to the newsletter today 👉 https://ow.ly/LLYb50ZVBIR

06/10/2026

Younger Onset Dementia? You don't have to find your way alone 💚

Getting answers about Younger Onset Dementia can be hard. Support and services vary a lot around Aotearoa, and many people and their whānau don't know where to start.

That's why the Younger Onset Dementia Aotearoa Trust has created the YODAT Navigator role. Meet Emma Fromings, a mental health nurse with experience in Younger Onset Dementia care across hospital, community and NGO settings. Emma is recognised nationally for her Brain Health work helping people get earlier diagnosis and support.

Email 👉 [email protected]
Enquire 👉 www.yodat.org.nz

05/10/2026

A big thank you to sponsors like The Selwyn Foundation for supporting the success of our events like conference 2026! We appreciate your ongoing support 📣✨

01/10/2026

Hope. That was the overarching theme of Alzheimers NZ’s conference 2026 held in Auckland and online this week, as part of ✨

From the inspiring stories of lived experience to a lively panel discussion focused on the future of Aotearoa New Zealand, and exciting progress in the research and clinical space – hope remained central to the kōrero.

That was the overarching theme of Alzheimers NZ’s conference 2026 held in Auckland and online this week, as part of World Alzheimers Month.

01/10/2026

...and that's a wrap on conference 2026 🎬

We laughed, we cried and we looked beyond the story to reshape dementia support.

Thank you to everybody who was there – both in person and online – and a special shout out to our presenters, panellists, sponsors and the CeleBRation Choir for bringing the last two days to life ✨

Watch this space for what's next!

30/09/2026

Jendi Paterson shared how much harder it is to get help as dementia progresses, at our conference earlier this week 📣

She was one of the many speakers who shared their lived experience as we looked beyond the story to help reshape dementia support.

An Arrowtown woman says the worse her mother's dementia got, the harder it became to get help.

30/09/2026

Thank you to our Lived Experience Advisory Group member Dr Val Pollard and partner Ruth Seeman for sharing their journey of dementia mate wareware with us this afternoon 💜

It’s been a jam-packed few days and we appreciate everybody - both online and in the room - who has been part of conference 2026! We couldn’t do this without you ✨

29/09/2026

We’re delighted the CeleBRation Choir, Auckland could join our conference today with a special performance 💜

Thank you so much for coming today, and we loved singing along with you 🎶

29/09/2026

Thank you to Associate Minister of Health Hon Casey Costello for opening day two of ✨ Beyond the story: Reshaping dementia support ✨ this .

She says the growing number of New Zealanders with dementia mate wareware can’t be ignored 📣