A BETTER WORLD FOR THOSE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA

by accelerating the pace of change in dementia care, cure and awareness.

WHAT WE DO

We are millennials from clinical, academic, care, advocacy and commercial backgrounds who have united to improve the lives of people with dementia across the globe.

SUPPORTING THE WORLD DEMENTIA COUNCIL

We support the work of the World Dementia Council as an associate member, contributing one young leader to each of their five Global Teams. Find out more here.

WYLD WORKSHOPS

We convene regular workshops alongside international dementia conferences to brainstorm dementia solutions across the spectrum of research, care and advocacy. Find out more here.

PARTNERSHIPS WITH DEMENTIA ORGANISATIONS

We work in partnership with existing dementia organisations to contribute novel perspectives and broaden the global reach of their projects.

DELIVER COMMISSIONED PROJECTS

We deliver commissioned projects that draw on our unique network of global connections and communication channels.

NETWORK MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

We are developing a membership directory of emerging young leaders in dementia across the world to facilitate new collaborations, both within and outside of the network.

OUR CORE ACTIVITIES

Find out what WYLD does and what we stand for. Download our translated Core Activities document here.

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Interested in using the translated core document to help lead and grow the World Young Leaders in Dementia (WYLD) Network in your local community? Reach out to find out how you can get involved here.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Members represent the network with Publications and Presentations.

Churchyard, R. (2016). World Young Leaders in Dementia: Activities and Goals & Toronto Seniors Strategy: Age-Friendly Policy. Presentation at the 3rd Alzheimer’s Disease International African Regional Conference. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, September, 2016

Newman, K., & Booi, L. (2015). Critical reflections from the millennials on the global action against dementia legacy events. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 16(3), 177–182.

Walton, Booi, Newman and Hu (2016) A Review of Global Dementia Friendly Symbols. Report published by World Young Leaders in Dementia, May 2016.

Booi, L., Hu, W., L., Kano, M., Leist, A., Newman, K., Ziberna, L. (2015) Global Young Leader Recommendations, presentation to World Dementia Council at the first WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2015.

PROJECTS

WYLD members work together on projects that support our mission.

Explore some of our current projects below.

If you have a project that you would like WYLD to support or an idea for us to consider, please contact us at info@wyldementia.org

WYLD WORKSHOPS

WYLD convene regular workshops alongside international dementia conferences to brainstorm dementia solutions across the spectrum of research, care and advocacy.

We will do this by:

Bringing creative brainstorming, fresh perspectives, and novel solutions to the dementia field.
Contributing to new dementia strategies incorporating the latest technological and research innovations to meet the needs of a rapidly changing world.
Providing a platform for idea exchange and shared projects to enable a culture of collaboration among the next generation of leaders in dementia.