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.
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.
Global Dementia Friendly Symbols
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.
Find details of upcoming and past sessions of WYLD Workshops in the link below.
UPCOMING & PAST WYLD WORKSHOPS