In Germany, the “Initiative Demenz Partner” (Dementia Friends Initiative) is a great success, with 100,000 Dementia Friends now trained by the Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft (DAlzG) – the German Alzheimer society. The Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Sabine Dittmar personally attended the training and congratulated the DAlzG on their great work.
Within the framework of the National Dementia Strategy, the "Dementia Friends" programme is funded by the Federal Ministry of Health together with the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth "People with dementia and their relatives often feel isolated because encounters with friends and relatives become fewer or stop altogether. Now 100,000 people in Germany have become dementia partners and every day there are more: you can all contribute to bringing people with dementia into the midst of our society," commented Saskia Weiß, Executive Director of the DAlzG. www.demenz-partner.de
