Developing and Sustaining Dementia Capable Communities: An Analysis of the Current Evidence

Samantha Biglieri, Neha Ahmed, Sarah Main, Olivia Leslie Tupling, Roslyn Vijayakumar, Jennifer Boger, Christine Daum, Sherry Dupuis, Melissa Koch, Lili Liu, Kimberley Lopez, Jim Mann, Michelle Martin, Carrie McAiney, Huda Jamal Nasir, Nada Nasir, Bethany Pearce, Rachel Weldrick, Kathleen Vanderlinden, Laura Middleton, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Dementia Advocate, British Columbia, Alzheimer Society Waterloo Wellington, University of Western Ontario, City of Kitchener, Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Person with Lived Experience of Dementia

Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice

Published online on December 23, 2025

Abstract

Dementia, Ahead of Print.
Exclusion, marginalization and stigma remain common experiences for people living with dementia. Dementia capable communities offer a pathway to support the wellbeing of people living with dementia by creating spaces where people living with dementia and ...