Our Vision A society committed to preventing dementia, while valuing and supporting people who live with it.
Our Purpose To advance the interest of people living with dementia through advocacy, education, support and research. Our Philosophy Dementia is a human experience rather than just a biological condition. We therefore offer a holistic approach in our care that respects the individuality of people living with dementia.
Our Values
1. Understanding the unique needs of people living with dementia. 2. Recognising people as our greatest strength 3. Investing in partnerships. 4. Treating people with respect and dignity 5. Encouraging innovation and creativity 6. Being transparent, accountable and sustainable.
Strategic Priorities 1. Global Positioning and Industry Leadership
To develop a marketing and communications strategy that will increase our visibility and promote Alzheimer's Australia WA as a global leader in dementia care.
To promote stronger alliances with Alzheimer’s Australia and the other State and Territory Associations.
To continue to forge strategic connections with stakeholders and corporate partners.
To develop and promote Alzheimer's Australia WA as a “Centre of Excellence” for dementia care through research, training, education and advocacy.
To participate in, and promote the undertaking of research in dementia care.
To establish a building that will be an exemplar of best practice in terms of evidence based building design for people with dementia.
2.Financial Management and Organisational Sustainability
To develop and build sustainable business relationships and to promote Alzheimer's Australia WA as an ethical investment to the corporate sector.
To promote the social and economic value that Alzheimer's Australia WA gives to the community as a way of ensuring better funding opportunities from both government and the corporate sector.
To explore diverse revenue sources in order to promote the sustainability of Alzheimer's Australia WA.
To explore the potential for a more decentralised organisation, with additional offices, facilities and strategic relationships in other key locations in Western Australia.
To establish a building that enables the organisation to cater for the needs of people living with dementia and its staff using best practice.
3. Human Resources and Organisational Development
To develop a human resources strategy that will attract a new generation of skilled workers, as well as nurturing and developing existing staff and volunteers.
To develop a human resources succession plan.
To review the staffing structure of Alzheimer's Australia WA in order to attract skilled staff with additional expertise outside the area of dementia.
To develop the technology, administrative support and infrastructure to enable staff and volunteers to give the highest standard of service.
To develop a Strategic Risk Management Plan to increase the capacity of Alzheimer's Australia WA to respond to external changes into the future.
To explore ways to expand the variety and depth of dementia training and education to maintain the skill and professional expertise of both internal and external professionals, volunteers and people living with dementia.
4. Quality and Innovation of Services and Programs
To build up the capacity of other dementia service providers so that they are able to maintain a high standard of service.
To focus more strongly on education, training and research in the area of assistive technology.
To develop programs and services to engage and support the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), Indigenous, and Younger Onset people who are living with dementia.
To develop our evidence base through research and practice in order to ensure that a culture of improvement and innovation continues to reflect the needs of people living with dementia in WA.
5. Advocacy and Awareness of Dementia
To strengthen the organisation’s advocacy role.
To promote greater awareness of dementia and inspire more interest in both maintaining healthy brain function and preventing dementia.
To develop strategic partnerships with educational institutions in order to develop and promote dementia-specific programs and courses.
To promote reciprocal relationships with other service providers.
To use research to identify the issues and needs of people living with dementia so as to establish best practice in service provision.
