Feedback from participants in our 2025 family carer training programmes highlights the positive impact these supports have on carers and the people they care for.

Read our Impact Report here:https://alzheimer.ie/about-us/the-alzheimer-society-of-irelands-impact-report/

Dementia affects everyone differently. It is an umbrella term for a range of diseases that damage the nerve cells in the brain, impacting memory, learning and language. To learn more through dementia awareness training, contact [email protected]
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Our wonderful DCCN members and invited guests at our special screening event at the Lexicon in Dún Laoghaire in June for #CarersWeek2026. Thank you to Ross Killeen, and to Matt O’Dwyer and his family, for generously allowing us to screen this film, and to dlr Arts for the use of your lovely venue💜

Head of Advocacy, Cormac Cahill, in conversation with Ross Killeen and Matt O’Dwyer. Thanks to Ross for generously allowing us to screen his film, made in collaboration with Irish street artist Asbestos, and to Matt for so bravely talking about his family’s journey with dementia. #CarersWeek2026

CEO of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Andy Heffernan, opening our #CarersWeek2026 event, a screening of ‘Don’t Forget to Remember’ by Ross Killeen, made in collaboration with Irish street artist Asbestos. Our DCCN members shared their lived experience in the early stages of this project.

#DCCN members at 'Choreographing Autonomy' today, part of the Bealtaine Festival. Our DCCN members shared their caring stories in the early stages of the 'Yes, But Do You Care?' project. Thanks to Marie & Philip for including us and thanks to Age & Opportunity for the kind invitation today #carers

Our lovely #DCCN member Máire-Anne Doyle taking part in a panel at the Boots roadshow with the HSE Understand Together campaign at Boots in Wexford yesterday. Máire-Anne cared for her father Brian and we are so grateful to her for sharing her lived experience of caring💜 @alzheimersocirl.bsky.social

The Boots roadshow is taking place today in Boots, 9-13 South Main Street, Wexford, at 6.30pm. All are welcome - it is free to attend, please book at dementiaroadshow.boots.ie

Looking forward to this event at the Bealtaine Festival and hearing Marie Brett and Philip Connaughton in conversation about 'Yes, But Do You Care?'. Our #DCCN members shared their lived experience in the early stages of this project. Thank you Marie and Philip for including us #carers

Our amazing #DCCN members, Mary and Richard and our fantastic Chair, Helena, in conversation with Dr Sabina Brennan about their experience of caring. We had a wonderful collaboration with Dr Sabina when she was writing her book 'Still Me: A neuroscientist's guide to caring for someone with dementia'

Our brilliant #DCCN member Jen Brown taking part in the Boots roadshow with the HSE Understand Together campaign at the Frascati Centre, Blackrock tonight. Thank you Jen for sharing your experience of caring for your father 💜 @alzheimersocirl.bsky.social

The Boots roadshow is taking place today in Boots, Frascati Centre, Blackrock at 6.30pm. All are welcome to attend - it is free to attend, booking at dementiaroadshow.boots.ie. It will be an informative evening with helpful steps to make communities more inclusive for people with dementia.

Thank you to our wonderful #IDWG and #DCCN members Frank & Jackie Golden for joining us for this knowledge exchange and for sharing their wisdom from their input into the Azure programme. It was very positive to hear about the dementia inclusive programmes at the Petőfi Literary Museum.

Our incredible #DCCN member Bernadette with the creative team at TBWA Ireland filming her part in the promo for TheReplay. #IDWG & #DCCN members shared their feedback at the early stages of TheReplay.ie and it was so important that people living with dementia and carers were included in this project

Our fabulous #DCCN member Máire-Anne Doyle taking part in a Q&A after a screening of visual artist Marie Brett's 'Yes, But Do You Care?' artwork in Garter Lane Arts Centre in Waterford on the last day of its national tour. Thank you Máire-Anne💜

Our fantastic #DCCN Vice-Chair susanecrampton.bsky.social returned to @ucc.ie last month to speak to students of the MSc Dementia programme. Susan spoke about her lived experience of caring for her mother Anne who was living with mixed dementia. Thank you Susan #carers
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Our wonderful #DCCN member Ray Cregan taking part in a Q&A with artist and creator of 'Yes, But Do You Care?' Marie Brett in the gorgeous surroundings of the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. Thank you Ray💜 Our #DCCN members were proud to share their stories in the early stages of this project.