Calgary Needs More Dementia-Friendly Spaces, Advocate Says

Calgary is lacking in dementia-friendly spaces, an advocate says, and her group is part of a new project trying to figure out what one could look like.

Shopping centres, grocery stores, parks and events across the city could all be made dementia-friendly, said Kim Brundrit, collective impact lead, Dementia Network Calgary.

"I think Calgary needs to be a more dementia-inclusive place in general," she said. 

She estimates at least 20,000 Calgarians have dementia, which causes loss of memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities. 

"Our population of older adults is increasing, and therefore the people living with dementia is going to go up in numbers," she said. 

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