Mind The Mushroom,
Find The Mushroom.
The Mushroom Origin Story
At our Community Inclusion Garden located at the front of our day center Club Kalina in Tuggeranong, we had three of our large mushroom decorations stolen!
We then posted on the Community Home Australia Facebook page asking the community to assist in their safe return.
By the end of the day, we were happily reunited with our mushrooms but not before hearing about their fantastic travels to Pine Island. This got us thinking—if Canberrans loved our mushrooms so much, we would give the people what they wanted!
How to play
You can now stumble upon the mushroom out in the wild and scan the QR code on it to be taken to the Facebook group, then you can post a photo of your find before relocating it for someone else to stumble across!
Mind The Mushroom, Find The Mushroom- Trailor
Join in the search to show your support for those living with younger onset dementia and their loved ones.
By rallying the Canberra community to join in the search, we are dismantling the stigma that people with younger onset dementia should be hidden away from the community in nursing homes which they rarely leave.
Spreading this message through minding and moving the mushroom allows for younger onset dementia to become more normalized within our community!
Tuggeranong Police Officers
The Canberra Raiders
Communities At Work
Support services and resources for Dementia:
Dementia Australia: https://www.dementia.org.au/support/family-and-carers
Their website includes the National Dementia Helpline. Phone: 1800 100 500
Carer Gateway helps carers, loved ones and friends. www.carergateway.gov.au
Phone: 1800 422 737
Dementia Training Australia (DTA) provides dementia-specific accredited and non-accredited education, training, and professional development for aged and health care professionals.
Phone: 02 4221 5555
Online: www.dta.com.au
DTA provides this free course on caring for LGBTI people with dementia:
https://dta.com.au/online-courses/caring-for-lgbti-people-with-dementia/
More:
Carers ACT | Together, we can share the care
Nationwide, 24-hour carer support | Dementia Support Australia
Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 - Crisis Support. Suicide Prevention.
Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre | Study Now | UTAS