Designing for Dementia was established by the Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) Dementia Project in collaboration with Keio University’s Center for Wellbeing Research, issue+design, and the Dementia Friendship Club, and it operates in pursuit of the mission of “achieving better coexistence with dementia in the future.”

Under this mission, Designing for Dementia activities are centered on the thoughts, experiences, and wisdom of people living with dementia, and involve collaboration among people living with dementia, their families and supporters, community members, health and welfare professionals, companies, local governments, related ministries and agencies, designers, students, and researchers. Starting from the voices of people living with dementia, we create opportunities for people to meet and learn from each other while advancing one step at a time together with a wide range of related parties to develop and improve services and products, build communities, and develop government policies.

Five years after Designing for Dementia launched in 2018, with support from longstanding efforts to create dementia-friendly and inclusive communities from many people, the “Basic Act on Dementia to Promote an Inclusive Society” was enacted in 2023 and went into effect on January 1, 2024. At this Briefing Session, we would like to review Designing for Dementia’s past activities and create a space for conversations that will envision the future with all participants with the intent of creating an inclusive society.

We wish to create more communities where people living with dementia can live with peace of mind, to drive ongoing development of businesses and services that support and enrich the lives of people living with dementia, to make it normal for workplaces to be places where employees or staff members and their families can continue working even if they develop dementia, to enable you and your loved ones to be able to live with a smile even if you develop dementia, and to utilize your thoughts, experiences, and wisdom for the present and future. We sincerely hope you will join us.

*Another site will open (Japanese only).

 

[Event Overview]

• Date & Time: Tuesday, December 3, 2024; 13:30 – 16:30 JST
• Format: In-person
• Venue: Kudanshita Training Room, Bousaishi Training Center, Kudan Southside Square 9F, 1-5-5 Kudan-Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074
• Language: Japanese only
• Participation fee: Free
• Organizer: Designing for Dementia

 

[Program] (Current as of time of writing)

Part 1: Activity report

In Part 1, we will report on activities from Designing for Dementia or conducted by its members in their capacity as steering committee members in each of their respective fields. This conversation will take a look back on the past as well as look ahead to future challenges.

Part 2: A time for conversations to envision the future

In this part, participants will hold conversations on the theme of “achieving better coexistence with dementia in the future.” Together, they will consider what actions each person in attendance can take from their own position.

Part 2-1: Messages from people living with dementia

Mr. Mamoru Togami and Mr. Hiroyuki Yoshikawa

Mr. Togami was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 54 and found Mr. Yoshikawa and his day service which gathers people with early-onset dementia who need help. Mr. Togami now serves alongside many partners as an Ambassador of Hope.
They will discuss key aspects of creating communities where people can lead happy lives, whether they develop dementia or not.

Part 2-2: Group dialogue

At each table, all participants will consider how to achieve better coexistence with dementia in the future and what we can do to create an inclusive society.