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Tools and guidance
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Tools and guidance
We're proud to host several national tools for professionals alongside guidance documents to support better outcomes for people living with dementia.
National tools for professionals
Mini-ACE
Are you involved in the assessment of cognition? Find out about the Mini-ACE, the recommended cognitive impairment screening tool in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Key guidance documents
MANA
The MANA is a suite of tools for the holistic assessment of mate wareware (dementia) in Māori. It includes wairua and well-being, cognitive, and functional components.
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3 Tools
Three tools to help support end-of-life care for aged care residents living with dementia mate wareware.
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Action Plan
The 2026-2031 Dementia Mate Wareware Action Plan provides a roadmap, outlining the five priority areas and strategic foundations needed to prevent dementia where possible and improve support for New Zealanders currently living with dementia mate wareware.
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Community support review
This review examines ‘best practice’ for post-diagnostic community services for people living with dementia and their care partners from the perspectives of people with lived experience, experts, service providers, and research findings.
Read more here
Ageing Well
This document has a simple message. Dementia is not normal ageing. If dementia awareness is not "baked in" to the core goals and principles of our funding and service models, then services will be poorly aligned with the needs of people living with dementia mate wareware.
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