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National Tools and Guidance Documents

We’re proud to host several national tools for professionals alongside guidance documents to support better outcomes for people living with dementia.

MANA

The MANA is a suite of tools for the holistic assessment of mate wareware (dementia) in Māori. It includes wairua, wellbeing, cognitive, and functional components.

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.

3Tools

These are three tools to support end-of-life care for aged care residents living with dementia mate wareware. They can be used together or as individual units.

Action Plan

The 2026-31 Dementia Mate Wareware Action Plan outlines five priority areas and strategic foundations needed to prevent dementia and improve support.

Community Support

A review of current ‘best practices’ for post-diagnostic community services, built from perspectives of people with lived experience, experts, and service providers.

Ageing Well

This document has a simple message. If dementia awareness is not “baked in” to the core goals and principles of our funding and service models, those services will not align.

Young-Onset Dementia Asia-Pacific Collaboration

Suicide Prevention
in Older Adults:
Online Module

MANA


The MANA is a suite of tools for the holistic assessment of mate wareware (dementia) in Māori. It includes wairua, wellbeing, cognitive, and functional components.

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.

3Tools


These are three tools to support end-of-life care for aged care residents living with dementia mate wareware. They can be used together or as individual units.

Action Plan


The 2026-2031 Dementia Mate Wareware Action Plan outlines the five priority areas and strategic foundations needed to prevent dementia and improve support.

Community Support


A review of current ‘best practices’ for post-diagnostic community services, built from perspectives of people with lived experience, experts, and service providers.

Ageing Well


This document has a simple message. If dementia awareness is not “baked in” to the core goals and principles of our funding and service models, those services will not align.

Young-Onset Dementia Asia-Pacific Collaboration
Suicide Prevention in Older Adults: Online Module