You can help love ones celebrate life before dementia – and make the most of life now.
This year in Queensland, over 85,000 people are living with all forms of dementia. Behind each diagnosis is a person with a lifetime of memories and loved ones doing their best to care for them. For many, simple moments like a favourite song, a warm hand to hold or a shared smile are what keep life rich and meaningful.
When you give on Giving Day, you are supporting people living with dementia and the loved ones and carers who walk this journey alongside them.
Donate on 23 October and your gift will be matched by our generous Giving Day partners.
What your support makes possible
Stories worth sharing
$25 can help fund My Life Story books, a powerful tool for memory-making, reminiscence and emotional comfort. On Giving Day, it doubles to $50, helping preserve and honour each person’s unique story.
Memories that matter
$48 can provide memory kits filled with familiar items and photos to help spark meaningful connections. On Giving Day, your donation could be doubled to $96 —bringing comfort and cherished memories to even more people living with dementia.
Give carers
a break
$75 can help fund specialised dementia training for staff across Queensland. With matched giving, your $75 becomes $150, providing vital support to twice as many carers when they need it most.
Creating calm and comfort
$95 can help create sensory spaces in aged care homes to reduce agitation and anxiety. And on Giving Day, your impact is doubled: $95 becomes $195, creating calming environments that comfort and care for those who need it most.
When dementia takes over, it’s love that keeps people going.
Dementia robs people of their memories, and it also takes their independence as they lose the ability to do things that once came easily.
But the people and things they love are still there.
Research shows that people living with dementia who stay in their own home feel happier and live longer.
With your help, Queenslanders living with dementia can live their best lives with the people who love them for as long as possible.
It just takes support from the dedicated BlueCare team – and the caring BlueCare community.
Not long after Nicole lost her dad to dementia, her mum, Jennifer, was diagnosed too.
Nicole wanted to care for her mum at home. “But it wasn’t just Mum moving in. It was dementia,” she says.
Nicole’s life was turned upside down. So was her husband’s and young son’s.
But support from BlueCare helped them make the most of Jennifer’s good days. And most important to Nicole, her mum was able to live at home with her for longer, before moving to a BlueCare residential aged care home when she needed more intensive support.
Errol and Jane met later in life, drawn to each other by a shared love of jazz, travel, and politics.
They enjoyed 20 years of a life packed with travel and adventure. But what Jane loved most were their conversations. Errol was a great listener, and they talked endlessly about everything.
These days, Errol struggles to get words out. Jane looks after him round the clock without complaint.
“He’s always been my rock,” she says. “Now I’m his rock.”
Thanks to donations from the compassionate BlueCare community, BlueCare’s team has been able to give Jane time to herself. It’s also given them more time together.
Robert and Cheryl met when they were just teenagers.
Their love saw them through many ups and downs over the following years, but the real challenge began when Cheryl was diagnosed with dementia.
Robert did his best to care for her at home. “I took my marriage vows seriously. In sickness and in health, forever,” he says.
But at 72, it was taking its toll on him.
BlueCare provided day respite for Cheryl twice a week, which made all the difference. “I could go for a walk, I could have a sit down, I could read a book!” he says.
And after a few hours of BlueCare’s music and art therapy, he could see the old Cheryl again when she came home.
