Support Groups
Peer connection · Practical support · Multilingual
DIA facilitates local and virtual support groups across India, bringing together people living with dementia, family caregivers, and other family members. Our groups create safe spaces to share experiences, learn practical care strategies, and access local resources — all in a supportive, stigma-free environment.
Support groups operate in multiple vernacular languages including Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada.Sessions are culturally sensitive and delivered in participants’ preferred languages to ensure accessibility and meaningful engagement.Run in collaboration with clinical and research partners such as NIMHANS.Partners provide clinical insights, facilitator training, and links to advanced screening and assessment programs, strengthening the care pathway from community support to specialist services.
- Family and caregivers seeking practical tips and emotional support
- Family members looking to understand dementia and support their relative
- Organizations and residential care homes that want to set up local groups
- Peer support: facilitated sessions that encourage sharing, mutual learning, and emotional validation.
- Practical guidance: strategies for daily care, communication, behaviour management, and caregiver self‑care.
- Resource updates: information on local screening drives, DemClinic services, respite options, and community resources.
- Advocacy and empowerment: sessions that build skills for self‑advocacy, reduce isolation, and connect participants with local networks.
- Organization support: help for NGOs, residential homes, and community groups to start and run dementia support groups, including facilitator training and program templates.
- A welcoming, confidential space with a trained facilitator.
- Practical takeaways and clear signposting to services (screening, DemClinic teleconsultations, helpline support).
- Opportunities for ongoing connection and periodic guest sessions with clinicians or specialists.
- Engagement with peers
