The Minister for Education launched a national initiative in association with the Alzheimer Society of Ireland in Kerry today.
The 'Creating a Dementia Inclusive Generation' Transition Year Programme, was launched by Norma Foley at the Rosemary Day Centre in Tralee.
Minister Foley has praised the initiative – which aims at educating young people about dementia – as a transformative programme.
A new Memory Garden was also opened by Minister Foley at The Rosemary Centre in Tralee this afternoon.
The garden was funded following a €2.1million dementia specific day-care grant, announced in the Department of Health Budget 2023.
Thirty-eight Alzheimer Society of Ireland daycare centres nationally, benefitted from the funding.
Minster Norma Foley highlighted the importance of facilities like the memory garden at care centres.
