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We are constantly growing older, and there are an increasing number of elderly people living with dementia who are merely being ´taken care of´. There is no question that we need alternatives to the established procedures.
What can we do to create spaces where we can stay in life - rather than just staying alive? How can we turn the individual environments of people with and without dementia into ´places of human warmth´?
In Germany, initiatives attempting to answer these questions are on the rise: Committed individuals from politics, art, churches, social and volunteer work etc. are creatively working towards dementia-friendly communities. In this book, three authors, intimately familiar with the topic, explore initial movements, obstacles, and first approaches.

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Verena Rothe (MA), is sociologist and leader of the project ¯Menschen mit Demenz in der Kommune® and managing director of Aktion Demenz e.V., Giessen, Germany. Gabriele Kreutzner (Dr.), cultural and media scientist, is actively engaged in projects related to dementia and is co-chair of Aktion Demenz e.V. She lives in Stuttgart, Germany. Reimer Gronemeyer (Prof. Dr. Dr.) is theologist and social scientist at the University Gießen.

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