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  • Younger Onset Dementia

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Our dementia-enabling designed homes offer a supportive environment, with features including:

  • Spacious bedrooms, each with a private ensuite and accessibility features 
  • Highly trained staff including Enrolled Nurses
  • Multiple living areas that provide ample space for quiet time or socialising with family and friends
  • New, accessible kitchens
  • Expansive gardens with trees and walking paths
  • Multiple outdoor entertainment areas
  • Sufficient parking for family and friends.

Each Brightwater community house is fully equipped and accessible, supported by trained Brightwater team members who encourage connection with the community and reaching personal potential. 

A minimum Supported Independent Living (SIL) budget of $236,000 is required to be considered for these vacancies.

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A Landmark in Dementia Care

We are building WA’s first purpose-built Young Onset Dementia (YOD) home — a place of dignity, purpose, and connection for people in their 30s–60s living with dementia.

Co-designed with families and guided by national dementia design priniciples, this world-class home in Waikiki will provide a safe, age-appropriate, and enabling environment for people living with young onset dementia. As a first-of-its-kind model in WA, the home will not only transform the lives of residents and their families but also pave the way for best practice dementia care across the sector. 

Brightwater is seeking support to establish this purpose-built Young Onset Dementia home in Waikiki.

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Our Research

We're exploring the experiences of people living in a Brightwater YOD SIL home, their families/carers, and the staff supporting them. It aims to evaluate how well these homes support people living with YOD and identify opportunities to improve care and services. 

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Brightwater Support Younger Onset Dementia Card

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Polaris House, our Supported Independent Living (SIL) House for people living with Younger Onset Dementia (otherwise known as YOD) hosted a special Japanese delegation to bring together visitors, staff and members of Polaris House in a beautiful celebration of diversity.

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What Is Young Onset Dementia?

Young Onset Dementia (YOD) is a form of dementia diagnosed before age 65 that affects over 29,000 Australians. People living with YOD encounter unique challenges, including misdiagnosis, gaps in support systems, and the impact on careers, families, and daily life.



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