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It is accessible for wheelchairs and carers, assistance dogs, and groups from residential aged care facilities, and offers visitors an experience in nature that can be enjoyed in different ways.<\/p>\n
“It’s been a very popular thing,” Ms Hipwell said. “We get around 60,000 visitors a year.”<\/p>\n
She said a group of between six and 10 people would participate in the 30 September excursion.<\/p>\n
“We don’t have enough people \u2013 we’re all volunteers \u2013 to supervise and manage [large groups of] people with dementia out there on their own,” she said.<\/p>\n
“There will be more of it, and we’ll get more organised where we can have more volunteers there to walk with people.”<\/p>\n
The alliance runs six programs for people with dementia and their carers, including the very popular Bigger Hearts Choir.<\/p>\n
National Dementia Action Week is now on until 21 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE first official excursion to Ballarat’s sensory trail for people living with dementia will take place late this month. The event, organised by Bigger Hearts Dementia Alliance Ballarat and Parks Victoria, is scheduled for Tuesday 30 September from 10.30am to 12pm. The trail \u2013 officially known as the Dementia Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail \u2013 […]<\/p>\n