The Tide & Times Café emerged from 15 years of sitting with families navigating dementia – amounting to thousands of hours bearing witness to both the profound challenges and unexpected gifts that dementia brings. Again and again, we heard the same quiet longing:
Our story
We’re creating that place in Bayside Melbourne, with plans to extend the model to regional Victoria through mobile dementia cafés.
Every person affected by dementia can regularly connect with a community that honours their dignity, celebrates their present self and combats the isolation that dementia so often brings.
Our vision
Creating a world of warmth and understanding for those living with dementia, one conversation at a time.
Our mission
Our values
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Dignity first
Every person living with dementia is a whole human being with a lifetime of wisdom, relationships and experience.
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Authentic connection
Real relationships matter more than professional distance.
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Co-design in action
People living with dementia have equal decision-making power.
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Patience as practice
We move at the pace of the slowest person.
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Joy and laughter welcome
Dementia is hard, but life still contains moments of lightness.
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Community accountability
We’re accountable to the people we serve.
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Honest compassion
We acknowledge the loss, the grief and the frustration. And we show up anyway.
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