Germany Dementia Tours

Museums and other cultural institutions across the globe have added barrier-free tours and guides to their repertoire. But in Germany, Catholic aid organization Malteser Deutschland noticed people living with dementia often were overlooked. The organization last year designed a specialized cultural tour program to cater to this population in Berlin. Their tours for people with dementia occur at the Berlin Zoo, the Museum of Natural History, Britzer Garden and Charlottenburg Palace. The organization hopes to expand to other locations. There are roughly 1.6 million people living with dementia in Germany, and the figure is expected to rise to 2.8 million by 2050.