The Dementia Care Education Project  provides direct support to carers of people living with dementia through the provision of education and information. The project provides small group education to the carers of people living with dementia. These carers are unpaid relatives or friends. More often than not they are the aged spouses living in rural and remote areas without formal support mechanisms and without public transport to get to services. The groups provide the carers with information about services, counselling, strategies to support them in their caring role and also referral to services that suit their needs.