Featured Resources
What is Dementia?
Understand the many forms of the disease
Dementia Friendly Communities
Steps to becoming a more Dementia Friendly Community
Sample DFM Materials
Find mock-up materials that you can easily download and use in your community
Memory Café’s
Create a wonderfully welcoming place for individuals with Dementia
The DFM Pledge
Sign the DFM Pledge to become more dementia friendly
Resources by Sector
Links to Dementia Friendly resources by Sector
Better Together
Better Together: Dementia Friendly and Age Friendly Communities
Partners
Links to DFM Partners
Funding
Funding Opportunities and Clever Ideas to fund your DF Activities
News
Learn More About Memory Cafes
Learn more about Memory Cafes from Beth Soltzberg. Congratulations to Beth on a highly informative, passionate and well executed TEDx talk. "Memory cafes: making space for dementia and joy” by Beth Soltzberg | TEDxWaltham: https://youtu.be/vje71rXP8Z0
Dementia and Firearms
According to Medical X, faculty members at the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus announced the Safety in Dementia website, the first comprehensive online resource to help caregivers navigate issues related to firearm access and...
Congregations attempt to meet the religious needs of people with dementia
RICHLANDTOWN, Pa. — The seven women, most in wheelchairs, sat in a semicircle facing stained-glass windows and an altar topped with a cross and a statuette of Jesus holding a lamb. Underneath the draped table was an ark-shaped container brimming with small stuffed...
New Resource
The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center developed a new resource to assist in your work with individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and dementia. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Dementia: Practical...
A Different Way to Celebrate the 4th
Please see the article from the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-news/with-their-minds-fading-patriotic-songs-spark-memories-of-fourths-long-ago/2019/07/03/f6175924-9c47-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html
Springfield, Baystate Medical Center recognized for policies, services to seniors
SPRINGFIELD — The city and Baystate Medical Center received a trifecta of awards on Thursday, honored for their commitment to policies and services to senior citizens, while the city was also recognized for being a dementia-friendly community. James Fuccione, senior...
Let’s Start the Conversation About Alzheimer’s
Dr. Jonathan Jackson speaks with the Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment speaks about Dementia and the African American community. https://bwhedtech.media.partners.org/programs/alzheimer/startconversation_alzheimer/
Almost half of older adults think they’ll develop dementia
Nearly half of adults ages 50-80 think they are likely to develop dementia sometime in their life, according to a new poll. Nearly 75% of adults reported engaging in some kind of activity to help with dementia — including playing brain games or taking nutritional...
Portraits of Dementia
I hope you are enjoying the beautiful spring weather today. I’m writing to share an article in the Boston Globe and thank you for supporting me and my dementia portrait project. I’m so grateful for your support. The project would not have made it this far without your...
A Community Approach to Cognitive Health
More information about the April 4th, 2019 Idea Exchange in Barnstable. https://www.barnstablepatriot.com/news/20190328/community-approach-to-cognitive-health
