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
State Advisory Council Releases Guidelines for Age and Dementia Infrastructure
Have You Ever Had to Paint Your Town Hall, Library or Senior Center or Change the Carpet? Whether it is Maintenance, Renovation, or New -Build: Come Learn about Making Your Building Age and Dementia Friendly The Massachusetts Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Disease...
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
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...