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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...
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