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
Alzheimer’s Association’s COVID-19 Tips for Caregivers of People with Dementia
New information from the Alzheimer’s Association sheds light on how COVID-19 might impact people with dementia and caregivers. While dementia is not believed to increase the risk of COVID-19, other factors such as dementia-related behaviors (e.g. difficulty following...
Tips from friends at the Alzheimer’s Association about Dementia and COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Tips for Dementia Caregivers Most likely, dementia does not increase risk for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, just like dementia does not increase risk for flu. However, dementia-related behaviors, increased age...
Grants available for free respite care home help for clients with dementia
Home Instead is offering respite care grants for families who cannot afford to hire home care help. The goal of these home care grants is to provide exceptional home care to families affected by dementia and to give these families much needed support and rest. They...
