Dementia- Friendly Naperville Featured on Local TV News Station
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Dementia Friendly Illinois
Dementia Awareness Proclamation Approved for the Village of Westmont
City of Westmont Press Release: At the November 7, 2019 Village of Westmont Board Meeting, the Village approved a proclamation declaring that November 7 be Dementia Friendly Awareness Day in Westmont. November is also National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Several staff and residents from Aspired Living of Westmont were in attendance to participate. “The Village of
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Dementia Friends Champion Training, Wednesday, November 13
Links: Dementia Friends USA Dementia Friends Illinois Join the Zoom Meeting
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Glencoe Community Featured in the Chicago Tribune
“Glencoe Library Offers Kits to Entertain, Stimulate Dementia Patients” Hello all! Check out this article that was in the Chicago Tribune Excerpt: “The Glencoe Public Library, in partnership with Family Service of Glencoe, now offers for checkout Adult Memory Kits, which are designed to engage people with dementia in stimulating and creative activities and to
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Featured Article: “With no dementia cure in sight, it’s time for communities to become dementia friendly”
A very interesting article (written and shared by Nancy Berlinger, of the Hastings Center) about innovative Dementia-Friendly initiatives being implemented in the United Kingdom as well as cities throughout the United States. An excerpt from the article: “While I was in Liverpool this summer for the annual conference of the British Society of Gerontology, I
July 2019 Newsletter
Click here to read the latest news and to see the announcement of the newest DFA communities: including our very own Glencoe and Elgin!
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‘Dementia Live’ Training Provides River Forest Police Officials a Glimpse of what Patients Experience
by Rachel K. Hindery River Forest police officials last week put on two pairs of gloves, dark glasses and headphones in a training session meant to simulate some of the effects of dementia. Police Chief James O’Shea and others from the department took part in the Dementia Live Experience session. The River Forest Fire Department
Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map
NADRC Webinar: Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map – State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia Tuesday, December 18, 2018, 2:00-3:00 PM ET Register for the Webinar The 2018-2023 Road Map is informed by four Essential Services of Public Health: Assure a competent workforce Monitor and evaluate Develop policies and mobilize partnerships Educate and
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