Help make Cambridge dementia-friendly. Become a dementia friend.
To become a dementia friend you participate in a one-hour dementia friends session. By participation in this session you will learn a bit about what it’s like to live with dementia and then turn that understanding into action. Anyone of any age can be a dementia friend. Everyone is welcome. No prior experience is needed.
A dementia friends session is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17 at GracePointe Crossing Heritage Center, 322 River Hills Place N., Cambridge. The session is from 1-2:30 p.m. Call Jayne Mund at 763-689-8811 to register. This program is offered through the Cambridge ACT on Alzheimer’s.
A dementia friend learns a bit about dementia and how to communicate and support someone with dementia. They then turn that understanding into action. Dementia friends is part of a growing network of people creating dementia-friendly communities together in your neighborhood, community or workplace.