by James Fuccione | Mar 25, 2020 | News and Updates
AARP has created the Community Connections website to help communities, local organizations, and volunteer groups to stay connected, share ideas, and help those most affected by the Coronavirus. Whether you want to start a group, find a group, or get assistance...
by James Fuccione | Mar 11, 2020 | Data and Reports
Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, an annual report released by the Alzheimer’s Association®, reveals the burden of Alzheimer’s and dementia on individuals, caregivers, government and the nation’s health care system, including the latest...
by James Fuccione | Feb 26, 2020 | Member Spotlight, News and Updates
One of the many special aspects of memory cafés is that they provide a way for friends to spend time together. Keeping friendships strong nurtures everyone: the person living with dementia, their primary care partner(s), and the friend. Yet dementia robs so many...
by James Fuccione | Feb 19, 2020 | News and Updates
Recently, Dementia Friendly America hosted an hour-long webinar that featured the MA Age-Dementia Friendly Integration Tool Kit. Pam MacLeod from the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Patty Sullivan from Dementia Friendly Mass. and the Mass. Councils on Aging...
by James Fuccione | Jan 15, 2020 | News and Updates
The nonprofit organization Hilarity for Charity – with support from AARP, Generations United, Memory Well, and the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) – is announcing a writing contest for high school and college students from across the U.S. and...