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...
by James Fuccione | Nov 18, 2019 | Member Spotlight, News and Updates
MHAC is excited and proud to pass along a TEDx Talk presentation from one of our partners and Advisory Council members, Beth Soltzberg who directs the Alzheimer’s/Related Disorders Family Support Program at Jewish Family & Children’s Service in Waltham. In a...
by James Fuccione | Oct 23, 2019 | Conferences
Expert speakers, including people living with dementia and their caregivers, will headline a three-part series of events hosted by Brigham & Women’s Hospital with comprehensive information about dementia diagnosis, research and caregiving with additional...