Dementia-Friendly Community Initiatives
Trellis supports statewide initiatives that work to make communities good places for people with memory loss to live and thrive.
ACT on Alzheimer’s® is a statewide collaborative that equips communities to support people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Dementia Friends is a global movement to change the way we think, act and talk about dementia as individuals and community members.
The Remember Project works to build dementia-capable communities using the arts.
Connect with Us
CHANGEMAKER CONVERSATIONS
Dementia and Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities
Wednesday, May 15
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Online (Zoom)
The Ohio Council for Cognitive Health will share their work adapting Dementia Friends for the IDD community.
DEMENTIA FRIENDS
Dementia Friends Information Session
Thursday, May 16
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hosanna Church, Lakeville MN
Attend an information session in your community and learn about big or small ways for you to be involved.
DEMENTIA FRIENDS
Regional Dementia Friends Celebration
Tuesday, June 4
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Douglas County Library, Alexandria MN
Come celebrate a decade of amazing efforts to make Minnesota a more dementia-friendly state. They’ll be food, festivities, and more!
Featured Resources
Community Toolkit
The ACT on Alzheimer’s® Dementia Friendly Community Toolkit provides tools and resources to guide communities in adopting dementia-friendly practices.
Sector Guides
Every sector in a community plays a role in making it dementia friendly from libraries to faith communities, from banks to legal services. These sector guides help make it easy to know how to fulfill your role.
Medical Providers
Medical Providers: Use the ACT on Alzheimer’s® provider practice tools and resources to support patients and clients who have memory concerns and their care partners.
Dental Providers
Dental Providers: The ACT on Alzheimer’s® training packages and resources for the entire dental team (DDS, DH, DT, DA and administrative staff) can increase the capacity of dental providers to care for the growing number of older adults living with dementia and to support their care partners.
Dementia Friends Spotlight
Dementia Friends Interview: Maby Almiron
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Dementia Friends Minnesota, every month we will be featuring a Friend who has taken the work to new heights. This month, we spoke to Maby Almiron, Community Outreach Specialist at Trellis who provides Dementia Friends sessions in Spanish around the metro area.
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Dementia Friendly Training Request
Dementia Friendly Community Initiatives offer training opportunities for individuals, communities, health care workers, and dental staff. If you would like to request a training, please complete this form.