Supporting communities where people with dementia can live and thrive.

Dementia Friendly Iowa promotes change and education in communities to create a more welcoming, safe, and respectful space for people living with dementia and their caregivers.

Dementia Friendly Iowa is an initiative of the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging.

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Find a Dementia Friendly Community Initiative near you.

Find a Dementia Friends Session near you.

The Jackson County Regional Health Center EMS team

The Jackson County Regional Health Center EMS team completed Dementia Friendly training with Champions, Pam and Sally, this week!

In addition to learning specific ways they can be more dementia friendly in their services, they also became Dementia Friends! Thank you for seeking to serve people with dementia and building a more Dementia Friendly Maquoketa!

Join us in our mission! Become a Dementia Friends

Join us in our mission! Become a Dementia Friends Champion! We are looking for volunteers all across Iowa, but especially rural communities, to help lead Dementia Friends sessions and Dementia Friendly Business trainings.

The next Champion training opportunities are October 20 from 6-8pm via Zoom OR November 16 from 12-2pm via Zoom. Link in bio to register for the training.

We'd love to have you join our team of Dementia Friends Champion volunteers.

Video contribution: Hawkeye Community College Digital Mass Media Students

Over the weekend, a group from the Prairie Lakes C

Over the weekend, a group from the Prairie Lakes Church Chaplain Team became Dementia Friends!

Thank you for learning more about dementia and seeking to serve people living with dementia and their families.

Great job to Dementia Friends Champion, Olivia, for presenting this session. Bonus points for the fun facial expressions in the photo!

New Dementia Friends from Maquoketa! Thank you fo

New Dementia Friends from Maquoketa!

Thank you for seeking to understand more about dementia and how to support people living with dementia in your community.

Great work to Champions, Pam & Sally, for offering this Dementia Friends session at the Maquoketa First United Methodist in partnership with Clover Ridge Place Senior Living.

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