A Dementia Friend participates in a one-hour Dementia Friends Information Session offered by a Dementia Friends Champion. A Dementia Friend learns five key messages about dementia and learns a bit about what it’s like to live with dementia. They also learn about community resources and basic communication strategies. Then the Dementia Friend turns their understanding […]
Seeking Champion Volunteers: Do you want to become a Dementia Friends Champion? A champion attends an additional training to be able to present Dementia Friends Information sessions to the public. Champion Volunteers are asked to present at least to sessions per year. The Champion training will be offered via Zoom. The first hour of the […]
The free one-hour session is a discussion led by a Dementia Friends Champion. You’ll learn some basics of dementia such as what dementia is, what it’s like to live with the disease, and some tips for communicating with people who have dementia. Everyone who attends is asked to turn their new understanding of dementia into […]