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Communities strive to be ‘dementia-friendly’ as Alzheimer’s numbers grow

Alzheimer's/Dementia Communities- USAToday

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While people with dementia may eventually end up home-bound or in care facilities, most first spend years living in their communities, going to places of worship, stores, banks and restaurants and encountering law enforcement and medical workers.

Better preparing everyone from waiters to police officers to support them and their caregivers is the goal of a growing movement for “dementia-friendly communities.” Grant is a spokesman for the largest effort, a coalition called Dementia Friendly America (DFA). [Read more…]

Source: USAToday

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