For baby boomers and their parents, there’s no biomedical solution in sight for preventing or curing dementia. That means we need to help people face the prospect of living with dementia and support ...

The city of North Ridgeville is recognized by Dementia Friendly America as a dementia-friendly community, according to a news release. In gaining this recognition, North Ridgeville joins communities ...

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Agawam is now one of only three communities in Massachusetts that have been designated as “Dementia Friendly.” Communities with this distinction have resources to make things ...

On Sept. 28, Bacoa is introducing a dementia-friendly initiative to educate Barrington area residents and improve the ability of caregivers to support their loved ones at home. A major goal is to ...

WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Shirley Strysick sometimes forgets she's met someone two hours prior or that she's no longer a nurse. So the 90-year-old is living in a nursing home in Watertown, about 50 miles ...

GENESEO, Ill. (KWQC) - Geneseo has officially been designated as a dementia-friendly community, becoming one of just 31 certified dementia-friendly communities in Illinois. The Geneseo Police ...

Hoffman Estates officials say the village is committed to becoming a certified Dementia Friendly Community through the Dementia Friendly America initiative. The effort is designed to make Hoffman ...

This past spring the Alzheimer & Parkinson Association of Indian River County received an Impact 100 grant to help launch its Dementia Friendly Community Initiative. The goal of a dementia friendly ...

PHOENIX — Fountain Hills has joined the Dementia Friendly America program, a national network that seeks to ensure communities are equipped to support people with dementia and their caregivers.

All of us, young and old, have memory lapses. A forgotten name or misplaced item can disrupt our day. But unlike dementia, it doesn’t affect our lifestyle. Communities nationwide are seeking ways to ...

When Ron Grant was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he and his wife, Vicky, immediately shared the news with their church. “They are a wonderful group of people," Grant says. "But for quite some time after ...