Dementia Friends Program

Description

Become a Dementia Friend! Join a growing movement of community members like you who are helping fellow community members live with dementia. This program will be presented by Erick Hill, Dementia Services Specialist with the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging on Thursday, July 31st at 5:30pm in the community meeting rooms at the Marshalltown Public Library.

You can become a Dementia Friend by attending a one-hour informational session to learn about living with dementia and the simple things you can do to support someone living with dementia. What Happens at the Information Session? The session will last around 1 hour. You’ll learn some basics of dementia such as what dementia is, how it can affect a person, some tips for communicating with people who have dementia, and other ways to support people with dementia.

 This program is free and open to the public, for more information, contact Erick Hill at ehill@nei3a.org or 319-287-1163.