A dementia-friendly organization is one whose staff has been trained in how best to serve its customers who have dementia and one that has looked at its environment and made the changes needed to help improve the the experience for individuals who struggle with memory challenges. To become a dementia-friendly organization; the organization must commit
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We are an aging society, and more and more people will be living with dementia in the future. Health & Human Services staff at the Sheboygan County Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC) are working to create awareness around this condition, in tandem with providing other services to senior citizens and people with disabilities in
Memory loss that disrupts daily life may be a symptom of Alzheimer’s or another dementia. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. There are 10 warning signs and symptoms. Every individual may experience one or more of these signs in a different degree. If you notice