Last night, I was one of 22 people attending a presentation from Dementia Friendly Manhattan. Dementia Friendly Manhattan is working to make Manhattan a dementia friendly community. According to the presentation, “A dementia friendly community is a village, town, city or county that is informed, safe, and respectful of individuals living with dementia, their families and caregivers and provides supportive options that foster quality of life.”
College Avenue United Methodist Church wants to be part of that. To be certified as a dementia friendly, we’ll need a total of sixty people to complete the training (which takes an hour to an hour and a half). We’re a third of the way there; more training sessions will be offered in the fall.