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Dementia session set for late June in Surprise

City hosts free event to learn more about disease

The city of Surprise is partnering with Dementia Friends Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute to provide a free information session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about dementia — what it is, what it’s like to live with it, the most common types and tips for communicating with people with dementia.

This one-hour session will be held at Surprise City Hall, 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza, in the Community Room. A box lunch will be provided to attendees.

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Dementia session set for late June in Surprise

City hosts free event to learn more about disease

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The city of Surprise is partnering with Dementia Friends Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute to provide a free information session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about dementia — what it is, what it’s like to live with it, the most common types and tips for communicating with people with dementia.

This one-hour session will be held at Surprise City Hall, 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza, in the Community Room. A box lunch will be provided to attendees.

Registrations are limited to the first 60 people. To register, email Trisha Weston at Trisha.Weston@surpiseaz.gov no later than Friday, June 23.

Surprise is a member of the Dementia-Friendly America network of communities and offers Dementia Friends sessions in partnership with Dementia Friends Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute.

Learn more at surpriseaz.gov/DementiaFriendly.

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