Glendale to host free dementia awareness day for families
Event coincides with monthly Memory Café gatherings
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Posted 7/25/23
Now in its second year as a Dementia Friendly Community, the city of Glendale will be hosting an upcoming event to raise awareness about dementia and share ways to keep your brain healthy.
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Glendale to host free dementia awareness day for families
Event coincides with monthly Memory Café gatherings
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IF YOU GO
What: Dementia Friendly Glendale Awareness Day
When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12
Where: Glendale Main Library, 5959 W. Brown St.
Cost: Free
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-- An estimated 6.7 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in 2023. 73% are age 75 or older.
-- Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women.
-- Older Black Americans are about twice as likely to have Alzheimer's or other dementias as older Whites.
-- Older Hispanics are about one and one-half times as likely to have Alzheimer's or other dementias as older Whites.
-- By 2050, the number of people age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s may grow to a projected 12.7 million, barring the development of medical breakthroughs to prevent or cure Alzheimer’s disease.
Source: Alzheimer’s Association
Glendale Main Library 5959 W. Brown St. Glendale, AZ
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Now in its second year as a Dementia Friendly Community, the city of Glendale will be hosting an upcoming event to raise awareness about dementia and share ways to keep your brain healthy.
The free event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Glendale Main Library, 5959 W. Brown St.
Geared especially toward residents living with dementia, their caregivers and families, the event will include various local service organizations that will provide resources, information, educational materials and even door prizes, as well as free brain health check-ins through the Banner Sun Health Research Institute.
Schedule of events:
9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Community Resource Fair
9:30-9:45 a.m.: Welcome, Jeannie Grates and Mayor Jerry Weiers
9:45-10:30 a.m.: Dementia Friends Information Session, with Janice Greeno
10:45-11:30 a.m.: Brain Health Strategies, with Dr. Parichita Choudhury
11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.: Travel with Dementia, with Jan Dougherty
12:20-12:50 p.m.: Musical Life Enrichment, with Shannon Wallace
Registration is not required but is encouraged. Click here.
Beyond the upcoming day of awareness, the city of Glendale’s Dementia Friendly action team has a free, monthly program series called Memory Café, which takes place on the third Tuesday of each month from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Foothills Recreation & Aquatics Center, 5600 W. Union Hills Drive.
This event allows people living with Dementia and their care partners to participate in social engagement and make meaningful connections with others in the community.
“We are so happy to partner with Banner Sun Health Research Institute, to bring dementia friendly programs to the city of Glendale,” Jeannie Grates, Cogir Management USA Inc. community business development director, shared in a statement. “Monthly gatherings lead to assistance for both those who live with this disease, as well as their caretakers.”
During the Memory Café caregivers have the chance to participate in an educational or a support session. Those currently experiencing memory loss will have the opportunity to participate in a cognitive engagement program.
