Spokane is an official member of the Dementia Friendly America® community!

Aging & Long Term Care has partnered with the Washington State Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and Providence Health & Services (including Providence ElderPlace Adult Day Health, Providence Holy Family Hospital, and Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center) to become a member of the Dementia Friendly America network. Additional community partners and family care partners supporting people living with dementia (PLWD) strengthen this community-based effort.

A dementia friendly community is a town, city, or county that is respectful toward and informed about individuals with the disease, their families, and their caregivers, and offers support that fosters quality of life. Joining Dementia Friendly America means a community is engaging in a process to become more dementia friendly.

Because the number of Washingtonians living with dementia will continue to increase, our community needs to collaborate to make our city a better place for people living with dementia.

Engaging With our Community

The Spokane Area Dementia Friendly Community (DFC) conducted a Dementia Community Needs Assessment survey in the autumn of 2020. The goal of this survey was to analyze Spokane County’s needs when it comes to improving the lives of people living with dementia and their care partners, determine the issues stakeholders are motivated to act on, and set community goals. To learn more about our findings from this survey, please watch the video below or read the executive summary.

Following the survey, in April 2021, the Spokane Area DFC brought these results in detail to community stakeholders via an online community forum. Here individuals discussed the top three priority areas that arose through the survey. The information gathered from this event was compiled into a report, please click here to read. This information will be used to generate a community wide action plan that will be shared once complete.

Spokane Area DFC Newsletter

To learn more about our community efforts, read our biannual newsletter here.

Become a Dementia Friend

A Dementia Friend learns about dementia and then turns that understanding into action. We all have a part to play in creating dementia friendly communities!

Become a Dementia Friend

Volunteer with us!

Are you interested in working with our team? Learn more about volunteering with us.

Resources and Partners

Dementia-friendly Spokane & Its Built Environment Neuropsychology and Aging laboratory Spokane Resources Washington State Dementia Roadmap Community Living Connections Resources Community Living Connections at Aging & Long Term Care Dementia Friends USA Dementia Friendly America Providence ElderPlace Providence Health & Services Washington State Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association Covia Well Connected Dementia Action Collaborative Mind Your Risks

 

Please email us at dementia@altcew.org or fill out the form on our Contact Us page to reach us. We will connect you to the right people!