COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Dementia Friendly @ Work
ACT on Alzheimer’s Dementia Friendly @ Work training is a one-hour educational session for staff of business, nonprofits and other organizations.
Anyone can deliver the training, using the Trainer's Guide (see detailed instructions below) to prepare and deliver the content. The training helps people understand dementia and how to create an environment that is safe, respectful, and welcoming for people living with dementia.
We invite you to use conduct this training. If you do, please use the Online Reporting Form to let us know about your session and to add the people you have trained to our counter.
Training Objectives
- Learn what dementia is and facts about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
- Recognize the early signs of Alzheimer's
- Learn tips for communicating and interacting with a person who has dementia
- Learn tips for creating a dementia-friendly physical space
- Get familiar with resources in your community
Preparing for and Conducting the Training
Follow these six steps to help you prepare for, conduct, and the follow up the training
- Step 1: Download and read the Trainer’s Guide (rev. 10/23/17) and Logo Usage Guidelines
- Step 2: Customize the Marketing Flyer and advertise the training
- Step 3: Schedule the training
- Step 4: Download and print the Participant’s Guide (rev. 10/23/17), Case Studies and Participant Certificates
- Step 5: Complete the Online Reporting Form
- Step 6: Recognize participants
- Take a photo of participants holding the Working to Become Dementia Friendly Poster
- Print an ad on being a Business Working to Become Dementia Friendly
- Offer Working to Become Dementia Friendly Window Clings
The ACT on Alzheimer's® Dementia Friendly Communities Toolkit, provider practice tools, dementia training, and related resources may be reproduced, adapted, or both when these restrictions are followed:
- Acknowledgment of ACT on Alzheimer's must appear in print and online. Use this citation: Reproduced (or Adapted) from ACT on Alzheimer's® developed tools and resources.
- ACT on Alzheimer's® developed tools and resources cannot be sold in their original form or in a modified/adapted form.
