Tag: Dementia

Sun Lakes Memory Café

Elaine Poker-Yount Join us for our Dementia caregiving summit, “Expert Tools to Manage Your Loved One’s New Reality While Creating Your Own Emotional Resiliency,” on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, Lindsay Hall, 9248 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. The presentation…

Dealing with Dementia

Tracy Newcomb, Sun Lakes Community Church Dementia. One word with so much weight to it. One word that can strike fear, or at least some apprehension, into the strongest of people. One word which so many of us are all too familiar with. As if the word isn’t difficult enough to deal with, the statistics…

Demystifying Dementia: Learn the Basics About Dementia at Dementia Friendly Info Class in September at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church

Since Sun Lakes became a Dementia Friendly Community, hundreds of Sun Lakes residents have taken the Dementia Friend Info class. Join us in September to better understand dementia and learn how to best help friends, neighbors, and associates living with it or those caregiving for a spouse or loved one. There are still many neighbors…

Dementia Friendly Information Session on March 6

Sheryl Keeme Since Sun Lakes has been designated a Dementia Friendly Community, many Sun Lakes residents have taken the Dementia Friend Info class. The Info Session helps in understanding dementia and how to best help friends, neighbors, and associates living with it. There are still many neighbors in our community who have not yet been…