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Every sector in a community plays a role in making it dementia friendly. ACT on Alzheimer's provides guides that help make it easy to know how to fulfill your role. Guide topics include: Businesses; Dental Care; Faith Communities; Health Care; Legal and Financial Planning; Libraries; Local Engagement and Services; Residential Settings; and Driving and Transportation.

Source: ACT on Alzheimer's.
https://actonalz.org/

This training is available by request and provides a free 60 or 90 minute educational session for staff working in health and dental care settings. The training is conducted by volunteers who are trained by ACT on Alzheimer's to lead the sessions. The training helps healthcare workers understand dementia and learn how to create an environment that is safe, respectful and welcoming for people living with dementia. A more in-depth, 6 hour training is also available for clinical staff.

This webpage provides Minnesota Resources available for: African Americans; Hispanic/Latinos; Asian/Hmongs; Asian/Vietnamese & Chinese; and Somalis. Additional Resources are also available for individuals and families regarding dementia and caregiving in different languages.

Source: ACT on Alzheimer's.
https://actonalz.org/

Communities around Minnesota have used the Dementia Friendly Communities Toolkit and other ACT on Alzheimer's tools to create a supportive environment for people living with Alzheimer's and their families.

The communities noted on the map and named on this website currently have or have in the past, had dementia friendly initiatives. The map of the state is available for download.

Source: ACT on Alzheimer's.
https://actonalz.org/

This website provides information on the Alzheimer's Association's work to address Alzheimer's as a public health crisis includes guidance and tools for public health departments, the Public Health Center of Excellence in Dementia Risk Reduction, tools and resources for health systems, and the Interdisciplinary Summer Research Institute for researchers. Also included is information on the Healthy Brain Initiative, the Dementia Risk Reduction Summit, health systems change, and early warning signs.

The Alzheimer's Association is partnering with medical experts to address the rising costs of dementia care and improve patient experience and outcomes along the way. With their help, your network will gain the knowledge necessary to make timely diagnoses and treatment plans, reducing more expensive hospitalizations and allowing you to more effectively manage costs. This website provides guidelines and recommendations for healthcare professionals, as well as a variety of resources that can help patients and caregivers cope and live with a dementia diagnosis.

BOLD Early Detection Toolkits are intended to guide you in customizing dementia detection efforts to your needs and setting. Toolkits contain measures, strategies, and useful links to resources to help you work toward becoming more ‘dementia-capable.’ This toolkit supports a comprehensive approach to dementia detection and includes resources that encompass a broad view of the capacities needed to make your efforts most effective. Every section in this toolkit can stand alone as a separate resource.

The Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA) is a brief screening tool that:
• provides a brief, reliable method for detecting common geriatric syndromes, including frailty, sarcopenia, geriatric anorexia, and cognitive function; 
• helps identify problems for which early interventions are most likely to be successful; and 
• enables tracking of changes over time (annual screening checks)

ACT on Alzheimer’s and its partners strive to increase the capacity of dental providers to care for the growing number of older adults living with dementia and to support their care partners. This website provides training packages and resources for the entire dental team (DDS, DH, DT, DA and administrative staff).

ACT on Alzheimer's® Dementia Friendly Community Toolkit provides tools and resources to guide communities in adopting dementia-friendly practices. The toolkit is divided into four phases: Convene, Assess, Analyze and ACT Together.

Source: ACT on Alzheimer's.
https://actonalz.org/