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DEMAND for groups that provide somewhere safe to meet for people diagnosed with dementia is so high there are waiting lists to join.

People in Pembrokeshire living with dementia are looking forward to the return of walks and Memory Cafe get-togethers ONE in 14 people over the age of 65 are living with dementia – and around 42,000 are in Wales. Today, Monday May 17, marks the start of Dementia Action Week, where the Alzheimer’s Society is calling on the Government to cure the social care system whose inadequacies, it claims, have been exposed during the coronavirus pandemic. “Until things change, a dementia diagnosis will continue to claim more than one life, as families facing dementia feel its destructive effe...

Apr 30, 2021 KOKOMO — Susan Albers is tired of dancing around the issue, and Reilly Huelsmann said compassion training is needed. Albers, executive director of Bloom at Kokomo Senior Living, and Huelsmann, Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter program manager, are among those working to bring awareness and understanding about dementia. Training should be available to everyone, from frontline workers and public officials, to families of those diagnosed with the disease, according to Albers. “It’s such a mysterious disease that people don’t know how to respond,” she said. ...

Updates from the Newton Senior Center Community Content The Newton Senior Center remains closed to the public, but our classes and events continue online. Below are details about our upcoming events on Zoom. For additional info about any of those events or to register, please contact Ilana at 617-796-1670 or iseidmann@newtonma.gov. 
 Acrylic Still Life Painting (on Zoom): 10 a.m. to noon; Five Wednesdays: Jan. 27; Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24. In this Zoom class taught by Donna Calleja, students will learn acrylic painting techniques from the direct observation of an object or composed still life. We...