PA Department of Aging Renews Grant for Dementia Friends/Friendly Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) renewed its contract with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to support the Dementia Friends Pennsylvania and Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania initiatives. PDA has funded Dementia Friends PA since...
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JHF to Serve on Leadership Team and Provide Training through CDC BOLD Public Health Grant Awarded to Allegheny County

Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) was selected as one of 43 recipients nationally of the Centers for Disease Control's BOLD grants supporting public health programs to address Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), r...
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Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania Contributes to Dementia Cookbook

The Dementia Friends Pennsylvania staff collaborated with Dementia Action Alliance and their team of authors living with dementia on their newest publication Cooking Our Way: A Cookbook By and For People Living with Dementia released t...
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Dementia Friendly Webinar to Be Held June 16

A Dementia Friendly Webinar on "Bringing a Community Together" will be held on June 16 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. This webinar is for those who are interested in starting a Dementia-Friendly Community in their area. Attendees will l...
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Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania Partners with Dementia Action Alliance on Dementia Manual

"Pathways to Well-Being with Dementia: A Manual of Help, Hope and Inspiration" was released this month by the Dementia Action Alliance with Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania, a program of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, serving as a par...
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Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania Webinar Focuses on Recentering Sex and Sexuality for People Living with Dementia

Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania kicked off a new webinar series with "Recentering Sex & Sexuality for People Living with Dementia" on February 8. Led by Emily Franke, LSW, MSW, a program associate for the Jewish Healthcare Foundatio...
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