NADRC Webinar: Supporting Persons with Dementia Where They Live - Dementia Education for Building Management, a Chicago Model
The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC) is hosting a webinar April 21, "Supporting Persons with Dementia Where They Live: Dementia Education for Building Management, a Chicago Model."
Building managers are the first line of contact for early identification of problems with older adult residents. Through a collaborative community-academic partnership between the City of Chicago Age-Friendly Commission/DFSS and University of Illinois Chicago, a Dementia Training Program for building management staff was created to address the problem of the changing health status of older adults living independently in high-rise buildings throughout Chicago. The data demonstrate the participants consider the dementia training webinar to be beneficial and 92% were confident in their ability to refer residents to needed city services.
Webinar speakers will discuss the development of the Chicago model and talk about the key elements and strengths of a dementia training program for building management staff developed by a collaborative academic-community partnership.
Learn more about the webinar and register.
Go to NADRC's website.
