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11 Nov Scheels demonstrates dementia-friendly customer service

Posted at 12:01h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

This month, we are celebrating our 3 year anniversary as a grassroots initiative in Northern Colorado. We're celebrating without a party, but instead with an invitation for you to join us in sustaining and growing our local efforts toward increasing dementia-awareness and dementia-friendliness throughout Northern...

28 Aug Customers notice dementia-friendly businesses!

Posted at 06:51h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

We received an email from a Seniors Helping Seniors employee. She explained a day earlier this month when Sarah, a store manager at Safeway (on the corner of Drake and Taft in Fort Collins) called to let her know that one of their clients (age...

22 May Read what the Coloradoan newspaper reported about the first Dementia-Friendly business training in Northern Colorado

Posted at 12:59h in Media by Cyndy Luzinski

Effort makes a confusing situation less confusing Completion of additional staff training has made the Lincoln Center the first “dementia-friendly” business in Northern Colorado, with the Fort Collins Senior Center a close second to claim the designation. The initiative, which has a goal of helping 30 businesses...

11 Mar Spring 2018

Posted at 12:47h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

Spring 2018: Dementia-Friendly Communities of Northern Colorado® We are becoming increasingly more dementia-friendly in Northern Colorado as you can tell by looking at the lengthy update below. Our signature program areas (B Sharp, B Social, B Aware, B Empowered, and B Generous) reflect the truth that joy,...

30 Jan Patient Resource Folders

Posted at 12:16h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

Bridging the Gap: Getting resource information to those who need it Thank you to a great, collaborative team of people living with dementia, care partners, and other volunteers committed to making our communities more dementia-friendly! This team worked as an energetic, productive assembly line this week...

21 Nov Agree, Apologize, Align, Attract (to something better)

Posted at 12:09h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

Agree, Apologize, Align, Attract to something better I’m often asked how to diffuse agitation for someone living with dementia. Certainly, the best strategy is to avoid it altogether, but even with the best care, moments of anxiety in a person living with dementia happen, sometimes, seemingly...

24 May ONE Question to Ask When Searching for Memory Care for your Loved One

Posted at 12:07h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

How do I know which facilities to consider for my loved one? “How do I know what facilities to consider if I need to move my loved one?” THAT is a topic of discussion in some of our recent care partners’ support group meetings. As I’ve toured...

13 Mar Fort Collins Museum of Art Mask Project

Posted at 12:04h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

The B Sharp Arts Engagement is expanding into the visual arts in Northern Colorado The Fort Collins Museum of Art has eagerly offered to work with the B Sharp Arts Engagement team to provide a visual and hands-on experience that will provide mental stimulation...

06 Mar First Ever Dementia Friendly Cruise

Posted at 12:03h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

If you and your family have ever wanted to TAKE A CRUISE together, this fall may be your time! We are going to join other friends and families across the country who are walking this dementia journey together. We will cruise to the Bahamas November 11-18, 2017. ...

23 Feb We are a 501c3 organization!

Posted at 12:00h in Blog by Cyndy Luzinski

Our “Dementia-Friendly Communities of Northern Colorado”® volunteer initiative is officially a nonprofit organization now! Since we started in November, 2015, the momentum for this effort has been so positive, that we are able to partner as an “official” 501c3 corporation with other organizations in Northern...