Dementia-friendly organizations
Learn more about the key role that businesses, organizations and community groups can play in creating safe and inclusive spaces where people living with dementia can remain meaningfully engaged in their communities.
It is possible to live well with dementia.
The Dementia-Friendly Canada initiative provides all sectors of Canada's workforce with resources and tools so that businesses and organizations are mindful of dementia, which helps people living with dementia to remain connected to their communities and live well.
We have worked with expert committees to develop resources tailored to specific professional audiences. Resources found below will help professionals to:
- Understand dementia and recognize when someone may be living with dementia.
- Learn strategies and helpful tips for effectively communicating with people living with dementia.
Think about specific ways to support a person living with dementia in your workplace, and how current programs, products or services may be made more dementia friendly.
Resources for businesses, organizations and community groups
Online education
- Created for specific sectors such as recreation and library, restaurant and retail and public transportation. These courses provide a foundational knowledge of dementia and outline the considerations that organizations can include in their social and physical environments to better support and include people living with dementia.
- Don’t see your sector listed above? Take the course designed for the general public to learn how to make your community dementia friendly.
- Coming soon! A specific course for financial professionals.
- Register for this course on ALZeducate!
Visit our resources webpage for additional tip sheets, videos and more.