Over the past year, the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan has reached thousands of households through an awareness campaign, presented the ABCs of Dementia to hundreds of registrants, shared resources with many community organizations, and learned key lessons along the way. Read about their Success Stories from November 2020 to April 2021 below.
Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Online
Registration Link:
https://alzheimer.ca/sk/en/whats-happening/events/learn-abcs-dementia-yorkton-area
Watch the CTV New story here: Video
Read the University of Regina’s full story here: Media Release
The project team has completed a report on the Dementia Knowledge Survey using data collected from September 28 to October 5, 2020. The report includes a summary of findings, as well as graphs presenting more detail on the key findings with information broken down by subgroups of age, gender and community size for the following survey questions:
– Self-Rated Knowledge of Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease
– Living Well with Dementia- Confident in Interactions
– Worried about Developing Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia
– Sharing a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia
Download Report: here
Read the policy brief on Enhancing Social Inclusion for Older Adults Living with Dementia: A Community-Based Collective Impact Approach in Rural Saskatchewan, by backbone management group team members: Tom McIntosh, Akram Mahani, Bonnie Jeffery and Nuelle Novik: Policy Brief
This presentation provides an overview on the Interventions to Enhance Social Inclusion of Older Adults with Dementia project which has the overall objective of improving the lives of older adults, and their care partners, living with dementia in small cities and rural communities. The following video was presented by Bonnie Jeffery and Nuelle Novik at the Social Policy Research Centre’s (SPRC) virtual Lunch & Learn series on March 23, 2021: Watch Video
This project brings together Collaborating Organizations to work together using a Collective Impact model. Selected organizations from different sectors will work together based on their shared vision. Collective Impact is the central focus of this project, it’s WHAT we do!
A project flyer was mailed to every household in Yorkton and surrounding rural communities last month, reaching over 20,000 residents. Designed by the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, this flyer provides more information about our project and the organizations involved.
