This is the face of dementia support.
You’re not facing dementia alone. There’s a community of support here for you—neighbors, public servants and a wealth of resources. Navigate dementia by connecting with these local resources. There’s no wrong door.
Dementia Friendly Duluth
Our goal is to make the community more aware, informed, sensitive and supportive of people experiencing and caring for those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of Dementia.
Our objective is to improve awareness of the resources and organizations available to support people with dementia and their families and increase knowledge of dementia across the community.
This project is led by and a priority of The Victory Fund, a foundation created to help communities in northeastern Minnesota identify, address and resolve chronic health issues.
A Shared Vision
Established in 2016, Dementia Friendly Duluth is here to grow a community kind to all minds. We’re happy to see other organizations rallying around this goal — and creating informational videos on how you can be dementia friendly. Watch below.
This Dementia Friends USA video shows that by helping everyone in a community understand what dementia is and how it affects people, each of us can make a positive difference for people touched by dementia.
This Alzheimer’s Society video from the UK shows what it means to be a dementia-friendly community.
Fostering Friendliness Across Duluth
We’re honored to lead this initiative with a diverse group of volunteers from the following organizations:
- Age Well Arrowhead
- Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Arrowhead Parish Nurse
- Benedictine Health
- Caregivers of loved ones with dementia
- Duluth Fire Department
- Duluth Police Department
- Duluth Public Libraries
- Ecumen Lakeshore
- Essentia Health
- Positive Dementia Paths
- Republic Bank
- St. Luke’s
- Touching Hearts at Home
Dementia & Senior Resources