Building a Dementia Friendly Community

The Dementia Friends initiative is about turning your new understanding of dementia into practical actions, helping others in your community. An estimated 250,000+ people are living with dementia in Illinois. Every action counts!

Led by Debbie Kuhns, program director at the Smith Alzheimer's Center at SIU Medicine, each 90-minute session provides a better understanding of dementia, how to effectively communicate, simple actions you can do to provide support, and more.

As we add more Dementia Friends to our community, we change how we can think, act and talk about dementia.

For more information, contact Debbie Kuhns at 217.545.5698 or email [email protected].

Host or Publisher Dale and Deborah Smith Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment