Living with Dementia: Insights and Strategies for the Caregiver

Discover the three Golden Rules and other simple, counter-intuitive principles and strategies to create lifelong well-being for you and your loved one living with dementia. Dementia Together is honored to share the UK-originated SPECAL® Method: An evidence-based, positive approach which cultivates joy while building stronger connections for those living with dementia, their care partners and the community.

Cyndy Hunt Luzinski is an advanced practice nurse and the first accredited SPECAL® (pronounced “speckle”) practitioner in North America, credentialed by the Contented Dementia Trust in England. Cyndy’s nursing background ranges from critical care to community case management. In honor of her dad, she founded and currently serves as executive director of Dementia Together, a nonprofit organization in Northern Colorado which offers education, enrichment, and hope, while cultivating joy and building stronger connections for people living with dementia, their care partners, and the community. Cyndy is a leading voice in dementia-friendly community initiatives. She facilitates care partner support groups, and works with her Dementia Together team to provide more than 300 in-person and online memory cafes every year. She advocates for community collaboration and education to make "living well with dementia" the expectation, not the exception

Host or Publisher Boulder County Area Agency on Aging