Respect
Inclusion
Awareness
Let's Be Dementia Friendly
Dementia Friendly Billings is a collaborative effort.
Dementia Friendly Billings works to raise dementia awareness and develop respect and inclusion for persons with dementia, their care partners, and their families. Our presentations are designed to raise understanding of dementia, define dementia, educate about warning signs, and share tips on compassionate communication.
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Our partners include Big Sky Senior Services, Alzheimer's Association - Montana Chapter, Adult Resource Alliance, Riverstone Health, Intermountain Health, Highgate Senior Living, Billings Clinic, and community volunteers.
Dementia is a general term for a loss of memory and other thinking abilities that is serious enough to interfere with activities of daily living.
Why become Dementia Friendly?
To build understanding, respect, and inclusion for persons with dementia, their care partners and families.
To help organizations learn practices for healthy interactions and support people with dementia to have a higher quality of life.
To support people with dementia, their care partners and families from very early stages through disease progression.
Age is the greatest risk factor for Dementia.
The greatest known risk factor for Alzheimer's is increasing age, but Alzheimer's is not a normal part of aging.
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By 2030, Montana is projected to have the fifth highest population of elders in the nation.
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​1 in 10 individuals over the age of 65 and 1 in 3 over the age of 85 are living with Alzheimer's disease.
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5.8 million individuals are living with Alzheimer's disease in the United States, including 22,000 in Montana and over 4,000 in Billings.
Dementia is an "umbrella" term used to describe a range of symptoms associated with cognitive impairment.​
Sponsor or Contribute
Dementia Friendly Billings is a collaborative effort led by Big Sky Senior Services. You can make a tax deductible donation through Big Sky Senior Services to Dementia Friendly Billings by clicking the button below.
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Thanks to our support from the Billings Community Foundation and the Adult Resource Alliance to make this possible.