Friday The 13th Just Became LUCKY!
Maude’s Awards applications for Innovation in Alzheimer’s Care opens this Friday, March 13th, and you can find more information here: www.MaudesAwards.org.
MAUDE’S AWARDS CONTINUES TO ENRICH LIVES
Maude’s Awards annually makes up to eight awards – three $25,000 awards to organizations and up to five $5,000 awards to individuals – for existing innovations that have demonstrated success in one of four categories of care (Making Connections, Cultivating Health, Supporting Care Partners, and Treating By Design – see https://maudesawards.org/the-awards/).
MAUDE’S AWARDS RECOGNIZE AND REWARD INNOVATIVE CARE FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
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Lori La Bey talks with Mary Ek, the director of Dementia Friendly America, who has been engaged in this work since its conception as a statewide effort in Minnesota in 2011. As DFA enters 2026, communities across the country are taking meaningful steps toward becoming more dementia-friendly
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