Articles About dementia

• ‘The Genius of Marian’ to screen for free at Little Art

  By YS News StaffSeptember 24, 2018

  

  As part of its year-long effort to increase community awareness about dementia, the Dementia Friendly Yellow Springs Project will host a free showing of the award-winning documentary, “The Genius of Marian,” on Sunday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., at the Little Art Theatre.

• New Friends Care program addresses dementia through art

  By YS News StaffJuly 18, 2018

  

  Friends Care Community is currently implementing a new program to aid residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia — by helping them express themselves through art.

• Community Read to focus on understanding dementia

  By YS News StaffJanuary 17, 2018

  

  The Yellow Springs Community Library is partnering with the Yellow Springs Senior Center’s Dementia Friendly Yellow Springs, or DFYS, Project to host the first ever Yellow Springs-wide Community Read.  The selected book will be Gerda Saunders’ “Memory’s Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia.