Purple Angel: Dementia Friendly Business Training
The Purple Angel program is a free training for businesses or organizations on how to be dementia friendly. A growing number of businesses, organizations, and public institutions are training their employees to offer hospitality and support to those with memory loss, cognitive decline, or other symptoms associated with dementia. These establishments now display the Purple Angel decal shown in the window. People with dementia and their care partners are welcome and supported at these locations. Please thank the establishments for displaying the Purple Angel. Encourage any agencies you know to become a Purple Angel-trained establishment. Over the years, many local businesses and organizations have become a part of this valuable program. Organizations as diverse as restaurants, banks and credit unions, realtors, school districts, construction and design companies, and churches. If you are interested in this training for your business or organization, contact the Dementia Care Specialist at the ADRC at 1-877-886-2372.
Dementia Capable Community Training by Fox Valley Memory Project
In addition to Purple Angel Trainings, Fox Valley Memory Project offers Dementia Capable Community Trainings. Dementia Capable Community Training provides a more focused training approach, with multiple presentations including for healthcare professionals, financial institutions, community members, and other professionals. Dementia Capable Community Training supports the development of a dementia-friendly Fox Valley region; they provide dementia training to individuals, groups, businesses, and more. Upon completion, companies and organizations can display a Purple Angel sticker, signifying their dementia friendliness. For more details, click the link above or call 920-225-1711.
Wisconsin Building Dementia Friendly Communities Toolkit
Wisconsin's tool kit, Building Dementia-Friendly Communities, provides information, resources, lessons learned and steps for building a dementia-friendly community. The tool kit is a collaborative effort with contributions from project partners from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the Alzheimer's Association of Southern Wisconsin, AARP Wisconsin and local communities throughout the state that have implemented dementia-friendly projects. To view this toolkit, click the link above.
