Meeting of the minds to discuss programs and services libraries offer to people with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
The Alzheimer's Association projects that by 2025, there will be an estimated 7.1 million people age 65 and older with Alzheimer's disease - a 40% increase from the 5.1 million age 65 and older affected in 2015.
Libraries and librarians need to ask themselves:
1) How does this increasing demographic affect our library and community?
2) How do we serve this growing population?
The group of librarians, managers, and support staff are dedicated to bringing services and information together to meet the unique needs of serving the caregivers and those suffering with dementia and Alzheimer's. We meet to share programming ideas, collection development ideas, marketing tips, and ways to partner with community organizations.
Topics include:
*what libraries are currently offering to those with dementia
*possible library programs and services to those with dementia
*sharing experiences about how we can or how we already serve this population
Serving Patrons with Dementia - 2022 dates on Fridays from 10am-12pm
October 28, 2022 - ZOOM
Future dates, upcoming events, updates from the Alzheimer's Association, and sharing ideas for programming and collections will be discussed at the meeting.
Email Tina Williams and David Kelsey.
This group communicated utilizing the RAILS Outreach email list.
To subscribe to the RAILS Outreach list, log into the RAILS website and visit https://www.railslibraries.info/membership/email-lists.
We encourage further discussion on the other listserves.
We will be working with the Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org/ and IGARD http://www.ala.org/ascla/interestgroups/igard. We encourage you to sign up for the national conversation on this important topic (free) through IGARD's listserv. Mary Beth Riedner will share her expertise and update us in regard to her efforts in working with IGARD. Our group has been added to ALA-ALSCA website for Best Practices too. Our group also works with the Dementia Friendly organization http://www.dfamerica.org/.
We encourage you to work with Outreach Services staff and organizations.
National organization, ABOS http://abos-outreach.com
RAILS group, B'LONG https://www.railslibraries.info/community/groups/bookmobile-and-library-outreach-networking-group.
Join the Facebook group conversation hosted by Gail Borden Public Library: Tales and Travel Memories.
Type in Tales and Travel Memories in your Facebook search bar. The new "group" replaces the old "page".