Dementia Friendly WNC

266 Merrimon Ave, Suite 208, Asheville, NC 28801
Asheville, NC 28803
Phone: 828-348-7261

Serving Henderson Co., NC.   Also serving: Buncombe, Transylvania, Polk & More

Provider’s Statement of Service(s):
Dementia Friendly WNC is committed to increasing awareness around dementia and decreasing its negative stigma. We aim to erase fears and increase comfort levels for those interacting with people living with dementia, encouraging those who attend our awareness sessions to take concrete action to reach out to those living with dementia. We partner with people living with dementia, involving them as members of our steering team decisions and including their voices in our awareness sessions.
Dementia Friendly WNC provides free, interactive dementia awareness sessions to faith groups and businesses, providing information to decrease stigma and teaching skills to help make communities more dementia friendly. Over 90% of participants in these sessions rate our programs as extremely effective. Our work has led to 92% of attendees reporting increased comfort levels in interacting with people with dementia, more community members reporting reaching out to help people with dementia, and organizations reporting that they are making changes in their communities.