Creating Communities Where People with Dementia Can Live, Engage, and Thrive
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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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