The local chapter's executive director believes that big changes may be coming to Alzheimer's care and caregiver support in 2023
In spring 2022, Janet Hamada Kelley stepped in to lead the Alzheimer’s Association San Diego and Imperial Counties chapter as its new executive director.
You know that dementia and Alzheimer’s impacts families, but it has been really eye-opening to see how the disease impacts families in various ways. Also, I think that there’s still this misconception about dementia and Alzheimer’s, and a lot of people are still not comfortable talking about it out in the community, especially when there are so many great resources.
We present an awareness presentation, but at the same time, it’s a listening session for us to really understand what are the challenges and obstacles that you may be facing as a loved one or caregiver to somebody with dementia. Perhaps you’re just curious to learn more about it, so we’re creating these safe pods within the community.
We’ve heard some really great feedback from those who attended, saying that they did feel like this was a safe place to share and that they didn’t realize there were so many resources available. My hope is that from there they will continue on in a support group or just to take in the information that we provide since we do have our hotline that is open 24/7 with the 200 languages as well as all the Spanish and English resources that we have available locally.
In addition to that, we will be hosting additional community forums, a research town hall and additional community-based town halls. Ideally, we’re hoping to have a Spanish town hall in the South Bay area, as well as a town hall in Imperial County, and of course looking into North County and East County, as well.
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