North Richland Hills, TX. AGE-u-cate Training Institute (www.AGEucate.com) is pleased to announce that its programs have been included in a grant awarded by the U.S. Health and Human Services through the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to the North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging. (NCTCOG).
The three-year project will serve a 28-county area, including the entirety of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and the greater Tyler (East Texas) area.
The services include educating and supporting people with dementia, as well as family and professional caregivers of people living with dementia. AGE-u-cate’s partners, James L. West Center for Dementia Care and Dementia Friendly Fort Worth will be conducting training and community education that include the Dementia Live and Compassionate Touch programs.
“We are thrilled to see this community collaboration project come to fruition. Hundreds of family caregivers, first responders, staff and people living with dementia will benefit from this expansive project”, says Pam Brandon, AGE-u-cate’s Founder and CEO.
NCTCOG Director of Aging Programs Doni Green considers the project a labor of love. She’d worked with older adults for more than 20 years before helping care for her father with dementia, and she found it a humbling experience. She explains, “I could no longer reason in the same way or convince him that there were no strangers in his home. I had to learn new ways to communicate in order to reassure him he was okay and redirect him when necessary.”
About AGE-u-cate Training Institute
AGE-u-cate Training Institute delivers evidence-informed, high-impact caregiver education and meaningful life enrichment programs, improving the quality of life for older adults.
AGE-u-cate contact: Cris Castellano, Director of Marketing, cris.castellano@ageucate.com, 817-857-1157 x 214
North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging, Doni Green, Director of Aging Programs: dgreen@nctcog.org 817-695-9193