Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania Partners with Dementia Action Alliance on Dementia Manual

"Pathways to Well-Being with Dementia: A Manual of Help, Hope and Inspiration" was released this month by the Dementia Action Alliance with Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania, a program of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, serving as a partner.

The in-depth, first of its kind how-to manual provides essential information about living with dementia from 48 people living with dementia, care partners, and leading dementia specialists. The manual is written primarily for the person living with dementia as the gold standard for person-centered practices and is also useful to a much wider audience, including care partners, family, friends, neighbors, advocates, community supporters, faith groups, service providers, healthcare practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and academics.

Jewish Healthcare Foundation staff Stacie L. Bonenberger, MOT, OTR/L and Anneliese Perry, MS, NHA, program managers for JHF aging initiatives, and Emily Franke, LSW, MSW, program associate for the JHF aging team were recognized as contributing authors of the comprehensive manual.

The 428-page book is available to download for free or printed copies are available for purchase.