This webinar will introduce the memory café model and discuss key features of a successful network. Presenters will review real-life examples, including how this model works in Florida and Massachusetts. The webinar will also emphasize the importance of a culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate memory café model in reaching minority individuals living with dementia.
Presenters:
Beth Soltzberg is a social worker and a program director at Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS) in Boston, Massachusetts. She runs the JF&CS Memory Café, is Founding Director of the Percolator Memory Café network, leads the Dementia Friends Massachusetts public awareness program, and serves on the Dementia Friendly Massachusetts leadership team.
Dr. María Ordóñez is a Board-certified gerontological and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who specializes in caring for older adults through diagnosis, treatment, and management of age-associated acute and chronic conditions. Her practice seeks to transform healthcare environments by providing culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate science-based care interventions for aging populations, and is dedicated to meeting the needs of unserved and underserved minority communities.