Engaging, Training and Implementing Programs that Utilize Volunteers for Dementia Programs

This webinar will discuss the value of volunteers in dementia programs, including examples such as the friendly visitor program. Presenters will review the importance of training and ongoing support for volunteers and describe how to build a long-term, sustainable volunteer-driven program for people living with dementia. Finally, this webinar will outline how a  volunteer-relationship model of care differs from a paid day program for those living with dementia. 

Presenters will be:

• Kay Wallick program director for Dementia Friendly Wyoming in Sheridan, Wyo. She is a founder of Green House Living for Sheridan, an alternative skilled nursing facility, and was national Director of Shepherd’s Centers of America.
• Daphne Johnston, founder and director of the Respite Ministry in Montgomery, Ala. Her faith-based, volunteer model of care has spread to 12 new programs in the southeast.