Wisconsin is home to 58 state-funded "dementia care specialists," whose job description includes encouraging social opportunities for people with dementia.
Shortly after returning to San Francisco from a vacation in Wisconsin, Tom Long asked his wife of 45 years: “Did you get our tickets yet?”
“Tickets for what?” Judy Long remembers replying.
“And he said, ‘Well, to go back.’ Because he thought we should be going back right away.”
“Tickets for what?” Judy Long remembers replying.
“And he said, ‘Well, to go back.’ Because he thought we should be going back right away.”
Living in California had been isolating for the couple, who initially made the trip to Tom`s home state of Wisconsin to visit a dementia-friendly summer camp near St. Germain and visit family. After that vacation, they decided to relocate back to Wisconsin — in large part for the support they found for his dementia, and her role as a caregiver.
Now the Longs are regulars at social events like memory cafes, a
dementia-inclusive chorus, caregiver support groups, and other resources
through the nonprofit Fox Valley Memory Project, known as FVMP. ..
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