Show your support and care during January by leaving blue or blue and white holiday lights to make your suit blue
January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month at the Alzheimer’s Association of Sault Ste. The Marie and Algoma districts need your help to raise awareness about people with dementia.
Show your support this month by turning on the blue or blue and white holiday lights to turn Sault blue.
Residents can also send pictures of themselves “turning blue” to the Alzheimer’s Association.
For more information, read the news release below.
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Leave your blue or blue and white Christmas lights alone and help raise awareness for Alzheimer’s and ‘turn it sort blue’. Alternatively, consider using blue light bulbs to illuminate your front door.
Show your concern and support for people with dementia in your community.
Get creative and send us a picture of how you “turned blue”.
If you would like to make a secure online donation to support our programs and services, please visit this link.
About the Alzheimer’s Association
Diagnosing dementia is not easy. In his January of this year, Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, Sault Ste. of the Alzheimer’s Association. Marie and the Algoma District want to connect people with dementia and their caregivers with support, knowledge and a sense of community so they never have to face the journey alone. The Alzheimer Society continues to enhance support for people with dementia to ensure their needs are met early and throughout the course of dementia.
You can access dementia-friendly expertise and resources to feel understood and supported by contacting your local Alzheimer’s association. Living with dementia or caring for someone with dementia Your local Alzheimer’s Association should be your first point of contact at any point in your experience. The association’s Fast Link program provides services and information for people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias and their care. partner. First Link includes information on risk reduction, living with dementia, the latest research and advocacy, and referrals to programs that can help you manage the challenges dementia can pose.
The goal of the Alzheimer Society’s First Link program is to ensure that people with dementia and their care partners have appropriate support and information from the time of initial diagnosis through the course of the disease. By connecting with your local Alzheimer’s association, you will have access to many services and programs to help you live well with dementia.
To connect with support, contact your local Alzheimer Society at 705-942-2195 or visit this website.
