Dementia Friendly Evanston Resources

You're not facing dementia alone! As a Dementia-Friendly city, the Evanston community is here to support individuals experiencing cognitive loss, their care partners, and loved ones.

Below you will find a wealth of local, regional, and national resources to help you along your journey.

Activities, Events, and Newsletters

• City of Evanston's Annual Aging Well Conference
• Dementia Friendly America Newsletter Archives
• Good Memories Sing Along Cafe'
• Memory Cafés
  • Evanston Virtual Memory Café
    • Day & Time: Weekly on Thursdays from 2-3pm
    • No registration is required
    • Find Zoom link here
  • OAsis
    • In-person Memory Café that also includes other Older Adults
    • Day & Time: Monthly on 3rd Saturday from 1 pm – 2 pm
    • Location:  Robert Crown Community Center, Rms. B-C
    • Register: Call 847-448-8630 or Register Here
  • Memory Cafés in Illinois
• Sign up to receive Levy Senior Center and Evanston Public Library Newsletter
• Subscribe to DailyCaring.com's newsletter

Adult Day Services

• CJE Adult Day Services
• North Shore Senior Center's House of Welcome

Caregiver & Family Support Groups and Information

• Caregiver support groups: All held virtually until further notice
  • House of Welcome's Virtual Dementia Family Support Group
• Care Providers:
  
  • When is it time to get a caregiver?
  • How do I choose a caregiver?
  • How to Become a Paid Caregiver for a Family Member
• ALZConnected: message board and online support
• Illinois Family Caregiver Support Program
• Need a break?
  • Alzheimer's Association: Respite Care
• Alzheimer's Los Angeles Caregiver Tip Sheets

• Lorenzo's House

How to talk to your loved one about...

• Home safety
  • Alzheimer's Association Home Safety Checklist 
  • Fall prevention

  • Wandering and the Alzheimer's Association's Wandering Support Program

• Dementia and Driving
• Resolving Family Conflict
• Legal resources 
  • Plan for Your Future
• Long-term care/residential care:
  • Determine the appropriate level of care
  • Visit facilities with a nursing home checklist
  • Compare your options online
  • How will you pay for long-term care?
• End-of-life, hospice, and palliative care
  • Understanding the Difference Between Palliative and Hospice Care

Transportation / Benefits

•  Access Evanston Program and Subsidized Transportation Program
• Illinois Department on Aging's Benefit Access Program
• Dementia, Caregiving and Transportation
• National Aging & Disability Transportation Center: Options

Types and Stages of Dementia

• Diagnosis
  • What is dementia?
    • Alzheimer's Association
    • National Institute on Aging
    • Mayo Clinic
    • Types of dementia
  • How to get a diagnosis
  • Now What?
• Types of Alzheimer's
  • Younger-Onset Alzheimer's
    
    • Too Soon to Forget: the Journey of Younger Onset Alzheimer's Disease
    • Younger-Onset Alzheimer's
• Stages of Alzheimer's
  • Mild/Early-Stage Caregiving Guidance
  • Moderate/Middle-Stage Caregiving Guidance
  • Late/End stages of Alzheimer's information and Caregiving Guidance
• Mild Cognitive Impairment

What Can I Do?

• Assisting Cognitively Impaired Individuals with Voting: A Quick Guide 
• Become a Dementia Champion
• Become a Dementia Friend
• Dementia Leadership Network
• Join City of Evanston's Commission on Aging

Who are Our Regional and National Partners?

• Alzheimer's Association
• Alzheimer's Foundation of America
  • Fact Sheets and Information
• Dementia Friendly America
• Dementia Friendly Illinois
• First Responders Guide
• Illinois Cognitive Resources Network
• National Institute on Aging
• Northwestern Medicine: Feinberg School of Medicine - Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology

This site is maintained by City of Evanston staff and members of the Dementia-Friendly Evanston Subcommittee. For more information on the Dementia-Friendly Evanston Initiative (DFEI), please visit the DFEI website.