A Recommended Resource: National Council of Dementia Minds

The National Council of Dementia Minds (NCDM) is a nonprofit organization that was founded and is led and governed by people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment in hopes of transforming how the world views life with a neurocognitive disorder.

Among their services is Dementia Minds™, small groups that are composed of people living with different types of dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that meet regularly via Zoom. Through these groups, people living with dementia provide peer support for one another and create opportunities to educate others using what they have learned through lived experience. The mission is to develop and support a national corps of Dementia Minds™ groups—composed of persons living with dementia—who foster education and dialogue among individuals with neurocognitive disorders, families, care partners, healthcare providers, researchers, policymakers, and communities at large in order to empower more people to live well with dementia.

The also published Transforming Life with Dementia, a groundbreaking needs analysis report on support and services by people living with dementia. It offers practical recommendations to help transform the diagnosis experience into one that is grounded in support, understanding, and empowerment.

We encourage you to visit their website and discover all that this organization has to offer.