Central Minnesota Dementia Community Action Network Receives $150,000 Grant

(KNSI) — A local organization is one of 11 that will get grant money to increase awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, promote early diagnosis and connect caregivers to resources.

The Minnesota Board on Aging awarded the Central Minnesota Dementia Community Action Network in St. Cloud $150,000 for continued work in developing a community-based Dementia Resource Center. The center is aimed at promoting dementia prevention strategies, facilitating more primary care clinicians providing full-spectrum dementia care, increasing access and use of dementia care resources for families living with dementia, and expanding an online Dementia Resource Directory.

The announcement comes as September is Alzheimer’s Month and September 21st is designated as World Alzheimer’s Day.

Kari Benson, executive director of the Minnesota Board on Aging says, “These funds support not only people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, but their family and friends, who play such a critical role in caregiving. Alzheimer’s alone impacts some 100,000 Minnesotans over age 65-a number that will grow 20 percent by 2025.”

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