Dementia Friendly Wyoming

Knowing the Person: Values-Based Care and Decision Making
2025-11-05 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Denver)
This workshop looks at how knowing what matters most to a person can better inform current and future care decisions. Learn about personal values, preferences, and what is important in daily life and bigger care decisions. Discover how shared and supported decision-making practices offer practical ways to include the person in decisions, even as their abilities change over time. Attendees will gain tools to handle uncomfortable conversations that enable decisions that reflect what the person would want, while reducing situational uncertainty.

The Only Constant is Change: Building Your Support Plan
2025-11-12 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop addresses the reality that change is constant when living with or supporting someone with dementia. Without preparation and education, families often find themselves in crisis during transitions. Learn what transitions to expect throughout the dementia journey and how to assess your current resources before you need them. Join for practical ways to build support networks, research services, and create flexible plans that offer adaptations as needs change. Attendees will gain tools to prepare for unknown but inevitable changes, making challenges less overwhelming by planning ahead.

Living with Uncertainty: Finding Your Footing
2026-03-11 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop explores the uncertainty that accompanies aging and cognitive changes, whether before, during, or after a diagnosis of a form of dementia. Participants will examine common assumptions and responses that can unintentionally increase distress. The session offers practical approaches to assess what is happening and take meaningful action without waiting for clarity. Recognizing how you navigate uncertainty is one of the most important skills when supporting someone living with dementia or experiencing changes yourself.

When Uncertainty Becomes Anxiety: Recognizing What's Building
2026-04-08 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop explores how unresolved uncertainty can develop into anxiety, for those supporting someone living with dementia and for those experiencing cognitive changes themselves. Participants will look at how anxiety shows up, why it often goes unrecognized, and how it can move between the person living with dementia and the person providing support. The session offers practical ways to notice what’s building and respond before it escalates. Whether you are joining for the first time or building on the March session, this is one of the most common yet least discussed experiences in dementia support.

When Anxiety Turns to Fear: Understanding Aggression in Dementia
2026-05-13 10:00 - 11:30
This workshop explores what can happen when anxiety goes unrecognized, for the person living with dementia and for those providing support. Participants will look at how feeling overwhelmed or fearful can drive responses that get labelled as aggression. Those responses often tell you something important, if you know how to read them. The session offers practical ways to read the situation differently and respond to fear rather than react to behavior. Whether you are joining for the first time or following the series from uncertainty through anxiety, this session offers a different way to understand what is happening when things feel most out of control.

Beyond the “Birds & The Bees: The conversation we ALL need, before we need it
2026-06-10 10:00 - 11:30
Join Heather Comstock with Dementia Friendly of Wyoming & Jeannie Julian, a Hub Board Member and seasoned RN for a stress-free workshop on Advanced Care Planning.

How to start the conversation with your loved ones

Choosing your Health Care Proxy with confidence

Building a roadmap to share with your family and medical team

Whether you complete your plan today or just start the journey, Jeannie will be available for individual support after the class for as long as you need.

Parkinson's at Home: Recognizing It, Understanding It, Strategies for Ongoing Support
2026-07-08 10:00 - 11:30
Parkinson’s affects more families than many of us realize, and the early signs can be easy to miss. This workshop is for those supporting a person living with Parkinson’s at home. Together, we will look at three things: how to recognize the signs and symptoms, what Parkinson’s is as a lived experience, and practical strategies you can use to assist, adjust, and adapt as the condition changes over time.

Why the Words We Use Will Matter: Respectful Language When Discussing Dementia
2026-08-12 10:00 - 11:30
If you are supporting someone living with dementia, the words you use every day matter more than you might think. This workshop explores three questions together: what do we mean by language in dementia, why does it matter, and how can we speak in ways that are respectful, productive, and proactive? Come away with practical ideas you can use right away, and a fresh perspective on something you are already doing every day.

Our End of Life Deserves as Much Beauty, Care and Grace as the Beginning
2026-10-14 10:00 - 11:30
Talking about future healthcare decisions isn’t always easy, but it can be one of the greatest gifts to your loved ones. Join Hub Board Member and seasoned RN, Jeannie Julian for an informative workshop on Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Care in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Together, we’ll talk about how to start these important conversations with family & friends, choose a healthcare proxy you trust, and find grace in some tough questions. Whether you’re ready to complete your advance care plan now or you’re just starting to think about it, you’re welcome here. Jeannie will be available beyond the workshop for one-on-one guidance and support, so you can move forward at your own pace.

Spaced Retrieval: A Memory Tool You Can Practice at Home
2026-11-11 10:00 - 11:30
Are you noticing memory loss in yourself or someone you love? Spaced Retrievalis a research-backed method that targets information recall that is easy to practiceat home with the people close to you. Spaced Retrieval can help you hold on to specific details, like names, routines, and the steps that keep someone safe. This month we are excited to welcome co-collaborator Libby Heimbaugh, MS, CCC-SLP, of Connect Speech Therapy, who brings the clinical training behind this method. Join us for an introduction to Spaced Retrieval and to see if the method will work for you.
