Volunteer Trainings - Memory Café Dementia Friendly Program Training
Memory Café Dementia Friendly Program Training
This training will prepare volunteers to serve as docents for our upcoming Memory Cafés. Memory Cafés are social settings for people with memory loss and their care partners. The Memory Café at the Heritage Center will focus on nature-based programming and occur monthly on the second Tuesday of the month from 11:00am-12:00pm. Ellen Taylor, a Dementia Care Specialist with the Dane County Aging & Disability Resource Center will provide information on how to communicate with, relate to, and support attendees with dementia in the Memory Café setting. During this training, you will learn more about the volunteer opportunity. Attending this training does not require that you volunteer for the following memory café docent volunteer opportunities.
Required Qualifications
- Must be able to pass a background check
- 18 years and older
- Interested in becoming a Nature Memory Café Docent
Location
Heritage Center - 3101 Lake Farm Rd, Madison, WI 53711
- Meet in upper level room
- Staff will check you in
- Parking is available
How to Prepare
- What to bring:
- Water Bottle
- Notebook
- Pencil/Pen
- What to know:
- Program will be indoors with participants sitting
- Individuals who complete this training will qualify for working as Memory Cafe Docent
- Paved and snow plowed parking lots
- All tools and materials will be provided
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Men's, Women's and All-Gender indoor ADA compliant bathrooms
- Drinking water access
- Our department is committed to providing meaningful access to our programs and resources to all individuals, regardless of primary language or ability. If you need language assistance services or an accessibility modification for this program, please submit this request form a minimum of 10 business days before the program to make the request. Please note, it is not possible for all programs to be modified.
Questions
- Mara Rosenberg, Inclusion Specialist
- (608)224-3604 / heritagecenter@danecounty.gov
Schedule Summary
This activity generally occurs on
- Tuesday - Morning, Afternoon
