DAA Hear our Voices

When Steve Schneider started attending DAA, he basically sat in a recliner all day.  He had little desire to get involved in anything except his TV shows.  With encouragement from his DAA friends, he began getting involved in many programs at DAA.

His journey from isolation to engagement gave him a renewed sense of purpose and a reason to get up each day. He reflects on the profound impact of discovering purpose through community.

Jack George, a dedicated DAA Advisory Board member shares practical, real-life tips for enjoying a meal out while living with dementia. From picking quieter restaurants and avoiding busy times to checking menus online and kindly asking to lower the music—he offers thoughtful ways to make dining out more relaxed and enjoyable. These simple strategies can help create a better experience for you and those around you.

Under 54 years old and diagnosed with dementia or MCI. Hear from three ladies the impact on their family and the support that strengthens them. Yoli, Monica and Julie share their personal stories with openness and honesty, focusing on the impact of dementia on their family relationships and the specific challenges of a diagnosis at a young age.

Jack George, a dedicated Advisory Board member of Dementia Action Alliance shares his dementia symptom challenges in attending church. He offers strategies for handling distractions and tips for staying focused during services. Tune in for practical advice on navigating church life with dementia.

Mark Timmons, a dedicated board member of the Dementia Action Alliance and a passionate photographer. Discover how photography serves as Mark’s haven from dementia, offering him a sense of purpose and connection to the present. Through arts, he continues to engage the creative sides of his brain, keeping it active and resilient.

Ginger Smith, a retired speech pathologist and a member of the DAA Helping Hands Team, shares her tips for enhancing communication and fostering connections, emphasizing the importance of patience, openness, and acceptance when interacting with loved ones living with dementia.

DAA Advisory Board member Monica Downer, who is both living with dementia herself and a family care partner for her mother who is also living with dementia. Monica’s perspectives from both sides of the care partnership dynamic are insightful and moving. Click the photo to hear directly from Monica, a true Dementia Warrior!

Hear directly from our members about the positive impact DAA has had on their lives! We’re eager to do more! With your support, we can expand our programs and reach even more people.

Our community is a space where members connect, support one another, and find strength in shared experiences with dementia. Listen to their heartfelt stories about what DAA means to them—and see the impact your support can make. Help us continue to empower and uplift individuals living with dementia, care partners, and families.

This video communicates the clear impact of the Dementia Action Alliance through the voices people living with dementia. We welcome others living with dementia to join this uplifting community of support. Video produced by Dementia Warriors.

Learn about the first of its kind comprehensive, practical book that provides helpful, hopeful, and inspirational information and resources about living with and managing the symptoms of dementia.

This video features DAA’s Board Chair, Jan Bays, and Board Member, Laurie Scherrer, sharing their experience with the Aduhelm drug and its controversial approval process. Click here for more information.

In this video, Dementia Action Alliance’s On the Mark consultants tell us what they like about telehealth visits and what helps them have the best telehealth visit possible. This video produced in partnership with AgingME.

Hear directly from people living with dementia and their care partners on how they feel about receiving the diagnosis of dementia. This video produced in partnership with AgingME.

This compelling video – produced, directed, filmed and edited all by individuals living with dementia – shares personal stories about how traumatic those words can be and that helpful information and encouragement are needed instead.

This video beautifully portrays the lives of 5 people living with dementia and shows how person-centered care helps them live meaningful lives. Person-centered care helps make life better for someone living with dementia and for those who care about them.

In this video Paulan describe how to live well with Dementia

In this video Mike describes how to live well with Dementia