BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Alzheimer's Foundation of America - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Alzheimer's Foundation of America X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://alzfdn.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Alzheimer's Foundation of America REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T200000 DTSTAMP:20260529T132101Z CREATED:20260422T170033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T132101Z UID:61690-1781110800-1781121600@alzfdn.org SUMMARY:The Power of Place: How Design Shapes the Dementia Experience DESCRIPTION:Free General Course\n\n\n\n2 CE credits \n\n\n\n\n\nLocation: 305 West End Assisted LivingNew York\, NY 10023\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nCourse Description: The environments we create have a powerful impact on how individuals living with dementia feel\, function\, and move through their day. Thoughtful design can reduce distress\, support independence\, and help individuals remain in their homes and communities longer. \n\n\n\nThis dynamic\, interactive workshop explores how to create dementia-friendly environments across homes\, care settings\, and adult day programs. Participants will gain practical\, real-world strategies to design spaces that promote safety\, comfort\, and ease of navigation\, while also reducing responsive behaviors such as agitation\, aggression\, and wandering. The session integrates key concepts of emotional memory and trauma-informed care\, helping participants understand how past experiences shape present reactions—and how design can either trigger or soothe those responses. \n\n\n\nPresented by Jennifer Reeder\, LCSW who recently led the development of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s dementia-friendly model home\, The Residence in Amityville\, Long Island\, this workshop brings real-world insight and immediately applicable design solutions you can use across settings. \n\n\n\nFrom this course you will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nIdentify at least three dementia-friendly design elements that support safety\, independence and quality of life.\n\n\n\nApply at least two trauma-informed care principles to environmental design to promote emotional safety and reduce distress.\n\n\n\nDescribe how emotional memory impacts an individual’s response to their environment and give one example of how it can be incorporated into design.\n\n\n\nEvaluate an environment using dementia-friendly criteria and recommend at least two modifications to better support individuals living with dementia.\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Description\n\n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n5:00pm – 5:40pm – Dinner and drinks \n\n\n\n5:40pm – 5:50pm – Brief presentation from our sponsor \n\n\n\n5:50pm – 8:00pm – Workshop \n\n\n\n\n5:50 – 6:10 – Understanding dementia & Role of Environment\n\n\n\n6:10 – 6:30 – Emotional memory and trauma-informed design\n\n\n\n6:30 – 7:00 – Core dementia-friendly design principles\n\n\n\n7:00 – 7:10 – 10-minute break\n\n\n\n7:10 – 7:40 – Interactive application activity\n\n\n\n7:40 – 8:00 – Designing to reduce responsive behaviors & support movement\n\n\n\n\nSponsor:\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n305 West End Assisted LivingNew York\, NY 10023\n\n\n\nPresenter: Jennifer Reeder\, LCSW\, SIFI Jennifer Reeder is the Senior Director of Education and Social Services for the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. This includes overseeing AFA’s National Toll-Free Helpline staffed by licensed social workers\, and community class programs all instructed by various therapists and educators. Ms. Reeder graduated in 2011 from Temple University with a Maters of Social Work\, and entered the not-for-profit sector providing in-home therapy to families in the Philadelphia area for over 9 years. She is proud to now be supporting individuals and families affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia-related illnesses while providing clinical guidance to the licensed social workers of AFA. She encourages engagement and peer support from attendees\, while drawing from real life situations to enhance the learning process. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nAFA #1898 is approved as an ACE provider.\nThis training is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide Continuing Education (CE) Credits and pre-approved by the Commission for Case Management Certification (CCMC). 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