Let’s Talk About Dementia: How To Become a Dementia Friend
Webinar Registration
Friday, February 28th
10:00-11:00am EST
In this webinar, we will discuss the stigma surrounding dementia and identify ways we can reduce its impact in our communities. Key concepts to be included are the language of person-centered dementia care (words matter!) and the “4Cs.” We will also overview the state and federal infrastructure that supports planning for dementia-capable communities. We will have a guest speaker, Dina McDonald, the GARD (Georgia Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Collaborative) Coordinator with the Division of Aging, Georgia Department of Aging Services. Ms. McDonald will outline how you can use the Dementia Friends program in your community to spread dementia awareness and make connections with key community partners.
Speakers
Kim McRae:
Kim McRae is a consultant, speaker, educator and a “FCTA” (Family Caregiver Turned Advocate). She is the Co-Founder of Culture Change Network of Georgia. Kim is also an Educator and Mentor for The Eden Alternative®. She comes to person- centered care and culture change through a twelve-year history as a family caregiver and a consumer of aging services and long-term care.
Dina Peacock McDonald
Dina Peacock McDonald is a lifelong native of Georgia with over 25 years’ experience working in the behavioral health field for the State of Georgia. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Psychology degrees (with a concentration in Counseling) from Georgia College & State University. Dina has worked as a Social Services Coordinator and Program Consultant with multiple populations (those with developmental disabilities, serious and persistent mental illnesses, and substance use disorders) and has been a Certified Medication Assisted Treatment Specialist since 2018 and a Certified Addiction Counselor-II since 2021. She also received her POST-certification as an Instructor from the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in 2016. Dina has spent much of her career providing oversight of social and/or treatment programs, conducting audits and evaluations for ongoing quality improvement monitoring, providing training and technical assistance to internal customers, and assisting with the development and monitoring of state strategic plans and policy.
She transferred to the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) as the statewide Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (GARD) State Plan Coordinator in September of 2023. Dina serves as a liaison between the GARD Advisory Council and the GARD Collaborative, which is composed of six active workgroups of volunteers and community stakeholders across the state. Since joining DHS, she has become a Certified Eden Associate and continues to seek professional development opportunities in the field of Aging. Dina says that she is a huge proponent of lifelong learning and that she looks forward to learning from her audience.
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