CGA January 14, 2020 Event

Dementia Friendly Denver

Dementia Friendly Denver is an affiliate of Dementia Friendly America, a not for profit, volunteer based initiative announced at the White House Conference on Aging in 2015. The mission is to make communities across the nation more dementia friendly, reduce dementia stigma, and improve the quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and their family care partners.

Learn about their projects and resources and how your business can become a Dementia Friendly business!

About the Speaker:

JJ Jordan

After a corporate management career at IBM and McKinsey, JJ Jordan reinvented herself in the field of Alzheimer’s/Dementia after three of four parents in her family were diagnosed with the disease. She was a family caregiver for 16 years.

JJ is an associate with a business psychology firm, where she provides employee assistance plan dementia coaching for clients and corporate dementia training. She is the CEO of the Jordan Consulting Group LLC, where she teaches, lectures and consults on dementia topics.

JJ has been a volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association’s for 19 years. She recently served a six year term on their Board of Directors and serves as their Public Policy Ambassador to Capitol Hill and as a community educator.

JJ is also the volunteer Community Chair for Dementia Friendly Denver, an affiliate of Dementia Friendly America, a national not for profit collaborative whose mission is to make communities across the nation more dementia friendly. JJ received the AARP 2019 Community Partner Award for her work with dementia education.

More Information

Members attend CGA meetings at no additional cost, as a benefit of their membership. Non-members are asked to pay $20/meeting to cover expenses. It is a new year, so please consider joining CGA! The cost is $100/year for an individual and $250 for an organization. Lower rates available for non-profits and family members/non-professionals.

Non-members are requested to bring a check, cash or credit card to the meeting to cover the meeting cost. If possible, please bring exact change or a check already made out to "Colorado Guardianship Association", so the lines don't get too long!

Members - please bring business cards/brochures. We have a table available for participants to share.

Please park on nearby streets OR in the lot to the EAST of Porter Place (towards Downing Street.) Porter Place prefers to leave their parking lot for residents' friends and families.

Thank you for your attention and response. We look forward to seeing you at the event!