Variation in Implementing Dementia-Friendly Community Initiatives: Advancing Theory for Social Change.

ABSTRACT: Dementia-friendly communities (DFC) have emerged as a global movement to make communities more supportive and inclusive of people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners. This study contributes to a nascent body of research on DFC initiatives by building theory on their local implementation. Based on an analysis of data from semi-structured interviews with 23 leaders of initiatives in Massachusetts (United States), we aimed to identify key dimensions of variation in the implementation of DFC initiatives. We found that all initiatives engaged in a common set of activities, such as the facilitation of training about dementia and improving services for PLWD. Although initiatives mostly engaged in these activities in ways that targeted the community at large, in some instances, the

SUBMITTER: Scher CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138101 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature