Get Involved
Join the Dementia Friendly Pahrump: Community members can join the Dementia Friendly Pahrump community action group and help make our community more dementia friendly and inclusive. Dementia Friendly Pahrump is currently working toward three goals: 1) to improve geriatric clinical services in Pahrump; 2) to provide comprehensive family care partner education in conjunction with respite care for persons living with dementia; 3) to provide community education and awareness sessions, including at least one Dementia Friendly information session per month.
For more information about our community action group, call Tonya at 702-845-4748 or email: [email protected].
Schedule a Dementia Friends Information Session (currently offered only online due to COVID-19): Dementia Friendly Pahrump is currently offering free, one-hour Dementia Friends information sessions to interested individuals and groups. The goal of the Dementia Friends program is to help community members understand five key messages about dementia, how it affects people, and how we each can make a difference in the lives of people living with dementia. For more information, call Tonya at 702-845-4748 or email: [email protected].
Or come to the Dementia Friends Information Session that Dementia Friendly Nevada hosts on the third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 – 1:00 PM!
Build a Network of Support at Friends’ Day Out (temporarily discontinued due to COVID-19): Friends’ Day Out, provided by Nevada Rural Counties RSVP, is an engaging group respite program offered every Friday from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM at the Pahrump Senior Center. As part of Friends’ Day Out, people living with dementia have an opportunity to develop a network of mutual peer support through the facilitation of the Java Music Club, an evidence-based peer support program targeting social isolation, while family care partners take a break. If you or a loved one would like to participate in Friends’ Day Out, call Tonya at 702-845-4748 or email: [email protected].
Give a Donation: If you’d like to donate to support the activities of Dementia Friendly Pahrump, call Jennifer at 775-253-5791 or email: [email protected].
Provide Meeting/Event Space: Local organizations and businesses can offer to host a dementia friendly community event at their location. For more information, call Jan at 775-253-5791 or email: [email protected].
More Information
Community-Driven Change: The Dementia Friendly Pahrump community action group aims to develop and promote a community that is respectful, educated, supportive and inclusive of people living with dementia and their care partners. This goal is mobilized through a collaborative, multi-sector approach to community-driven change utilizing the Dementia Friendly America process. Adopting an ‘authentic partnerships’ approach, the direct engagement of people living with dementia and their care partners is central to our values and process.
Nevada Dementia Supports Toolbox: A second aim of Dementia Friendly Pahrump is to promote and expand the reach of the Nevada Dementia Supports Toolbox, evidence-based programs that are currently available within the state to educate and support people living with dementia and their care partners.
Dementia Friendly Nevada: Dementia Friendly Pahrump is part of the Dementia Friendly Nevada initiative, which launched six community action groups with support from a federal grant that was awarded to the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division. Current Dementia Friendly community action groups include: Dementia Friendly Elko, Age- and Dementia-Friendly Winnemucca, Dementia Friendly Pahrump, Pesa Sooname Advisory Group (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe), Dementia Friendly Southern Nevada (Urban) and Dementia Friendly Washoe County. Dementia Friendly Nevada community action groups receive co-facilitation support from Dr. Jennifer Carson, Director, Dementia Engagement, Education and Research Program, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, and evaluation support from the Sanford Center for Aging, University of Nevada, Reno.