Provide Consultation for Individuals and Their Support System. The Dementia Care Specialist will assess your situation, discuss your concerns and offer considerations in order to best care plan for your future.

Provide education and expectations about Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and how these diseases may progress over time. 

Discuss strategies to help reduce stress.

Assist you in accessing community resources and supportive services.

Caregivers who are feeling overwhelmed by multiple demands on their time.

People with early memory loss changes who are interested in being proactive to remain as healthy and independent as possible.

Business who realize their employees need to improve skills for interacting and communicating with people living with dementia.

Click here to learn more about becoming a Dementia Friendly Business and who has already been trained in Fond du Lac County.

See here to view the figures and facts specific to Fond du Lac County from the Alzheimer's Association. 

Memory Screens are a free wellness tool to identify possible changes in your memory and cognition.

They can be used as brain health check-up, provide a baseline of where a person is today and to monitor for changes in the future.

The Music and Memory Program is an exciting program for people experiencing Alzheimer's or another dementia.  It uses music to enhance someone's memory, mood and communication.

Call 920-929-3466 more information! 

Education Programs - Alzheimer's Association (Click HERE to find list and registration information.) 

• Fond du Lac Adult Day Services (Click HERE for more information.)
  •  Meets the 2nd Tuesday at 1:30pm-2:30pm
• Fond du Lac Public Library (Lower Level) (Click HERE for more information.)
  • Meets the 4th Thursday of each month from 6:30pm - 7:30pm
• Memory Makers Support Group (Brandon) (Click HERE for more information)
  • Meets at Bethel Reformed Church, Brandon, WI 

Memory Cafe: The Center, Fond du Lac Senior Center

Date: 3rd Wednesday Each Month 

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm

For more information: 920-517-0830

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A memory cafe is a supportive friendly, relaxed gathering place for people living with memory loss, dementia, or cognitive delice and their caregivers to connect, socialize and build new support. 

*Not in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association

Memory Cafe: Ripon Public Library 

Date: 3rd Tuesday Each Month

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Call to Register: 920-748-6160

For family/full-time caregivers of seniors who may be experiencing mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment, dementia, or Alzheimer's 

These events will encourage meaningful connections through games, music, snacks, crafts and more. 

 Click HERE for more information

• AARP | 1-888-687-2277
• Alzheimer's and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin | 888-308-6251
• Alzheimer's Association | 800-272-3900
• Alzheimer's Society
• American Parkinson's Disease Association | 1-800-223-2732
• Dementia Friendly America | 202-872-0888
• Dementia Sherpa | 503-530-6181
• Family Caregiver Alliance | 800-445-8106
• Lewy Body Dementia Association | 888-204-3054
• National Institute on Aging | 1-800-438-4380
• National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center
• National Institute on Health | 301-496-4000
• The Parkinson's Foundation | 1-800-473-4636
• Wisconsin Alzheimer's Dementia Research Center | 608-265-0407
• Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute | 608-263-9949
• Wisconsin Parkinson's Association | 414-312-6990

Additional Information 

• Alzheimer's Association 2023 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and

• FiguresFacts and Figures Video

• Parkinson's Resource

• Medication that people with Parkinson's shouldn't take  

• Music & Movement  | Fond du Lac Senior Center (FREE)
  • 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 
  • ***NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED**

• Parkinson Exercise Class | Fond du Lac YMCA ($35/month - YMCA Member & $50/month - Non YMCA member)
  • EVERY Tuesday & Thursday 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
  • For those with PD who are still walking with or without the use of walker or cane. 
  • Contact Joel Manson @ Joel.manson@ssmhealth.com or 920-921-3330 ext 337 for more information! 
• Support Group | Fond du Lac Senior Center (FREE) 
  • 2nd Tuesday of each Month from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

In partnership with statewide dementia care specialists, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services hosted monthly webinars throughout 2021 for people with dementia and their family caregivers.

Each presentation covered a different topic and included practical tools and resources for families.

Click here to view them.