Acknowledgements
The Brenda Strafford Foundation thanks the many individuals and organizations who have collaborated with us and have demonstrated leadership in creating the first Dementia Friendly Communities in Alberta.
Coordinating Committees & Working Groups
Calgary Westhills Alliance
Co-Chairs:
- Dementia Friendly Community Coordinator, The Brenda Strafford Foundation
- Bryan Gilks, Family Caregiver
Alliance and Sub-Committee Working Group Representation from:
- Age Friendly Calgary
- Alberta Health Services
- Alberta’s Mobile Footcare Service
- Alzheimer Society of Calgary
- ATB Financial
- Calgary Dementia Network
- Calgary Fire Department
- Calgary Police Department
- Calgary Seniors Resource Society
- Calgary West Central Primary Care Network
- Caregivers
- CARYA
- Clinical Pharmacist, Foothills Medical Centre
- First Lutheran Church
- Good Earth Coffehouse Strathcona Square
- Home Instead
- Meals on Wheels
- Kerby Centre
- Stantec
- Strathcona Christie Aspen Community Association
- University of Calgary
- Wentworth Manor Adult Day Program
Okotoks Coalition
Co-Chairs:
- Administrator, Tudor Manor
- Janette Messer, The Town of Okotoks
Coalition and Sub-Committee Working Group Representation from:
- Alberta Health Services
- Adult Day Support Program
- Alzheimer Society of Calgary
- Calgary Rural Primary Care Network
- Caregivers
- Catholic Schools and Public Schools
- Geriatric Social Work
- Healthy Okotoks Coalition
- Meals on Wheels
- Okotoks Chamber of Commerce
- Okotoks EMS
- Okotoks Fire Services
- Stantec
- Town of Okotoks and Mayor of Okotoks
Steering Committee
- Alberta Health Services
- Alberta Innovates
- Government of Alberta (Seniors and Housing)
- The Brenda Strafford Foundation
Strategic Advisory Group
Co-Chairs:
- Jenny Robinson (The Brenda Strafford Foundation)
- Dr. Elaine Stokes
Members:
- Airdrie Collaborative
- Alberta Association on Gerontology
- Alberta Health Services
- Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories
- Alzheimer Society of Calgary
- Caregivers Alberta
- City of Calgary
- Government of Alberta (ministries of Health and Seniors and Housing)
- Kerby Centre
- The Brenda Strafford Foundation
- University of Calgary
Other Acknowledgements:
- ATB Financial
- ATB Financial branches (Okotoks, Walden, West Springs, Westhills)
- Brain in Motion
- Calgary Public Library
- Cameron Clark, PhD, Clinical Neuropsychologist
- Dementia Network Calgary
- Ecole Secondaire Foothills Composite High School/Alberta High School of Fine Arts
- Foothills Community Support Services
- Foothills Seniors Interagency
- Guardian Angel School
- Okotoks Interagency
- Okotoks Public Library
- Okotoks Seniors Club
- Rundle College
- YouQuest
The Brenda Strafford Foundation Project Staff:
- Navjot Virk, Research and Innovative Practice Manager
- Jennifer Mallamo, Dementia Friendly Communities Okotoks Coordinator
- Emma Richardson, Dementia Friendly Communities Westhills Coordinator
- Meghan Jackson, Dementia Friendly Communities Evaluation Support
- Julie Arnold, Communications and Marketing Manager
