Answering the Call
For Faith-Based and Religious Community Leadership
The Intrastate Network to Deliver Equity and Eliminate Disparities (INDEED)
The University of Tennessee Chattanooga’s School of Nursing, along with engAGING Communities Tennessee, is proud to sponsor the “Intrastate Network to Deliver Equity and Eliminate Disparities (INDEED) to empower faith-based and religious congregations to offer hope for older adults and caregivers.
Volunteers, identified by congregation leadership, can receive FREE training on dementia, caregiving, crisis intervention, mental health, emergency preparedness, advance care planning, legal issues, COVID-19, and community resources. Once trained, these volunteers will be able to extend support and resources to their congregations and surrounding neighborhoods.
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About engAGING Communities
The engAGING Communities initiative began in the spring of 2020, when the UTC School of Nursing was awarded a grant by the Tennessee Department of Health to promote the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Brain Initiative and the Tennessee Department of Health’s Dementia-Friendly Community Toolkit in Hamilton and seven surrounding counties. This grant entitled the “Tennessee Dementia Friendly Initiative” enabled the engAGING Communities work group to serve the Southeast Tennessee region by promoting the importance of building dementia-friendly communities and elevating the quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementias through connections to much needed support and community resources.
engAGING Communities continues important work to advance the care of older adults in Tennessee:
- Facilitating the Southeast Tennessee Dementia-Friendly Community Coalition
- Hosting and maintaining The Buddy Link Caregiver Resource and engAGING Communities
- Launching INDEED: Intrastate Network to Deliver Equity and Eliminate Disparities.
For more information about engAGING Communities or INDEED, please email [email protected].
Dementia-Friendly Communities
In response to the growth in population for adults aged 65 and older, leading organizations who serve and support older adults have spurned a national effort to equip communities with tools to support persons living with dementia and their caregivers. The term “Dementia-Friendly Communities” represents leveraging stakeholders, resources, and tools to equip all community sectors to support persons living with dementia and their caregivers.
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