James L. West Center for Dementia Care

Wednesday, March 4  | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | James L. West Center The James L. West Center Lunch & Learn Series is for family and friend care partners to come together to learn and support each other over lunch.  It meets the first Wednesday of every month. This month's topic is In-home Care, […]

Wednesday February 6 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | James L. West Center The James L. West Center Lunch & Learn Series is for family and friend care partners to come together to learn and support each other over lunch.  It meets the first Wednesday of every month. This month's topic is "Dementia and […]

August 15 | 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Compassionate Touch® is a proactive caregiving approach that uses focused touch to bring personalized care to persons with dementia. Personalized approaches are first priority for responding to and preventing behavioral expression and Compassionate Touch® techniques provides practical tools that create positive outcomes and help achieve person center dementia […]

July 25th from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. – James L. West Center  Registration Requested    This workshop uses Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care training model and we will explore the differences between normal aging and not normal aging while gaining a better understanding of what to expect as we get older and how it […]

Over lunch we will discuss six areas of living that have been shown to improve your brain health and reduce your risk for dementia. Let us know you are coming! Please contact us at 817-877-1199 or caregiver@jameslwest.org to sign up.

Come to The West Center Day Program from 9:00-4:00 and rock with us in comfy rocking chairs as we raise funds for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease. There will be fun items and refreshments for purchase by donation. Let us know you are coming! Please contact us at 817-877-1199 or caregiver@jameslwest.org to sign up.

Let’s Talk! A Community Conversation about Advance Care Planning. This free event will be an informative and invaluable discussion about all aspects of Advance Care Planning. Let us know you are coming! Please contact us at 817-877-1199 or caregiver@jameslwest.org to sign up.

Documentary viewing of “Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me” & Potluck from 10:00-1:00. Please bring your favorite dish to share with the group. Drinks and paper goods will be supplied. Please contact us at 817-877-1199 or caregiver@jameslwest.org to sign up.