Tackling Big Challenges Together

Dementia Network Calgary takes a collective impact approach to achieving its strategic priorities.
Our Approach
Learning from and drawing on a long history of community organizing and social movements, collective impact emerged in the early 2000s as a formal framework to address complex social challenges.
Since then, this framework has been tested and adapted, articulated most recently by practitioners Mark Cabaj and Liz Weaver in their paper Collective Impact 3.0 (Tamarack Institute, 2016):
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Shared Aspiration
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Strategic Learning
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Focus on High-Leverage Strategies
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Authentic Community Engagement
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A Container for Change
Knowledge Hub: Strategies & Solutions
Explore professional resources, reports, and research about dementia; learn more about systems change and collective impact approaches.
This roadmap was developed by Dr. Seema King, Dr. Jessica Simon, Dr Jayna Holroyd-Leduc from their research into support needed by dementia caregivers in Alberta at key points in their person's dementia journey. The map was designed by Sam Hester as a way to visually represent information and helpful resources to consider at different stages, such as getting a diagnosis, driving, making day-to-day decisions, deciding on care options, and self-care.
This roadmap was developed by Dr. Seema King, Dr. Jessica Simon, Dr Jayna Holroyd-Leduc from their research into support needed by dementia caregivers in Alberta at key points in their person's dementia journey. The map was designed by Sam Hester as a way to visually represent information and helpful resources to consider at different stages, such as getting a diagnosis, driving, making day-to-day decisions, deciding on care options, and self-care.
The USA's Food and Drug Administration has approved the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, developed by Japan-based Fujirebio Diagnostics.
The USA's Food and Drug Administration has approved the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, developed by Japan-based Fujirebio Diagnostics.
A guide to making your community dementia-friendly. Piloted in southern Alberta by the Branda Strafford Foundation.
A guide to making your community dementia-friendly. Piloted in southern Alberta by the Branda Strafford Foundation.