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The Brenda Strafford Foundation in the Media

2023

April 24, 2023: University District Calgary - Getting Older: The Positive Impact of Place
April 4, 2023: LiveWire Calgary - Huge need filled with donation of a year’s worth of feminine hygiene products for Brenda Strafford Foundation’s Heart Home Network
March 28, 2023: Okotoks Western Wheel - MRU Cougars bring their gold medals to Tudor Manor
February 9, 2023: CTV - 95-year-old George Carey still taking his cue from the pool table

2022

October 26, 2022: Okotoks Today - Tudor Manor celebrates 10 years with Royal Ascot party
September 22, 2022: Okotoks Today - Okotoks man marks his 100th birthday in the boxing ring
May 8, 2022: Global News - Calls for help to increase ‘dismal’ uptake in fourth vaccines in Alberta
May 5, 2022: Global News - Clifton House opens doors in Calgary ahead of Clifton Manor demolition
March 23, 2022: University District (Blog) - Comfort and Family Connection: Aging in Place in University District
March 18, 2022: CTV - Concerts in Care (Cambridge Manor)
February 24, 2022: CBC News - 'A whole day off': Free adult day programs are as much for the caregiver as for the frail

2019

May 21, 2019: Global News - Calgary seniors team up with students to spring into planting season: ‘It’s wonderful!’
January 30, 2019: Calgary Prime Times - Dementia talk draws full house
January 1, 2019: Calgary Prime Times - Little ones give seniors a big boost

2018

November 29, 2018: Senior Housing News - $3 Billion, Intergenerational Master-Planned Community to Include Senior Living
November 28, 2018: Okotoks Western Wheel - Academy, manor fill generation gap
November 24, 2018: CBC News - Affordable French immersion child care lands at Okotoks seniors home
Okotoks Western Wheel - Musical senior brings joy to peers
August 16, 2018: Okotoks Online - Memory Cafe Providing Support To Those With Dementia & Their Caregivers
August 8, 2018: Okotoks Western Wheel - Putting dementia front and centre: Memory Cafe invites caregivers, patients to socialize in safe environment
August 3, 2018: CBC News - Virtual reality pilot project allows seniors to escape their dementia
August 2, 2018: CBC The Homestretch - Calgary seniors take virtual reality adventures from the safety and comfort of Wentworth Manor
May 1, 2018: The Star Calgary - Students work with dementia patients to challenge perceptions through art
May 1, 2018: Calgary Herald - Students and seniors with dementia find common ground in art
February 13, 2018: CBC Eyeopener - Dementia training for Calgary firefighters
February 13, 2018: CBC News - Calgary firefighters get hands-on lesson on living with dementia
February 13, 2018: CBC/ICI Radio-Canada - Des pompiers de Calgary plongés dans la peau de personnes atteintes de démence
February 13, 2018: CTV News - Medical Watch 'Dementia Friendly Communities' (FFwd to: 29:00)
January 17, 2018: Western Wheel - Play sheds light on different side of dementia
January 15, 2018: Okotoks Online - Local Businesses Get Dementia Friendly

2017

December 21, 2017: Western Wheel - Carolers spreading cheer on Christmas
November 17, 2017: Calgary Herald - University District has 'everything at your fingertips'
November 8, 2017: CTV - Community workshop gives front line workers inside look at dementia (video)
November 8, 2017: CTV - Community workshop gives front line workers inside look at dementia (web)
October 25, 2017: UToday - Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging reframes what it means to age well
October 2017: Kerby News - Dementia Friendly Community well underway in Calgary and Okotoks
September 29: Calgary Herald - Brenda Strafford Foundation building new seniors' facility in University District
September 21: CTV - Coming to terms with midlife dementia diagnosis
September Fall Issue: Dementia Connections - 'Welcoming Spaces' Calgary is becoming a dementia-friendly city
September Fall Issue: Apple Magazine - Dementia-friendly communities
September Fall Issue: Apple Magazine - University District Cambridge Manor
September 15: Okotoks Western Wheel - Okotoks businesses getting dementia training
September 6: Calgary Herald - Training program designed to help service providers aid customers with dementia
September 4: Okotoks Living - Okotoks chosen as a Dementia Friendly Community Pilot Project
August 30: CREB - No slowing down
August 27: Calgary Sun - Cambridge Manor caters to seniors
August 23: UToday - University District adds 240-unit seniors' residence to northwest community
August 23: Western Wheel - Senior volunteerism receives recognition
July 26: Calgary Prime Times - Group works towards dementia friendly communities
July 4: CBC News - Alberta dementia-friendly communities aim to improve understanding, create inclusion
June 21: ICI Radio-Canada - Accueillir la démence à bras ouverts : un concept japonais s'exporte au Canada
June 21: Western Wheel - Okotoks declared dementia-friendly community
May 31: Calgary Herald - Devoted, longtime volunteer receives national medal
May 10: CTV News - Art therapy for seniors with dementia
May 10: Global News - Art therapy program pairs seniors with dementia with young volunteers
March 29: Western Wheel - Grief focus of annual conference

2016

June 22: Western Wheel - Bus -life-changing for manor residents
April 28: Calgary Herald - Barrie Strafford, founder of Brenda Strafford Foundation, dies at 87

2015

November 27: Calgary Herald - Signal Hill and Okotoks set to become Alberta's first 'dementia-friendly' communities

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In the spirit of respect, reconciliation and gratitude, we honour and acknowledge that our services are provided on the traditional territories of Treaty 7, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy comprising the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai First Nations, the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda First Nation including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Good Stoney Bands. These territories are also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3. We are grateful for the many First Nations who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We acknowledge that we have ongoing responsibilities to protect, honour and celebrate all of life within our shared communities.

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