The Brenda Strafford Foundation in the Media

2022

• 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