Dementia Friendly PA

CONTACT:
Melody Karick, CDP, CMDCP, VDTCT, PAC, PCHA Director
mkarick@dementiafriendlylancaster.org
717-381-8706
gardenspotvillage.org/dementia-friendly-lancaster

In 2015, several businesses in eastern Lancaster County saw the need for better care of their customers who had some degree of confusion and/or memory problems. The New Holland Business Association and Garden Spot Village worked together to achieve Dementia Friendly recognition. Our outreach now extends to the whole county by hosting a day of dementia care seminars, offering Dementia Friendly Introductory sessions, and providing customized training for businesses and organizations in Lancaster County.

Working Group Members

Melody Karick

Dementia Friends Pennsylvania Champion; Dementia Program Director at Garden Spot Village

Lori Bennett

Presence Bank; President of New Holland Business Association

Connie Metzler

Penn Heath/ Lancaster General Health Dementia Care Program

Tom Martin

Lancaster County Office of Aging

Action Team Members

Janie Martin

Dementia Friends Pennsylvania Champion, Clinical Care Coordinator

Anna D’Agostino

Director of Eastern Lancaster Public Library

Jeffrey Goss

Attorney

Sharon Sparkes

Communications & Design, Garden Spot Village

Jodi Lefever

Volunteer Services Director, Garden Spot Village

Antonette DeMaddis

PC Meadow VIew Memory Care Clinical Coordinator

April Criswell

Program Coordinator/Admissions Meadow View Memory Care

Eliza Brown

Resilient Living Coordinator Meadow View Memory Care

Laura Feiser

Personal Care Administrator Meadow View Memory Care

Beth Tesfay

RN Alzheimer’s Memory Clinic

Carol Ann Frees

Senior Helpers

Harry Urban

Community Member

Hazel Urban

Care Partner

Joe Burchill

Pastor Lancaster Alliance Church

Michelle Stoner

Legacy Companion Garden Spot Village

Samantha Parry

Director of DayBreak at Garden Spot Village

Yvonne Stoltzfoos

Med Tech/Resident Assistant Garden Spot Village

Dementia Friendly Lancaster County