Finding Meaning and Hope

According to Dementia Wyoming, 9,400 people are currently living with Alzheimer’s Disease in Wyoming. This does not include those living with other types of dementia.

28,000 unpaid caregivers are supporting those living with Alzheimer’s. This number is decreasing drastically, creating a greater need for Wyoming’s communities to  be involved.

By 2025, Dementia Wyoming states 13,000 people will have Alzheimer’s Disease, a 39% increase, the 9th highest in the U.S. 70% of all of those living with dementia continue to live in the community – not in an institution – and one in seven of those lives alone.

In Sheridan, almost 25% of the population will be 65 or older by 2025.

While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Hub on Smith’s Educator Heather Comstock, wished to thank the many healthcare workers, family caregivers and volunteers who help those suffering from this condition every day. 

To better assist those caregivers, a partnership has been formed between the Hub on Smith and The Meaning & Hope Institute, a program of Duet: Partners In Health & Aging, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. This partnership has been formed to bring Finding Meaning and Hope, a free discussion series for dementia family caregivers. 

This series has already begun but it is open to join at the Hub on Smith in the Community Room, beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesdays, July 27 – Sept. 28.

To register, contact Heather Comstock at hcomstock@thehubsheridan.org or call 307-461-5955.