🧠 July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Culturally appropriate support: an essential pillar for seniors living with dementia
During Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Hope for Dementia wishes to highlight the importance of providing culturally sensitive and inclusive support to seniors from marginalized communities who are living with dementia.
Seniors from cultural and linguistic minorities often face unique barriers when it comes to mental health: social isolation, lack of access to resources adapted to their culture or language, stigma surrounding dementia in certain communities, etc. These obstacles can exacerbate symptoms and delay access to diagnosis and appropriate care.
🎯 At Hope for Dementia, we help prevent cognitive impairment by offering support tailored to all seniors, regardless of their language, culture, or place of residence.
🏃♀️🧘 Our Move for a Healthy Mind program offers a variety of physical activities such as yoga, mobility exercises, and stretching exercises. The exercises are modified according to each participant’s physical condition.
🕊️ During this awareness month, let’s come together to break down cultural and language barriers in mental health. Seniors from minority communities deserve respectful, understanding support that is tailored to their reality.
📢 Share this message and help build a society where every older adult, regardless of their background, has access to dignified and equitable support.
🌐 Discover our resources and initiatives: About Dementia – Hope for Dementia
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