Nursing 511: Community Supports for People with Dementia
Next offering Spring 2023
A 2-3* variable credit service-learning seminar offered in hybrid format, with four in-person class meetings
Course size is capped at 25 students
No prerequisites
Open to all majors, undergraduate and graduate students
By 2040, some 242,000 Wisconsinites will be living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. More than two-thirds of people with dementia are cared for in the community by family members and friends.
What will you do as a future professional to improve care and supports for people living with dementia and their family caregivers?
This course provides an introduction to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, with a focus on community supports for people living with dementia. Students will work across disciplines to learn how different areas of society can become dementia friendly and how to integrate relevant approaches in their future careers.
As part of this service learning course, students volunteer 25 hours over the semester with community partners offering meaningful activities such as Music and Memory, dementia friendly community outreach, supports in care settings … and more!
* 3 credit students submit a research paper on implications of dementia friendly communities for their particular discipline
Our article on “Making Communities and Future Professionals More Dementia Friendly” describes the development of the course.
For more information, contact course instructor Sarah Endicott, DNP, APNP, GNP-BC at sendicott@wisc.edu