Dementia Friendly Tempe
480-350-8534
dft@tempe.gov
Tempe.gov/DFT

Mark your calendars for our 8th Annual DFT Summit on Nov. 16!

We are seeking English and Bilingual Spanish-speaking volunteers to help us with Dementia Friendly Tempe Programs. Contact us if you are interested.

Dementia Friendly Tempe (DFT), part of Dementia Friendly America, is the first dementia friendly city in Arizona. The City of Tempe provides programs that share information and resources to help you learn and understand more about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related diseases. 

Know the 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia

1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life
2. Challenges in planning or solving problems
3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, at work, or at leisure
4. Confusion with time or place
5. Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships
6. New problems with words in speaking or writing
7. Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps
8. Decreased or poor judgment
9. Withdrawal from work or social activities
10. Changes in mood and personality

If you or someone you care about are showing any of these signs you should ask others you trust if they are seeing these changes and schedule an appointment with your doctor or a specialist (neurologist, geriatric psychiatrist or geriatrician).