Hartwell Place Helps Lead Dementia-Friendly Community Initiative Across Chicago’s North Side

Hartwell Place Helps Lead Dementia-Friendly Community Initiative Across Chicago’s North Side

Community partners work to make Uptown, Andersonville, Rogers Park, and Edgewater more welcoming for people living with dementia and their care partners

Hartwell Place Helps Lead Dementia-Friendly Community Initiative Across Chicago's North Side

CHICAGO, Ill., Aug. 13, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Hartwell Place, the boutique memory care community of Chicago Methodist Senior Services (CMSS), is helping lead an initiative to designate the Uptown, Andersonville, Rogers Park, and Edgewater (UARE) neighborhoods as Dementia-Friendly America Communities. The community, which has been a designated dementia friendly community for the past year, is now focusing its efforts on reaching apartment…

Grant supports launch of dementia-friendly choir open to all singers - Plymouth Review

Calling all singers … The Friends of Uptown Social recently received a $5,000 grant from Giving Voice as part of the organization’s Rural Initiative to expand dementia-friendly choirs throughout Wisconsin (and Minnesota). With this support, Uptown Social will launch the Janet L. Herrick Dementia Friendly Choir, an inclusive, free program designed for individuals with memory loss, their care partners, and […] Sorry! You must be a subscriber to a…