News from D-CAN
Read the latest news and updates about D-CAN and our Dementia Resource Center (DRC)
A Message from our Executive Director
DECEMBER 2021
As the new Founding Executive Director of Central Minnesota Dementia Community Action Network and our Dementia Resource Center in St. Cloud, I am honored and blessed to serve D-CAN’s Mission: “Improving access to quality dementia care in our community.” It is D-CAN’s mission, my heartfelt connection to the good works of D-CAN and DRC, and our organizational commitment to practice (and continually strive towards) excellence in all areas of the D-CAN organization, that make this a pinnacle of opportunity for me to provide leadership service and excellence in my executive management responsibilities at D-CAN. I can also see, and very much appreciate, the tremendous goodwill and spirit of volunteer commitment and philanthropy that have earned D-CAN the enviable position of having such a well-rounded and diverse board of directors, staff, volunteers, and large community of support throughout Central Minnesota. I want to thank each of you for your service, generosity of time, talent, expertise, and money. D-CAN & DRC cannot function without your continued generosity and support, and I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart. Feel free to stop by and visit or call me directly at 320-640-6696 so we can arrange to meet. In the interim, have a wonderful holiday season and very Happy New Year!
Patrick O’Rourke, M.P.A./C.F.R.M.
(Master of Public Affairs-Nonprofit Management specialty & Certificate of Fund-Raising Management)
Founding Executive Director
D-CAN Updates
Dementia Care – We Can Do This!
Dementia Care – We Can Do This! In years past during our medical training, we would never dare to out loud use the words dementia and prevention in the same sentence. We were taught to say, “there’s nothing we can do, come back in a year”. But new thinking and daily...
The New Model of Dementia Care for Our Community
The New Model of Dementia Care for Our Community History tells us that it’s not unusual for verified new ideas for best medical care can take up to 17 years or longer to make its way into the every-day practice of America’s physicians and other clinicians. As if this...
In the News
SC Times
St. Cloud class to help those with mild dementia write their life stories.
September 17, 2021
SC Times
A Community Thrives: Help St. Cloud-area nonprofits win big grants.
September 23, 2020
SC Times
St. Cloud dementia group hopes to launch national model to support patients, providers.
February 12, 2020
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Email: contact@dcan-mn.org
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