Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the Whitewater Dementia Friendly Community Initiative.

Congratulations to Fairfield Inn & Suites for being recognized with the Purple Angel Designation by the Whitewater Dementia Friendly Community Initiative. This designation shows that at least fifty percent of the staff has been through a dementia friendly business training learning about dementia and how to best serve those with the disease. There was also a walk-through of the facility with recommendations to assist those with dementia.  Others in Whitewater with this designation are Binning and Dickens Insurance, First Citizens Bank, Reynold’s Heating and Cooling, Studio 84, Irvin L Young Memorial Library, Seniors in the Park, New Beginnings APFV, First United Methodist Church, First English Lutheran Church, Discover Whitewater, and Associated Bank – Whitewater.

If any business or church is interested in the Dementia Friendly training please contact Jennifer Jackson, Seniors in the Park at 262-473-0535 or jjackson@whitewater-wi.gov