Mayo classes & resources for people w/ dementia & caregivers?

@actionkw, here are few things that Mayo Clinic offers:

- Dementia Hub (blog) https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/dementia-hub/
Follow the blog for regularly updated articles. Also see the Resources tab https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/dementia-hub/tab/caregiver-resources/#ch-tab-navigation

- Mindfulness-Based Dementia Caring
Mindfulness-Based Dementia Caring is an eight-week program for family care partners of people with dementia. Care partners learn the practice of mindfulness and how it can help them cope with the challenges and stresses of dementia care. The program includes interactive mindful care practices, gentle yoga, lectures, group sharing and at-home assignments.
For program details, including dates and times, please contact Angela Lunde at lunde.angela@mayo.edu or call 507-538-4048.

- Mayo Clinic Healthy Action to Benefit Independence & Thinking (HABIT) https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/living-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci/tab/resource-5394/#ch-tab-navigation
Mayo Clinic’s HABIT Healthy Action to Benefit Independence & Thinking® is a 10 day program for individuals who have received the diagnosis of MCI and a partner to learn the best skills for maintaining independence in spite of memory problems, improving self-esteem, and coping with the emotions that arise for the person and their family with the uncertainty that comes with a diagnosis of MCI. The program focuses on adjustment to the diagnosis of MCI, adaptation to cognitive and functional limitations, brain wellness education, physical and cognitive exercise, and stress/emotional management.

Mild Cognitive Impairment Blog https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/living-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci/#ch-tab-navigation

Read more about Mayo Clinic's Dementia wellness and education programs https://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/alzheimers-disease-research-center/for-patients-families/dementia-wellness-education-programs#programs

@actionkw, do you live close to a Mayo Clinic location?

I need advice. My husband's car died recently and has been donated to charity. That leaves us with one 21 yr. old Toyota Camry that has seen much, much better days. I desperately want a new car that I can rely on, especially now that I'll be driving my husband everywhere he wants to go and to doctors' appointments for both of us. I'm not a car person, and I admit that I haven't maintained it as well as I should have. Honestly, I always depended on my husband to oversee the cars but he was as neglectful as I was. Now everything is changed with his Alzheimer's diagnosis and I have to do lots more and make more decisions. Everyone I talk to tells me I need a new car (I'm thinking about a one- or two-year old Toyota Corolla or a compact Subaru) but my husband hasn't accepted the fact that two doctors have told him to quit driving and I've told him the same thing. He's adamant about not getting a new car and I'm making no progress in convincing him. How do you talk to a person with Alzheimer's who is still lucid enough to have strong opinions? I'm told not to try to explain to him that he has this condition but to just let him remain in denial, but is that really the best approach? It would be so much easier for both of us if I could stop pretending (sort of pretending) that the elephant is not in the room? This is a devastating diagnosis, but doesn't the patient deserve the truth as much as a cancer patient would?

When I tell my husband he has dementia, he states, "That is what I've been told." I think he doesn't believe the diagnosis because he has no awareness this has happened to him. He didn't put up a fuss when I sold his boat, and our trailer is for sale (things I don't want to deal with).
When he had to stop driving I sold my older vehicle and am driving his truck, which I don't really like because it's actually a challenge for me to get in and out of due to the height of the seat in the cab.
In other words, perhaps you'd be happier if you chose a car that suits you. Some Subaru vehicles have excellent safety ratings.
Good luck to you, and hope you find someone you trust to help you get a safe car you enjoy.