ANNA Trust Foundation: Upcoming Dementia Care Webinars & Partnerships
Supporting Catholic sisters worldwide to age with dignity, health, and the care they deserve.
The ANNA Trust Foundation works alongside congregations worldwide, with a special focus on those in challenging circumstances, to promote a dignified and healthy aging journey for Catholic sisters. It values their lasting contribution to ministry and is committed to ensuring they receive the care and support needed for the years ahead.
Upcoming Webinars (Autumn 2025)
The Foundation is hosting a series of three webinars tailored to the spiritual, educational, and pastoral care communities. Two of these sessions have already taken place, with the final webinar still to come. Offered in English, Spanish, Italian, and French at 3PM (Rome time), the webinars are:
December 15 – Is Dementia Preventable?
This webinar provides some strategies to reduce the risk of developing dementia or at least mitigate its development.
During this webinar The Anna Trust Certificate Programme Cognitive Impairment Support Initiative - Changing Minds, Transforming Lives will be introduced and the criteria to apply will be outlined. The Anna Trust’s Certificate Program is designed to enhance the skills and care that is provided to your sisters.
Following on from the first of the three webinars the speakers will be Sr. Peter Lillian, O.Carm., BA, LNHA and Alfred Norwood, MBA, BS, Avila Institute Faculty. Moderator Sr. Siobhán O'Keeffe, S.S.H.J.M.
Registration link for the three webinars:
Here is the registration link https://forms.gle/Z9GUGn5e4i3tdbB79 and further information is available via the website www.annatrustfoundation.org
Training Programme (Coming in 2026)
The ANNA Trust will launch a Dementia Care Training Programme for Sisters in 2026. Further details will be announced later.
International Collaboration: Clinical Dementia Education
In collaboration with the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin and its associated UK neurology department, ANNA Trust is developing an International Dementia Certificate Course for Clinical Professionals aimed at global religious communities. This initiative is especially pertinent for sister doctors and other clinicians involved in dementia care.
Additional Initiatives
The Foundation recently launched a Cognitive Impairment Support Initiative, supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, in partnership with the Avila Institute for Gerontology. This program equips sisters worldwide to understand and care compassionately for those experiencing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease—grounded in a gospel-based, compassionate ethos.
About ANNA Trust
The ANNA Trust is a global nonprofit based in Rome dedicated to supporting the collective efforts of congregations globally, especially those in vulnerable contexts, to ensure a healthy, dignified aging process for all Catholic sisters and to help them provide the relevant long-term care needed.