Local Media

MSP Airport Boosts Dementia-Friendly Efforts to Help Travelers
Star Tribune
June 22, 2025

AARP Minnesota 2023 Andrus Award Recipient - Sara Barsel
AARP Minnesota
December, 2023

Airports Aren't Always 'Dementia Friendly.' A Minnesota Org is Working to Change That
Minnesota Public Radio - MinnesotaNow with Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov
September 5, 2023

Dementia Friendly Air Travel Is Greatly Improving! Video 
Fantastic Changes To Accommodate Dementia-Friendly Air Travel Blog
Fantastic Changes To Accommodate Dementia Friendly Air Travel Audio
Alzheimer's Speaks (Lori La Bey)
March 28, 2023

Start Seeing Sunflowers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
​Access Press
March 1, 2023

DFAWG member Carol Giuliani won a 2022  50 Over 50 award from  MN AARP and PollenMidwest.org for her work with Jan Dougherty on Certified Senior TravALZ Companions
Pollen Midwest
September 1, 2022

MSP Airport Opens the Travel Confidently MSP Education Center
Minneapolis Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission
May 23, 2022

Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Offers Aid to Travelers with Hidden Disabilities
Star Tribune
May 4, 2021

A More Accommodating Airport Experience
Red Wing Republican Eagle
December 9, 2020

MSP Airport, TSA Take Steps to Accommodate Travelers With Disabilities Thanks to Local Group (archived)
Rivertowns.net
December 5, 2020

Interview
Alzheimer's Speaks
November 19, 2020

Local Dementia Advocacy Group Recognized (archived)
Roseville City News
November 10, 2020

University of Minnesota survey may make airports more dementia friendly (archived)
KSTP News
September 9, 2019

Survey Seeks Stories About Traveling With Dementia
Eden Prairie News
July 23, 2019

The Dementia-Friendly Airports Working Group Launches Survey to Research How to Make Airports More Dementia-Friendly
Press Release
​July 8, 2019