đź“ą See what caregiver support looks like when a community chooses to invest in it.
Redefining What Caregiver Support Can Look Like
The dementia care system depends on family caregivers. It is not built to care for them.
When Veronica Shanklin’s mother and grandmother were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she learned a reality shared by millions of families: there is no roadmap for becoming a caregiver.
One day, you are a daughter, son, spouse, relative or friend.
The next, you are managing medications, coordinating appointments, navigating healthcare systems, responding to changing behaviors, making difficult care decisions and carrying the emotional weight of watching someone you love change.
You are expected to become an expert overnight—often without training, relief or a community that understands.
That is not a failure of caregivers.
It is a failure of the systems that depend on them.
We Are Building What Caregivers Have Been Missing
Dementia Care Warriors was founded by a family caregiver who knew that information alone was not enough.
Caregivers need:
We are not asking caregivers to become better at carrying an impossible load alone.
We are building a model in which they no longer have to.
Through education, respite assistance, support groups, community experiences, advocacy and practical resources, Dementia Care Warriors helps caregivers move from overwhelmed and isolated to informed, connected and better equipped for the journey ahead.
Why This Work Is Urgent
Family caregivers are the unpaid infrastructure of dementia care.
They coordinate care, manage households, sacrifice income, lose sleep and place their own physical and emotional health at risk to keep someone they love safe.
The consequences of inadequate support are real:
Caregivers do not need more recognition without action.
They need support that reaches them early, treats their well-being as essential and remains available throughout the caregiving journey.
Stand With a Caregiver
Your North Texas Giving Day gift helps fund what caregivers should have had all along: education before crisis, respite before burnout and community before isolation.
Help us build the support system caregivers deserve.
The mission of Dementia Care Warriors is to provide non-medical resources and support to caregivers caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or related dementia. We envision a future where every dementia family caregiver has access to the education, support, community, and resources they need to thrive.
We Have Proven the Work. Now We Must Build the Capacity Behind It.
For seven years, Dementia Care Warriors has supported caregivers through education, respite, resources and community—with a lean team and dedicated volunteers carrying much of the work.
That commitment helped us grow from a support group of five caregivers into an organization reaching hundreds of families across more than 137 North Texas ZIP codes. But demand has grown faster than our internal capacity.
Programs do not run on passion alone. They require people, systems and sustained funding.
We are currently seeking:
- Flexible operating support to strengthen the staffing and administrative capacity behind our caregiver programs.
- Fundraising and development expertise to help build a sustainable donor pipeline, strengthen grant development and improve donor cultivation and stewardship.
- Marketing and communications expertise to expand our reach, tell caregiver stories responsibly and connect more families and supporters to our work.
- Skilled volunteers and pro bono partners who can provide consistent, project-based support—not simply help at individual events.
- Systems and technology to strengthen caregiver data management, program evaluation, communications and impact reporting.
- Corporate and community connections that can open doors to funding, volunteers, venues and referral partnerships.
We have proven that caregivers need this work. The next step is building an organization with the capacity to deliver it consistently, sustainably and at the scale our community requires.
Your North Texas Giving Day gift does more than fund a single event. It helps build the team and infrastructure that ensure caregivers can continue to find support when they need it.
Organization name
Dementia Care Warriors
Tax id (EIN)
84-3664849
Causes
Health Care
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx
BIPOC Leadership
Both the Executive Director/CEO and Board Chair
Address
545 Rising Ridge Dr