Our Purpose: To enrich the quality of life for persons living
with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their care partners—
celebrating and inspiring innovative practices of care and sharing these
practices with the wider dementia care community.
The Awards: Up to five annual awards of $5,000 to individuals who have created meaningful opportunities in one of four categories of care to improve the quality of life for persons living with dementia and care partners. For full details, visit the Awards page and read the Awards FAQ.
Who May Apply: Individuals (including but not limited to health care professionals and care partners) located in the United States, who have created meaningful opportunities to improve the quality of life for persons living with dementia and care partners. Your program or innovation must have been active in 2026 or the year prior. Please note: you make a single application as either an Individual or Organization application, not for both.
Note: The term “care partner” refers to family members, friends, domestic partners, and neighbors who may be paid or unpaid.
Applications close on May 19, 2026 at 6pm PT. Want a reminder? Click here to subscribe to our email newsletter to receive a reminder before applications close.
Please Note:
The ‘character count’ in the application below includes letters, punctuation and spaces. If you are drafting your text outside of the application, there are a number of free character count tools you can use to assess your text length. Click here to visit a free character count website (this is a separate website that is not affiliated with Maude’s Awards).
The application cannot be saved mid-process. We suggest drafting your application responses in a word processor (like Word, Pages, or Google Docs) and then copy-pasting your final text into the application form below when you are ready to submit.
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