Central Florida Dementia-friendly Dining welcomes A Land Remembered the first signature steakhouse restaurant to feature fine dining service to families and loved ones with dementia!
ORLANDO, FL (October 28, 2024) — Dementia-friendly Dining restaurants in Central Florida welcomes Rosen Shingle Creek’s A Land Remembered as the first restaurant to feature fine dining service to families and loved ones with dementia. Dementia-friendly Dining restaurants are food service establishments that provide friendly, safe, and enjoyable places where families and friends may bring their loved ones who are living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Dementia-friendly Dining is now providing access to many who suffer from isolation and the effects dementia has on families.
Co-Founders Dennis Dulniak and Toni Gitles are thrilled to have the signature steakhouse A Land Remembered as the first fine dining option and expand the number of community restaurants offering Dementia-friendly Dining. Dan Giordano, General Manager of Rosen Shingle Creek said “From the moment that I was introduced to the dementia-friendly dining initiative, I had an innate sense that this effort was a perfect correlation with our company’s core principles and mission. All of us at Rosen Hotels & Resorts look forward to making a difference in the lives of not only those afflicted with dementia, but the ever so important caregivers as well. I remain excited about the prospect of expanding our reach and anxiously await the opportunity to introduce our property to these organizations’ participants.” Dulniak responded, “There is a definite need to provide accommodations among our unique populations with dementia for creating quality life experiences and fond memories, and A Land Remembered private dining room provides an exceptional opportunity for families to celebrate in style! A Land Remembered – Fine Dementia-friendly Dining
Toni and I recently dined here and were most impressed with the high quality of food, attention, warmth, friendliness and good cheer – synonymous with Rosen’s hospitality!” He credits caregiving for his wife Nancy who passed away from Early Onset Alzheimer’s in January 2021 as his motivation to now help other families facing dementia. Among his passions are the Nana’s Books Foundation that he and his sons created in Nancy’s honor that sends books on Alzheimer’s, dementia and other disabilities to public libraries and students in Title I schools. In three years, the Foundation has delivered 12,762 books to 16 Title I schools and neighboring public libraries among eight states, including OCPS Academic Center for Excellence. www.NanasBooks.org.
A Land Remembered offers their Fine Dementia-friendly Dining every 1st and 3rd Sundays from 2 – 4 p.m. by reservation only at 407-996-8588 or 407-996-9770. They join the other restaurants that include: Hollerbach’s (205 E 1st St in Sanford) every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 – 5 p.m. Oviedo’s The Townhouse Restaurant (139 N Central Avenue) every Wednesday from 2 – 5 p.m., Seminole BBQ (640 S County Rd 419 in Chuluota) every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2 – 5 p.m., Perkins – Winter Springs (701 E. SR 434) Tuesday from 2 – 5 p.m., and Pepe’s Cantina – Oviedo (3100 Alafaya Trail in Oviedo) every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 2 – 4 p.m. The public and community are encouraged to support these establishments and the Nana’s Books Foundation throughout the year. All restaurants will also continue to offer their standard days and times. Additional information is available online at www.centralfloridadementia-friendlydining.com. Do you know or own a neighborhood restaurant with a back room or side area that may be a good prospect or are you willing to volunteer in promoting Dementia-friendly Dining? If so, email cfldfd01@gmail.com.
