Health & Fitness
Memory Café’s Impact Individuals and Families by Measuring Smiles and Friendships
Today, Lori La Bey the host of Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio speaks with a panel of passionate professionals who truly understand the power of Memory Café’s and the impact they are having on families around the globe.
What you will Learn
- What is a Memory Café?
- Who Attends and Memory Café?
- Can anyone start a Memory Café?
- Are Memory Café’s in-person or virtual meetings?
- What do people do at a Memory Café?
- How often do you meet and for how long?
- What is the average size of you your café?
- Is there a cost to attend a Memory Café?
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Contact our Panelists
Beth Soltzberg - JF&CS Memory Café, and JF&CS Memory Café Percolator - in Waltham, MA
Email bsoltzberg@jfcsboston.org Phone 781-693-5628
Website www.jfcsboston.org/Percolator - Find free resources for starting and sustaining a memory café from the JF&CS Memory Café Percolator, including step-by-step toolkits, PSA videos, a guest artist directory, a leadership guide for cafe participants living with dementia, and much more! The Percolator PSA video shows a range of memory cafés in action. The PSA is in the following languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Angela Meyers Library Memory Project - in Wisconsin
A network of 21 public libraries that share in a rotation of offering 6 memory cafes per month. We’ve been offering memory cafes since 2015.
Website www.librarymemoryproject.org
Facebook @librarymemoryproject
Email ameyers@bridgeslibrarysystem.org
Phone 262-896-8245
Debra Sheets - Memory Café Victoria - In Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Website www.memorycafevictoria.org
Email dsheets@uvic.ca
Phone 236-562-0240
Karri Brower & April Grimaldi - Memory Lane Cafe - in Henderson, Nevada
Karri Email karri@livetoignite.com
Phone 702-670-1810
April Email April@Multigenmods.com
Phone 702-660-1140
FaceBook Memory Lane Cafe SNV
Alyss Amster - Connection Café - Dementia Spotlight Foundation - in Roswell, GA
Email alyss@dementiaspotlightfoundation.org
Website www.dementiaspotlightfoundation.org
Phone 678-332-1711
Emily Kearns & Jamie Samaque Nature Café - Dementia Friendly Baltimore County Dementia Friendly Coordinator
Baltimore County Department of Aging, Caregivers Program
611 Central Avenue, Towson, MD 21204
Phone 410-887-4751m
Email ekearns@baltimorecountymd.gov
Tami Hurst - Memory Cafe - with Olathe Public Library – in Olathe, KS
Email THurst@olathelibrary.org
Maria Skinner - Guest Artist with Ageless Grace Brain Health Fitness Educator & Trainer - Groton, MA
Email mariaskinnerdreams@gmail.com
Phone 978-314-2735
Websites www.mariaskinner.com www.agelessgrace.com
Additional Resources
Great Tik Tok Videos https://www.tiktok.com/@bewegen.is.leven?fbclid=IwAR1VExhufKXNU7kdNuvj1Y8rst6VrnwT27Sj29lNKECy-BK5QOEghRL4nXU
Memory Café Directory for 6 Countries
https://www.memorycafedirectory.com/
Dementia Mentors
https://www.dementiamentors.org
Dementia Action Alliance
https://daanow.org
Dementia Together
https://dementiatogether.org
Dementia Map
https://www.dementiamap.com/
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