A safe place to go and socialize with like-minded people. A relaxed, yet structured, setting with a program encompassing a little art and music, conversation, reading, light exercise and faith. That’s ...

'Memory cafes' are small social gatherings for individuals with dementia — and their caregivers, too. As public health funding shrinks, memory... Memory cafes offer camaraderie and fun for people with ...

Eighty-year old Jim Packer struggles with his memory and says even simple conversations can be challenging. “It’s like, I don’t know what’s going on with the person I’m talking to. I don’t remember ...

I felt pretty confident with the physical care and the safe space I was providing. The one missing piece was the social ...

Rob Kennedy mingled with about a dozen other people in a community space in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. The room, decorated with an under-the-sea theme, had a balloon arch decked out with streamers ...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Side by side on a sofa inside the National Comedy Center, Gail and Mario Cirasunda chuckled at a clip from the 1980s sitcom “Family Ties” that was playing on a TV screen. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Judy Long and Tom Long sing during a On a Positive Note Chorus performance at a memory cafe gathering on Dec. 13 at the Thompson ...

WILLMAR-As part of their homework for starting a memory cafe in Willmar, Kathy Thonvold and Renita Thonvold visited Arthur's Memory Cafe in Roseville earlier this year. The gathering of people with ...

Blues Skies Nursing, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, will host its next Memory Café on Monday, June 1 from 1 ...