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

1. What is a Memory Café?
2. Who Attends and Memory Café?
3. Can anyone start a Memory Café?
4. Are Memory Café’s in-person or virtual meetings?
5. What do people do at a Memory Café?
6. How often do you meet and for how long?
7. What is the average size of you your café?
8. 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     [email protected]           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  [email protected]

Phone  262-896-8245

 

Debra Sheets - Memory Café Victoria - In Victoria, British Columbia  Canada

Website www.memorycafevictoria.org

Email  [email protected]

Phone 236-562-0240

 

Karri Brower & April Grimaldi - Memory Lane Cafe - in Henderson, Nevada

Karri Email   [email protected]

Phone   702-670-1810

April Email    [email protected]

Phone    702-660-1140

FaceBook   Memory Lane Cafe SNV

 

Alyss Amster - Connection Café - Dementia Spotlight Foundation - in Roswell, GA              

Email [email protected]

Website   www.dementiaspotlightfoundation.org

Facebook 

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   [email protected]

 

Tami Hurst - Memory Cafe - with Olathe Public Library – in Olathe, KS

 Email    [email protected]

 

Maria Skinner - Guest Artist with Ageless Grace Brain Health Fitness Educator & Trainer - Groton, MA

Email   [email protected]

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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