You’re invited to the upcoming in-person Jewish Family & Children Service Memory Café! It will be held on the first Friday of the month, Friday, August 4, from 10 AM to noon. A welcoming place for individuals and families living with changes in their memory or thinking. Bring your coffee and enjoy conversations with new friends of all ages.
Dance and movement specialist Donna Newman-Bluestein will lead us in a movement that is accessible to everyone. Come, enjoy great music, gentle exercise, and light refreshments. No experience is necessary.
Interested in Joining?
If you want to attend this memory café, Please RSVP to [email protected] by noon on July 31.
Check out the full invitation: here!
Note that during the warm months, we plan to alternate meetings in person and on Zoom. Our next virtual gathering will be Friday, September 8th on Zoom! A summer schedule is attached here: JF&CS Memory Cafe Gatherings – Summer 2023:
Recorded JF&CS Memory Café
Visit the JF&CS Memory Café YouTube playlist to see facilitated activities from some of our previous virtual JF&CS Memory Café gatherings. We record the facilitated portion of some virtual JF&CS Memory Café gatherings so that our guests and others can enjoy them later. At our May 6 café gathering, we recorded an inspiring 12-minute talk by advocate Laurie Scherrer about living well with dementia. See this video and the whole virtual JF&CS Memory Café video playlist here, and feel free to share it.
Want to Join Another Memory Café?
Many Massachusetts memory cafés now offer virtual programs, some are meeting outdoors, and some are gearing up to resume indoor meetings. You can find our directory here: www.jfcsboston.org/MemoryCafeDirectory (Look for the blue sidebar listing virtual cafés, on the right side of the page), it’s continuously updated. There is also a national virtual café directory here: www.memorycafedirectory.com/cafe-connect/.
Here is a one-minute video in English, Portuguese, and Spanish that shows memory cafés in action, including virtual and in-person cafés. Please share this with anyone who would like to know what a memory café is all about!
Assisting Hands of Boston Northwest – A Proud Sponsor of JF&CS Memory Cafes
Assisting Hands Home Care of Boston Northwest is proud to be in our third year of supporting the great Memory Cafes that the Jewish Family and Children’s Service put together to help those who are affected by dementia.
Caring for an aging loved one can be extremely rewarding but it can also be difficult at times. If you need a little help with caring for a loved one with dementia, we can help! Reach out to us to find out what we can do and to get started!