{"id":6192,"date":"2023-11-12T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/125\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:15:10","slug":"virtual-jfcs-memory-cafe-on-friday-december-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/bostonnw\/massachusetts\/blog\/virtual-jfcs-memory-cafe-on-friday-december-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual JF&amp;CS Memory Cafe on Friday, December 1st!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"JF&amp;CS Memory Caf\u00e9 PSA\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BD0cChTnRTc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Join us for our next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfcsboston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish Family &amp; Children Service<\/a> Memory Caf\u00e9 <strong>o<\/strong><b>n<\/b><b> Friday, <\/b><b>December 1st,<\/b><b> from 10:00 a.m. to noon<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Led by <strong>Maria Skinner<\/strong>, Ageless Grace Brain Health Fitness Educator &amp; Trainer.<\/p>\n<p>Come experience <strong>Ageless Grace Brain Health Fitness<\/strong>. This program is based on play and neuroplasticity \u2013 the ability of our brains to develop throughout our lifetime. Using great music, we will explore different ways to keep our body and brain agile and thriving! This is a chair-based program. Make sure you have a stable chair to play on!<\/p>\n<h2>Interested in Joining?<\/h2>\n<p>Please RSVP to <a href=\"mailto:bsoltzberg@jfcsboston.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bsoltzberg@jfcsboston.org<\/a> by noon on November 2nd to receive the zoom link.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full invitation here; <a href=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2023\/11\/JFCS-Memory-Cafe-invitation-12-1-23-virtual.pdf\">JF&amp;CS Memory Cafe invitation, 12-1-23 virtual<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note that we will meet monthly on Zoom through the autumn and winter.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m_-4637910096174398089Default\">Recorded JF&amp;CS Memory Caf\u00e9<\/h2>\n<p class=\"m_-4637910096174398089Default\">Visit the JF&amp;CS Memory Caf\u00e9 YouTube playlist to see facilitated activities from some of our previous virtual JF&amp;CS Memory Caf\u00e9 gatherings. We record the facilitated portion of some virtual JF&amp;CS Memory Caf\u00e9 gatherings so that our guests and others can enjoy them later. At our May 6 caf\u00e9 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&amp;CS Memory Caf\u00e9 video playlist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLHJOmSrZ9zxTQuGLGz85ueiI544t_b9ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, and feel free to share it.<\/p>\n<h2>Want to Join Another Memory Cafe?<\/h2>\n<p>Many Massachusetts memory caf\u00e9s now offer virtual programs, some are meeting outdoors, and some are gearing up to resume indoor meetings. You can find our directory here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfcsboston.org\/MemoryCafeDirectory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.jfcsboston.org\/MemoryCafeDirectory<\/a> (Look for the blue sidebar listing virtual caf\u00e9s, on the right side of the page), it&#8217;s continuously updated. There is also a national virtual caf\u00e9 directory here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorycafedirectory.com\/cafe-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.memorycafedirectory.com\/cafe-connect\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here is a one-minute video in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BD0cChTnRTc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DBD0cChTnRTc%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675963523377000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1QHOwYLFKPlnUByQZjYhDT\">English<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OVkvHy4NuGg&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DOVkvHy4NuGg%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675963523377000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0W6AN2-01P07kooAyQHa4v\">Portuguese<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aLB01i2B8A8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DaLB01i2B8A8%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675963523377000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FyRDmjJ0gR0jRo7M_VaR4\">Spanish<\/a>\u00a0that shows memory caf\u00e9s in action, including virtual and in-person caf\u00e9s. Please share this with anyone who would like to know what a memory caf\u00e9 is all about!<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Assisting Hands of Boston Northwest &#8211; A Proud Sponsor of JF&amp;CS Memory Cafes<\/h2>\n<p>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&#8217;s Service put together to help those who are affected by dementia.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/massachusetts\/bostonnw\/services\/alzheimers-and-dementia-care\/\">dementia<\/a>, we can help! <a href=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/massachusetts\/bostonnw\/contact-us\/\">Reach out to us<\/a> to find out what we can do and to get started!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish Family &amp; Children Service is holding another Memory Caf\u00e9! Join us as Maria Skinner leads Ageless Grace, a music, movement and brain health program on Friday, December 1st!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":6194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[318,304,230,228,308],"class_list":["post-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jfcs-memory-cafe","tag-art","tag-dance","tag-dementia","tag-events","tag-senior-activities","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6197,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions\/6197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}