The ultimate guide to starting and succeeding with an Alzheimer's or memory café, the most innovative project to support people living with dementia and their caregivers. A café meets once or twice a month for a break from the pressure of living with or caring for someone with dementia. It offers everyone a time and place for everyone to leave the disorder and share something positive. This book describes numerous different cafés, whose leaders share itheir experiences, ideas and suggestions.

What is an Alzheimer's Café?What it's not
History of the Alzheimer's Café
A Cafe in Every Community
Filling a Need
Fighting the Stigma
Living with Dementia
Memory Cafes for All
Purpose

Starting Your Own Café
Choosing Your Venue
Venue Search in Santa Fe
Choosing Day and Time
Association or Not
Formats and Programs
Leadership
Naming Our Cafés
Getting the Word Out

What Happens at the Café?
Comments from Café Leaders
Opening Day in Santa Fe

No Two Cafés Alike
Pasadena, CA
Seattle, WA
Marlborough, MA
Roswell, GA
Topsfield, MA
Warner Robins, GA
Knoxville, TN
Dover, NH
Fort Walton Beach and Destin, FL
Fox Valley, WI
Brooklyn, NY
Santa Fe, NM
Dementia Friendly Communities
Momentia, WA
Art Museums and Galleries
Opening Doors
Museum of Modern Art
Harlem, NY
Taos, NM
Albuquerque, NM

Music
Sing-alongs
Starter Songbook
Dancing - Movement
Word Games
Drama - Theater
Fun and Laughter

Creativity
Collages
Group Painting Project
Painted Tiles
Tiles How-to
Holidays and Celebrations
Poetry and Story Writing

Alzheimer's and Related Dementia
Warning Signs
Words Matter
Communication

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