As you may know, I am an Alzheimer's Advocate and have been sharing my young voice for many years! Hopefully this bill will be granted! This bill authorizes grants to increase support and training services for caregivers and families of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. Also the department of Human Services may award these grants to community organizations and health care and social service providers.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Puzzle Time Spreads to 4 States and 7 Countries
PuzzleTime is a program begun by PuzzlesToRemember and KidCaregivers. In addition to supplying a dementia facility with donated Springbok PuzzlesToRemember, teens are paired up with each facility. Usually monthly or bimonthly, these teens visit dementia facilities, bringing these puzzles with them. They spend a few hours at the facility, interacting with the residents and helping them do the puzzles. The students receive community service credits for their efforts.
Both the students and the residents find the experience to be very rewarding, and both groups always look forward to the next session. Below is a photo of a group of students showing up for PuzzleTime at Azalea Gardens, a dementia care facility in Tallahassee Florida.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Puzzle Time In Delaware
Residents at the Lodge Lane Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility in Wilmington, DE, recently enjoyed an afternoon of doing puzzles with young people. The puzzles used were the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember, puzzles made specifically to meet the needs of those with dementia.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Colorado Global Ambassadors
Welcome Parker and Lilly! They did an awesome job introducing the Kid Caregivers Puzzle Time Program to the state of Colorado! They had a great time with the residents, and made such a difference in so many lives!
What a wonderful use of the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember!
If you know students who would like to volunteer, or if you know about a facility that would like PUZZLE TIME, please email kidcaregivers@gmail.com
Monday, December 2, 2019
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Alzheimer's Stamp
Here is the good news. The Alzheimer's Semi Postal stamp has raised $1,000,000 dollars for Alzheimer's research! Alzheimer's disease is one of the top ten leading causes of death in the United States. It is such a challenging disease but a simple way to help is by purchasing and using the Alzheimer's stamp! If you would like to order it here is a link: https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/alzheimers-S_564204
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