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Puzzles To Remember

PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a 501(c)3 organization that provides puzzles to nursing homes, veterans facilities, and other facilities that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients. Dr. Max Wallack founded Puzzles To Remember in 2008, and continues to act as an advisor and mentor. Hailey Richman is the Executive Director of PuzzlesToRemember. Since 2011, Hailey has been distributing puzzles to nursing facilities around the globe. Hailey is also the founder of KidCaregivers.com, where she provides advice for children dealing with dementia in their family members. Hailey has begun an international program called PuzzleTime which involves pairing youth members with people with Alzheimer's for an hour of shared jigsaw puzzle solving. Dr. Max Wallack serves as a mentor to the KidCaregivers program.

If you have puzzles that you would like to donate, please contact us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com and we will find a location near you where you can bring your puzzles. We can also provide you with a donation letter so that you can claim the value of your puzzles as a tax deduction.

To see a short video from WCVB Ch. 5 "BOSTON STRONG" about Max's efforts on behalf of Alzheimer's patients, click here.

To see a short video about Hailey's Puzzle Time Program, click here.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Alzheimer’s Patients Have Received Over 10,000 Puzzles

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By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

PuzzlesToRemember has now distributed over 10,000 puzzles to facilities that care for Alzheimer’s patients. These facilities are located in every state, as well as Canada and Mexico.

Activity Directors frequently contact PuzzlesToRemember, requesting puzzle contributions. They often cite the scarcity of much needed activities for their patients with moderate or severe Alzheimer’s disease.

Recently, many individuals have emailed offering to donate their own puzzles. Some have only a few puzzles to donate. Others have contributed several hundred puzzles. Every puzzle has the potential to help many seniors in nursing facilities. Usually it is possible to match up the difficulty of the puzzle with a nursing ward with residents of appropriate abilities. Everyone benefits.

Those donating puzzles are even able to claim their value as a tax deduction! Contact PuzzlesToRemember@gmail.com, and you will be given a location to which to bring your puzzles as well as a donation letter for tax purposes.


Max Wallack is a student at Boston University Academy. His great grandmother, Gertrude, suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Max is the founder of PUZZLES TO REMEMBER. PTR is a project that provides puzzles to nursing homes and veterans institutions that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.

Posted by Max Wallack at 4:01 PM

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PUZZLES TO REMEMBER was founded in 2008 by Max Wallack, in memory of his great-grandmother, Gertrude Finkelstein, who died of Alzheimer's disease in 2007.
Puzzles To Remember is registered in Massachusetts as a public charity. Contributions are welcome, and are tax deductible under sec. 501(c.)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For more information, write to us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com