By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember
As of today, PuzzlesToRemember has distributed over 26,000 jigsaw puzzles to Alzheimer's Facilities, Adult Day Cares, and Memory Cafes.
These puzzles have been distributed to 2149 facilities around the world. They include facilities in every state, plus Canada, Aruba, Australia, Colombia, England, France, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, and South Africa.
I am happy that these include about 55 Memory Cafes. I am a huge advocate of Memory Cafes. I believe they are immensely helpful to both those with Alzheimer's disease and their care partners.
Here is a link to many memory cafes on the Third Age Services website:
http://tinyurl.com/kq9n6xg
"The ABC Summer of Service Awards, in collaboration with Disney Friends for Change, is an initiative that inspires kids and their families to make a lasting, positive change by helping people, communities, and the planet."
This will enable me to provide additional puzzles for memory cafes and Alzheimer's facilities. If you know of such a facility that would like to receive, at no cost, two of the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember, please email me at PuzzlesToRemember@gmail.com. •
Max Wallack is a student at Boston University and a Research Intern in the Molecular Psychiatry and Aging Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at
Boston University School of Medicine. 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.
He is also coauthor of "Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? An Explanation of Alzheimer's Disease for Children."
Max, I think you are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXTRAORDINARY!!! :)) I stumbled upon this while researching Computers for people with Alzheimer's; and you gave me the perfect interim gift for my aunt, who just told me yesterday how much she used to LOVE jigsaw puzzles! There are so many pictures of her Great Great nnieces and nephews she's never seen; so I am now goinnng to turn some of them into puzzles for her to keep her connected to their life journies! THANK YOU for being such an INSPIRATION to us all!!
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