Puzzles To Remember: Puzzle Time

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.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Puzzle Time

Max Wallack
Hailey Richman

We now have a new program called Puzzle Time. Young people and seniors in nursing facilities are brought together and spend time solving puzzles. We are supplying the puzzles for this program, and crediting community service hours to students and girl scouts who participate. Numerous high schools have already signed up to participate. Hailey is working on a video to train the students on how best to go about their interactions with the nursing home residents.

Last week, we brought Springbok Alzheimer's puzzles to a memory care facility. The participating residents had a wonderful time solving the puzzles. We had a lot of conversations about the themes, which ranged from birds to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

We want to thank Springbok Puzzles, once again, for their continuing support of our efforts to provide therapeutic puzzles for those with various levels of dementia.