I met up briefly with Paulette Michaud who invented and put together "Memory Works" for individuals in Early Stage Dementia. The program works with individuals to develop their brain stimulation for as long as possible, using numerous forms of exercises to do so - from general knowledge questions to picture and word references and spelling quizzes.
The program started after around 20 clients of the Alzheimer's Association, New York asked for activities to stimulate the part of the brain that was still working - so Paulette developed this!!
When observing, it was obvious that every client wanted to be there and it was if they wanted to "work hard" for 2 hours non-stop. I think this is such a good idea - for both intellectual and social reasons. The group get together weekly...
Great to observe and to get insight into another area - very different from an Arts Perspective, but still provides to this community in a very similar way..
