Books & Publications

Memory Joggers Volume 6 continues having fun with those familiar phrases we all know. It contributes to an ever-growing collection of free cognitive-building exercises. If you haven’t seen the five previous editions, visit the Memory Joggers Library to see them all, and download your free PDF. Here’s what you will find in Memory Joggers Volume [...]

Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents By Iris Waichler, MSW, LCSW Why I felt the Need to Write About My Experiences as a Caregiver My chosen career was medical social work/patient advocacy. I have done both for 40 years. My experience was primarily in hospitals, working with people who had [...]

Somebody Stole My Iron: A Family Memoir of Dementia By Vicki Tapia Caregiving 101 Other than professionals, how many of us set out in life to become caregivers? Whether caregiver to our partner or a parent(s), I doubt many of us strive toward that as a life goal. My parents had lived a long and [...]

Imagine You The Best Caregiver By Virginia Garberding RN I am a registered nurse, for what I like to refer to as “a significant number of years.” When I began my nursing career, my mentors were the retiring nurses from the Vietnam War. This I am sure impacted not only all of our care but [...]

Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter’s Caregiving Journal By Sue Anne W. Kirkham How It All began It was late October when my husband, Jack, and I showed up at my father and stepmother’s townhouse to walk their two dogs—a duty we’d taken on several months earlier, after they announced they no longer felt up to the [...]

Memory Cafe Directory is thrilled to offer a valuable resource for authors and caregivers. The “Guest Author” program shares unique perspectives from authors of books related to dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and caregiving. You could be our next Guest Author! There are many, many books available about dementia caregiving, so how does a caregiver know which [...]

First Volume Available! Science tells us recalling trivia or having our memories “jogged” reassembles fragments of recollections stored in multiple parts of the brain. Recalling a memory is like assembling the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. That sounds like the perfect Memory Cafe Activity! When our brains are done with that memory, we put it [...]

Books and Reading Programs for Older Adults Reviving Minds and Voices There are many dementia-related products on the market today; many of which are very appropriate for Memory Cafe participants. They range from medication organizers, to physical safety products and everything in between. In many cases, the benefits come to both those living with dementia along with [...]