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• Our care consultant from the Alzheimer's Association acts as “Memory Navigator" to provide free 30-minute appointments to help you get connected with helpful memory loss resources. Learn more.

• Visit our Frame of Mind exhibit or view the virtual gallery. Learn about the featured artists!

• Our library/resource room provides a wide array of books about living well with memory loss and caregiving. View our titles.

• Maude's Garden, Washington's first public memory garden, offers a botanical oasis at the Memory Hub and hosts garden programs and art exhibits. Learn more.

This month we were thrilled to co-host the first ever Bridges Bistro. This pop-up event, based on the Restaurant of Mistaken Orders in Japan, is to our knowledge the first of its kind in the U.S. For this trial run, hosted at the Bistro at Murano Senior Living, we invited a group of neighbors and supporters to help us test it out and offer feedback. From all the smiles in the room, we’d say it was a rousing success! “It opened my eyes to how large and expanded family can be,” said one server, commenting on the welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. 

Organized by Murano Senior Living and the Memory Hub, Bridges Bistro aims to build dementia awareness while providing a meaningful volunteer opportunity for people with memory loss. We hope to be a bridge of connection between our neighbors with memory loss and dementia and the wider community. Stay tuned for the public launch of Bridges Bistro in the new year! 

This week, the Memory Hub Artist in Residence Dr. Julia Becke led a very special final performance of "Dancing Together" at the Frye Art Museum. Dancers from Elderwise, The Terraces at Skyline, and the Alzheimer’s Café at the Memory Hub who have been participating in this project throughout the quarter, came together for a shared seated dance experience inside the Frye Art Museum’s salon.  

Learn about all support, education, and engagement programs hosted at the Memory Hub, offered by the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center and our on-site collaborators:

Dementia Friends is changing the way people think, act, and talk about dementia. It’s energizing to see much-needed awareness continue to spread throughout the state.

In 2024, we saw increasing interest in improving awareness and understanding of dementia across WA state. Become a Dementia Friend by attending a free 60-minute information session! See below for current schedule:

• January 2025 Dementia Friends Information Sessions

• View the Dementia Friends WA webpage for additional listings of volunteer interest overviews and champion trainings.

Monthly Orientation for People Recently Diagnosed with Memory Loss - See the 2025 schedule!

Have you recently been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or dementia? Join us for this introductory class. Get your questions answered by an expert panel including peer mentors who share strategies for living well with memory loss, and a MBWC medical provider. Learn more.

Garden Discovery 2025 Kick-off

Fri. March 7, 2024, 10:30am - 12pm

Join us in Maude's Garden at the Memory Hub to see what's emerging this year! Learn what makes this public "memory garden" accessible to people living with memory loss and families and friends, and engage in a plant-inspired activity. Light refreshments provided. Offered in partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation and UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center and is made possible by support from Aegis Living Assisted Living and Memory Care communities.

Memory Navigator Consultation Services: At the Memory Hub, a care consultant from the Alzheimer's Association acts as “Memory Navigator" to provide free 30-minute appointments to help you get connected with helpful memory loss resources.

Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit

Photo: Runyon Colie

Dániel Somogyi. View of Königssee, 1878. Image courtesy, Frye Art Museum

Community Resources

• NEW Joyful Movement class for people with memory loss and their loved ones starts Tuesday January 21 at Rainier Beach Community Center in Seattle. This 8-week series is facilitated by a dance instructor and includes seated or standing opportunities to move to music. Learn more.

• Greenwood Senior Center in Seattle offers a special Caregiver Retreat from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Wednesday January 29. Come together for a day of reflection and rejuvenation. Learn more.

• Dementia Support Northwest continues to move forward with its new community space at Bellis Fair Mall in Bellingham, to offer a variety of respite and resources options to the dementia community. The space has now been named – Amy’s Place – and is set to open in 2025. Learn more.

• NEW Snowshoe Hike for people with memory loss and their families offered by Seattle Parks and Recreation near Snoqualmie Pass. Enjoy a 2-3 mile hike along Iron Horse Trail; gear and transportation provided. 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Wednesday February 5. To learn more email Tamara Keefe at tamara.keefe@seattle.gov.