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Thanks for subscribing to the Memory Hub Newsletter, your source of the latest news, events, and resources at our vibrant community center for people living with memory loss, their families, and all who support a dementia-friendly community. This dynamic space is operated by the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center, alongside partners the Frye Art Museum, the Alzheimer's Association, Elderwise, Full Life Care, and Kin On Health Care Center. | | Drop by to explore Memory Hub resources | | Drop in anytime between 9am - 4pm, Monday - Thursday. We are located at 1021 Columbia St. Seattle. | |  | Limited valet parking provided around the corner at Murano Senior Living, with validation at our front desk. | | |
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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.
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Our library/resource room provides a wide array of books about living well with memory loss and caregiving. View our titles.
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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.
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Spotlight on Memory Hub Front Desk Volunteers:
Lynn Black and Barbara Cobb
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BARBARA COBB
Barbara found the Memory Hub when she brought a friend to a Memory Navigator appointment, offered by the Alzheimer’s Association. “Walking in was so comforting,” she said. Barbara has experience in mental health care for children and families; now, volunteering at the Memory Hub has interested her in the world of dementia and caregiving. She is especially enjoying her Monday shifts when the Chinese Healthy Aging program with Kin On meets for tai chi and karaoke. “It’s been eye opening to be exposed to a different language and culture on a weekly basis. The participants are teaching me Chinese words. It is wonderful,” she says.
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LYNN BLACK
Volunteering at the Memory Hub brings Lynn a sense of purpose and connection to a supportive community. “Having lost my husband to dementia, I understand firsthand the challenges and heartbreak this disease brings,” says Lynn. “It warms my heart to be able to offer support and a helping hand to others navigating similar journeys, both those living with dementia and their devoted caregivers.” She gets to share her ukulele playing, which brings smiles and a bit of music to everyone.
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Become a Front Desk Volunteer!
Do you enjoy hospitality and connecting with people? Would you like to be part of building a welcoming, engaging space for people with memory loss and their families? The Memory Hub is looking for a few people with interest in becoming a Front Desk Volunteer. We have a current need for a volunteer on Wednesday morning each week and ongoing needs to cover any shift vacancies due to planned and unplanned absences during our open hours as well as for special events and programs. Consider joining the team of Front Desk Volunteers and help building a dementia-friendly community at The Memory Hub.
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Thank you to the team of the Cathedral Garden at St. James for hosting a gardening day for our community. Our small group from the Memory Hub got a tour of the spacious garden, which is in its 7th planting season and grows food for neighbors in need. We then got to work thinning turnip seedlings and pulling weeds from beds. We look forward to seeing how the garden looks at our next visit on May 27, 2:30 - 4pm:
Join the Memory Hub and O’Dea High School students for an afternoon of volunteer service in the Cathedral Garden at St. James, which provides food for neighbors in need.
Meet at: the Memory Hub flyer
| | | | In April, visitors found a wreath of fresh rosemary in the Memory Hub atrium and an invitation to choose a dried botanical to add to the wreath. The beautiful result is a community creation. “I was having a really busy day, but suddenly the scent of rosemary wafting though the room made me pause,” said Janet Salsbury of Elderwise. “The act of adding botanicals brought me into the moment. I felt a sense of calm and mindfulness.” Genevieve Wanucha, Maude’s Garden lead at the Memory Hub, who made the wreath’s rosemary base, hopes that this herbal community creation is the first of many more at the Memory Hub! | | Statewide Impact & Professional Development | | New Request for Applications: Cognition in Primary Care & Project ECHO Dementia Grants to Health Centers | | Cognition in Primary Care and Project ECHO Dementia at UW Medicine have partnered with the shared goals of improving primary care in Washington State for people living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment by offering grants to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Rural Health Centers (RHCs), and other similar clinic systems for their involvement in one or both programs. View the new Request for Applications: https://depts.washington.edu/mbwc/resources/echo-dementia-grant | | Support, Education, and Engagement | | 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: | | Upcoming Events & Workshops | |
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'Dancing Together' Seated Movement Class
Wednesdays, 1-2pm: May 7, May 21, June 4, June 18
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You & Me
Tuesdays, 12pm - 1pm
May 6
An opportunity for individuals living with dementia to build meaningful connection across generations. Once a month, join the Memory Hub and students from O’Dea High School for an hour of facilitated conversation and fun activities.
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Gardening Group
Join the Memory Hub and O’Dea High School students for an afternoon of service in the Cathedral Garden at St. James, which provides food for neighbors in need.
Tuesday, May 27, 2:30 - 4pm
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Books & Beats: Book Group for Caregivers, Music Groups for People Living with Memory Loss
Offered monthly on the 3rd Wednesdays
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Spring Open Mic & Karaoke Night
Thursday, May 22, 4 - 5:30 pm
Join others with memory loss and their families, as well as a group of local high school and college students, for a warm and welcoming open mic experience at the Memory Hub.
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A Listening Circle for Music and Conversation
Tuesdays, June 3, 10, 17, 24 at 10:30 - 11:30 am.
Each week, explore short musical clips based on a theme, to reflect, imagine, and share what the music brings to mind. Led by Sarah McKiddy, violinist and PhD student, UW School of Nursing. A free program for people living with memory loss and their families. Attend as many sessions as you like.
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We want to hear from you!
This month we have been collecting ideas for what programs or events are a priority for the Memory Hub community this year. Brain health talks or dance classes? Support groups or caregiver education? Art workshops or community service programs?
Please take a moment to add your vote, by filling out this quick survey. Thank you!
| | 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. | | |
We are spotlighting a few of our wonderful volunteers across the state. These dedicated individuals are making a difference in communities across the state by spreading awareness about dementia:
| | Memory Hub Collaborator Offerings & Announcements | | The Memory Hub is operated by the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center. Our partners include the Frye Art Museum, the Alzheimer's Association, Elderwise, Full Life Care, and Kin On Health Care Center. See below for current offerings and announcements! | | | | | Do you resonate with the Elderwise artistic Spirit-Centered Care® approach? We currently have jobs and volunteer opportunities in our adult day programs in Seattle and Bellevue. Please see our our website for more information or contact info@elderwise.org to discuss opportunities and a visit to our programs. | |
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Caregiver Support Group
Build a support system with people who understand. Alzheimer's Association® support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, are a safe place for care partners to: develop a support system, exchange practical information on challenges and possible solutions, talk through issues and ways of coping, share feelings, needs, and concerns, and learn about community resources.
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Caregiver Resource Summit, hosted by the Alzheimer's Association®
June 20, 2025, 10 am - 4 pm at Emerald Downs 2300 Ron Crockett Dr. Auburn, WA
The summit is a health fair-style event with a flexible schedule, allowing attendees to explore and connect at their own pace. A few presentations throughout the day will provide focused opportunities to learn about key caregiving topics.
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Kin On Health Care Center
Kin On is offering Community Health Days 社區健康日
Basic health screens at Seattle Community Center | 4416 S. Brandon St. Seattle 98118 on 4/29, 5/12, 5/20, 5/27, 6/10 at 10 am - 3pm. Learn more: healthyliving@kinon.org | 206.556.2237
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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.
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Shared Outdoor Adventures for Resilience Program (S.O.A.R)
With the S.O.A.R. (Shared Outdoor Adventures for Resilience) Program, reinforce your strengths and connect with others through monthly small group hikes and other outdoor adventures in the Seattle area, through June 2025. S.O.A.R is for people diagnosed with Alzheimer's or another dementia before age 65, with a family member or friend. Learn more | April 17, 2025: Meadowdale Beach Park
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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.
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Garden Discovery Program - Spring 2025
Connect with nature and engage in nature-based projects at Maude's Garden with others living with memory loss and friends and family.
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The Frye Art Museum is proud to offer the Alzheimer's Cafe every 2nd Tuesday at the Memory Hub!
Upcoming Alzheimer's Cafe:
Tuesday, April 8
2:30 - 4 pm
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| | | | Expanded dementia-friendly programming at the Frye Art Museum! | Explore the updated Creative Aging at the Frye webpage. Creative Aging offerings have grown, with the addition of new programming designed to inspire creativity and connection for all aging adults. Programs labeled Dementia-Friendly are thoughtfully designed for adults living with dementia and their care partners, emphasizing present-moment awareness and new possibilities for creative expression and engagement. | | |
Meet Me at the Movies
May 14, 11am-Noon
Location: Frye Museum Auditorium
The event features film clips and inspired conversation on the theme animals and pets, featuring legendary animals like Toto from Wizard of Oz.
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Art in the Moment
June 12, 1 - 2:15pm
Location: Frye Museum Galleries
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Mindfulness Meditation at the Frye Art Museum
The Frye offers free, thirty-minute drop-in sessions of Mindfulness Meditation on the first and third Wednesday of the month, 12:30 - 1pm. Sessions on the first Wednesday of the month are guided by Kristoffer Rhoads, PhD. Registration is not required. Learn more.
Prefer not to practice in person? Previous recorded sessions are available on the Frye YouTube channel.
| | Thank you to Lalipat Phianhasin, graphic illustrator, PhD in Nursing Science student, UW de Tornyay Center, for creating this illustration of Maude's Garden during March in early spring. She also illustrated (below) the sensory garden activity led by Maddy McKee, an accelerated bachelor's student at UW School of Nursing, who was awarded a Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship to study therapeutic gardens for people living with dementia and their care partners. Maddy will take what we learned from this pilot study and create further accessible, low-cost garden engagement strategies. | | by Lalipat Phianhasin, graphic illustrator, PhD in Nursing Science student, UW de Tornyay Center | | Open House for Amy’s Place runs 11 am – 2 pm on Saturday, May 17. Check out this new dementia-friendly community center at Bellis Fair Mall, Bellingham! Learn more. | | NEW Artful Moments program at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, offers dementia-friendly, self-guided museum visits from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday May 20 and continuing every 3rd Tuesday. Learn more | | NEW Aging Creatively art workshops for people with memory loss and care partners at Fort Forden, Port Townsend. 1-2 p.m. on Tuesday May 6 and Tuesday May 27, and other first and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Learn more | | Art in the Park exhibit at the Seattle Japanese Garden features artwork created by people with memory loss in a program organized by Seattle Parks and Recreation and Elderwise. View the exhibit 12-7 p.m. from May 1 to June 29. Learn more | | | | |
