September 2025 Newsletter | | | |
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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The new Frame of Mind Exhibit showcases a wide variety of artworks created by people living with memory loss. 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 chance to relax and connect with nature in an accessible green space that engages the senses. Learn more.
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View our calendar and sign up for additional programs and events - including free public tours the first Thursday of each month.
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Tonya Clegg (Harborview Volunteer Services Manager)
Tonya Clegg is the Volunteer Services Manager at Harborview Medical Center. She oversees a small department with a big job: coordinating all volunteer opportunities at the hospital, a comprehensive medical care and surgical facility and Designated Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center.
Volunteers support Harborview in various ways, including visiting and assisting patients, staffing the information desks, and caring for the hospital’s public art collection. Beyond the busy clinical space, Tonya helps secure volunteers to assist at the Memory Hub, a dementia-friendly community center operated by the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center.
"Volunteers elevate the patient experience and care," says Tonya. "They make it that much better. That's invaluable to us, and it's invaluable to our community.”
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Special Event! Collaborating for a Dementia-Friendly Washington 2025.
Are you interested in making your community more dementia-friendly? Join us 10 a.m. - 4:30 pm on Monday, October 27 at Tukwila Community Center. Learn from local and national speakers and discover strategies and models you can bring to your own community.
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All About Medicare
Alzheimer's Association Pro-Speaker Series at the Memory Hub, presented in conjunction with SHIBA.
Wed. Sept 24, 2 pm - 4pm
All caregivers are welcome to attend for free, but space is limited, so sign up now! Flyer
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Advanced Legal Planning
Unsure about navigating advanced legal planning? Join us for a free presentation covering the next steps!
Flyer - Sept. 15 | Flyer - Nov. 3
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Ignite Aging 2025: Creative Arts & Healthy Aging
A UW School of Nursing de Tornyay Center event featuring speakers from the Memory Hub community!
Thursday, September 25, 9 am – noon
The UW Center for Urban Horticulture
Mark your calendars for the UW School of Nursing de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s 9th annual Ignite Aging symposium! This year’s event will highlight the connection between creativity and healthy aging. In addition to our usual lightning-quick talks, each talk will be followed by an interactive activity. Join us to learn how mindfulness, music, garden activities, and more can enhance our lives and health as we age. The event is free and open to the public.
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Maude's Garden at the Memory Hub Wins a National Award
Maude’s Garden at the Memory Hub has been awarded the 2025 Therapeutic Garden Design Award from the American Horticultural Therapy Association, three and a half years since opening. A project of the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center, this welcoming green space promotes sensory exploration, social connection, and emotional well-being for people living with memory loss or dementia. Read article.
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Books & Beats
2:30- 4pm every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Each book is discussed for two months.
Caregivers will have a book discussion group led by Seattle Public Library. People with memory loss will have a music engagement program led by a certified music therapist. The last half hour we'll come together for social time and snacks!
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Fall Arts Reception: New Frame of Mind Exhibit
Thurs. Sept. 25, 2:30 - 4 pm
Join us to see what's new with art at the Memory Hub this Fall! Celebrate new artists this Fall - including the artists featured in our latest Frame of Mind exhibit, and musician and PhD Candidate from the UW School of Nursing de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging, Sarah McKiddy and learn about her community music-making project!
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Memory Navigator Consultation Services
Looking for information or support for the memory loss journey? At the Memory Hub, a care consultant from Kin On Health Care Center acts as “Memory Navigator." They provide free 30-minute appointments in Chinese or English on Monday afternoons. Get support with memory loss or caregiving topics, including information and referrals to community resources. Discuss what you're looking for, and discover what may be available in your area to help you thrive.
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'Dancing Together' Seated Movement Class
Wednesdays, 1 - 2pm
Come together to move to music, exploring various dance styles and having fun with familiar songs! It is also appropriate for people with limited mobility. No dance experience necessary
Schedule: Summer 2025 | Fall 2025
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Garden Care Work Parties (2nd Monday of Every Month 1:30 - 3 pm)
Join us to volunteer in Maude's garden care. All are welcome, with a special invitation to persons with memory loss and their families. If you need physical or cognitive support in order to participate, please bring a care partner with you. Flyer
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Garden Discovery Program - Fall 2025
Connect with nature and engage in nature-based projects at Maude's Garden with others living with memory loss and friends and family. Flyer
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Shared Outdoor Adventures for Resilience Program (S.O.A.R) 2025-2026
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.
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Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit | |
The Alzheimer's Cafe
Every 2nd Tuesday at the Memory Hub!
Join the Frye Art Museum and the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center for an uplifting time of social connection! A unique opportunity for people living with dementia, their care partners, family, and friends to enjoy companionship, artwork discussions, live music, snacks, and fun in a relaxed environment.
Upcoming:
Tues. Sept. 9
2:30 - 4 pm
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Summer Outdoor Concert Series
4-6 p.m. Sept. 25
Enjoy music and food in Maude’s Garden at the Memory Hub! Offered in partnership with UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center and Seattle Public Library. Free, light refreshments included.
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Caregiver Support Groups & Education
Offered at the Memory Hub
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The Empowered Caregiver Series
An education program presented by the Alzheimer's Association at the Memory Hub
Thurs. Aug. 7, Aug. 14, Aug. 21, 3 - 4 pm
This education series teaches caregivers how to navigate the responsibilities of caring for someone living with dementia. Join for one or all sessions.
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Virtual FTD Caregiver Support Group
A virtual support group for people caring for a loved one with frontotemporal degeneration. Every second Wednesday of the month 5:30 pm PT - 7 pm PT, on Zoom. Starting Wednesday, August 13th
For more information and the Zoom link, contact facilitators Dennis Kelly at dwkellyjr@gmail.com or Pooja Thorali at thoralip@uw.edu.
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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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Dementia Support Group
A new Chinese-language resource at the Memory Hub, offered by our new on-site collaborator Kin On Health Care Center!
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Learn about all recurring programs hosted at the Memory Hub, offered by the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center and our on-site collaborators by clicking on the Support, Education, and Engagement menu item on the Memory Hub website. | | | | 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! | | |
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Dementia Friends Information Sessions
Dementia Friends are part of a dementia-friendly community. At our sessions we share information about dementia and brain health, tips for communicating with someone living with dementia, and ways to take action. Learn more and attend a Dementia Friends Information Session! The UW MBWC is proud to lead the Dementia Friends program in WA State on behalf of the Dementia Action Collaborative.
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Here:Now Art-making and Discussion Class (Fall 1)
Designed for adults living with dementia and their care partners to participate together, Here Now is a free arts engagement program that celebrates present-moment awareness and new possibilities for creative expression.
Enjoy conversation, art appreciation, and hands-on exploration of various art mediums in this six-week class taught by specially trained museum educators and teaching artists.
Location: Frye Museum Galleries
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Art in the Moment
Thursday, Sept. 25, 1 - 2:15 pm
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.
| | The Alzheimer’s Association invites you to join a team for their Walk to End Alzheimer’s, taking place in locations around Washington in September and October. Learn more. | | NEW weekly caregiver support group offered by HOPE Dementia Support in Vancouver, WA. Begins Friday September 5, and continues every Friday from 4-6 p.m. Hybrid group meets in person at White Oak Village or online by Zoom. Contact group leader Sandi Martin for link at 360-818-3322. | | Olympic Area in Aging offers a growing number of programs and resources for people with dementia and their families, in Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Pacific Counties. Check out their memory cafe, SHARE program for people recently diagnosed with dementia, and more, on their website. Learn more. | | Dementia Support Northwest offers their Fall Conference 2025 on Friday October 10 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Four Points hotel in Bellingham. Gain valuable knowledge on dementia care, connect with others, and explore practical strategies to support people with dementia. Learn more. | | | | |
