While a variety of memory loss programs and initiatives thrive in urban areas like Seattle, people with memory loss and their families, and practitioners, in other parts of the state regularly ask, “what about us?” There has yet to be a place focused primarily on training related to dementia-friendly communities, spreading best programs and practices from Seattle around the state.
The Memory Hub is positioned to drive statewide impact, working in alignment with other broad efforts such as the Dementia Action Collaborative, a partnership implementing the Washington State Plan to Address Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias. We also closely partner with Momentia, a grassroots movement empowering people with memory loss and families to stay active and connected in the community. To inspire and equip other communities to offer strengths-based programs and dementia-friendly initiatives, we’ll offer trainings on program implementation, opportunities to observe programs, consulting and advice, and an annual symposium.
Programs for Professionals
The Memory and Brain Wellness Center Clinic's Project ECHO Dementia (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) program is a learning model in which front-line care providers from around WA State meet in a web-based virtual conference room with an interdisciplinary panel of experts in memory loss and dementia. A brief 15-minute didactic is followed by an hour of case-based learning where everyone at the table is both a teacher and a learner.
We are a group of people who organize, facilitate, or participate in dementia-friendly community efforts in Washington State. We meet online every other month for 75 minutes to inspire, equip and support expansion of dementia-friendly community efforts, learning from and sharing with each other around a common theme. Through September 2022, our focus is on dementia-friendly programs. These might be memory cafes, zoo walks, sing-alongs, arts programs, or any open-to-the-public, live or virtual social engagement, arts, fitness or volunteer programs designed for and with persons with dementia and their families.
The Artist in Residence program at the Memory Hub aims to enhance the lives of people with memory loss and their families through creative arts engagement, inspire local artists to explore the intersection between their craft and the lived experience of dementia, and promote dementia awareness among the general public. The program takes place annually in Fall quarter (September – December), with a slot for one Artist in Residence. The Artist in Residence can be a practitioner of any type of art form (visual arts, music, dance, theater, etc).
This program is currently on hold. Each month, the Alzheimer's Association will host a free in-person education program on a topic related to Alzheimer's and other dementias at the Memory Hub. Light refreshments will be provided at each education program. Hosted by the Memory and Brain Wellness Center. Each month, the Alzheimer's Association will host a free in-person education program on a topic related to Alzheimer's and other dementias at the Memory Hub. Light refreshments will be provided at each education program. Hosted by the Memory and Brain Wellness Center.
