Join us as we collaborate with Summerland Library and DB Foundation for Health Research to host Summerland’s first Memory Cafe.
Memory Cafes welcome people with cognitive decline and dementia, their families, their caregivers, and community members who care.
SUMMERLAND MEMORY CAFÉ
SCHEDULE from 11:00 - 2:00
11:00 OPENING/LAND ACKN in the Library
11:15 IMPROV WITH KIM FROM INDIGENEYEZ in the Library
11:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS– Dr. Juanita Dawne Bacsu, TRU Research Chair on ADDRESSING THE STIGMA OF DEMENTIA. Q and A in the Library
12:00 – 2:00 MEMORY TESTING WITH NURSE Clinician Laurie Devolder – in the Library
12:00 – 1:00 FOOD SERVICE - soup served, outdoors in Library courtyard, Courtesy of Giant's Head Brewery
LIGHT BACKGROUND MUSIC in the courtyard with Tovie Green
THERAPY DOGS roaming about - all questions welcome regarding the St. John's Ambulance training
MEMORY BOXES display with handouts (door prize giveaways) many thanks to Steve from the Men's Shed
12:00 – 1:00 HEARTSPACE YOGA, MEDITATION, SOUND HEALING in library space
12:30 - 1:45 IN THE LIBRARY (the following activity choices)
Calligraphy with Ron Stacy
Art Therapy with Tovie Green
Music Therapy with harpist Deb Johnson)
12:30 – 1:45 AT THE MUSEUM
Cookies courtesy of the Bakehouse/True Grains Bakery and Summerland Sweets
Andre Sutherland Begin, the Man from Eldorado, recitation
Rollie the Cowboy Poet, recitation
TJ and Shirley from Hedley – a caregiver’s skit
Guided tours of the museum
1:45 IN THE LIBRARY - A SING-ALONG LED BY SHEENA ROSS OF ONE-SKY
CLOSING WORDS and FEEDBACK GATHERING