Upcoming Sessions
9 Nov – Sing-along with Aloha Coast Ukulele Group (mixed languages)
Let the vibrant melodies of Aloha Coast Ukulele Group brighten your day, then stay for lunch and joyful interactions with fellow friends of Memories Café.
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: Soup Restaurant @ Clementi Mall (3155 Commonwealth Ave W, #03-62, Singapore 129588)
Register online. Payment of $10/pax is to be made on event day. Lunch is provided.
16 Nov – Let’s Get Movin’ with Decadance Co (mixed languages)
Enjoy a fun and flexible movement session with Decadance Co, and afterwards, relax and socialise over lunch with fellow participants.
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: Reunion Social Space @ National Museum of Singapore (93 Stamford Road, Singapore 178897)
Register online. Payment of $10/pax is to be made on event day. Lunch is provided.
24 Nov – Music & Craft with The Artground (English)
This session is open to families of up to 5 pax, including grandchildren! Please note that it is on a Sunday.
The Artground is Singapore’s first multi-disciplinary arts centre dedicated to children from birth to 9 years old, a space where families come together to explore and experience the joy of the arts. Enjoy a music + movement session with Tania, together with Quin and Viva. Thereafter, create your own Memories Collage, and have meaningful conversations with facilitators of The Artground. Registrants will be contacted and asked to send 4-5 family photos to Memories Café staff, which will be printed.
Time*: 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: The Artground @ One Holland Village (7 Holland Village Way, #01-20, Singapore 275748)
Register online. Payment of $10/pax is to be made on event day. Materials and teabreak are provided.
*Arrive from 1.45pm to explore the arts space, perfect for the little ones to slide and hide.
30 Nov – Sing-along with Goldies Jukebox (Mandarin)
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: Bibik’s Place @ Kampung Siglap (55 Siglap Plain, Singapore 456035)
Register online. Payment of $10/pax is to be made on event day. Lunch is provided.
Memories Café is a programme for persons with dementia and their caregivers, conducted at external partner cafés and restaurants. The programme provides a normalised café setting for participants to interact through activities and conversations in a safe, supportive and conducive environment.
It offers a fresh change of environment to caregivers who may have long been attending support groups held in more formal settings such as dementia day care centres, while encouraging the interaction and bonding between the person with dementia and family members. Ultimately, it provides an avenue for persons with dementia and caregivers to have respite and enjoy themselves despite dementia.
The concept of Memories Café was originated from Dr Bere Miesen’s “Alzheimer’s Café” in 1997 in the Netherlands. Dr Miesen’s initiative aims to provide a normalised café setting for persons with dementia with the following objectives:
- To minimise the social stigma on persons living with dementia and to encourage social acceptance through the engagements in a café within a community setting.
- To provide an alternative platform for social interactions and respite to persons living with dementia and their caregivers, moving away from long-term care environment and their homes.
- With organised activities for persons living with dementia and their caregivers, Memories Café aims to improve their interaction and bonding with each other.
The Memories Café programme, modelled after the Alzheimer’s Café, was successfully piloted in early 2014. The responses garnered from the two pilot sessions were overwhelming, which spurred Dementia Singapore to include the programme as part of its regular programme for its beneficiaries. The programme remains very popular, and fully enrolled at almost every session.
What do we do?
This is a two-hour outing for Persons with Dementia and their caregivers. The first hour focuses on engagement activities such as sing-along, enjoying a music performance, drumming, puppet and drama activities led by community artists, volunteers and staff. The second hour is designed for social interaction among Persons with Dementia, caregivers and customers at the café accompanied with drinks and snacks.
Who should attend?
Persons with Dementia (mild to moderate stage) who enjoy performance activities. The Person with Dementia needs to be accompanied by a caregiver.
Cost
The Memories Café programme is charged at $10.00 per pax (inclusive of GST) per session, unless otherwise stated.
Enquiries
Dementia Helpline: 6377 0700
Email: [email protected]
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Refer to our Care Services booklet to have an overview of our services for caregivers, and persons with dementia.
