Puzzles To Remember: March 2014

Puzzles To Remember

PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a youth led 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias through jigsaw puzzles, cognitive engagement, and social connection. Led by Executive Director Hailey Richman, Puzzles To Remember has distributed more than 236,000 puzzles valued at over $2 million to more than 5,000 memory care communities, nursing homes, veterans facilities, senior centers, and other organizations across all 50 states and 16 countries. Our programs have benefited more than one million people while diverting approximately 148 tons of puzzles from landfills through donation and reuse. Puzzles To Remember also promotes intergenerational connection through Puzzle Time, which brings young people together with individuals living with dementia for shared puzzle solving, conversation, and companionship. Our mission is to provide engaging and purposeful activities that promote connection, participation, and joy while enhancing the quality of life of those affected by dementia. Donate Puzzles If you have puzzles you would like to donate, please contact us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com. We will help identify a location where your puzzles can benefit individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Donation acknowledgment letters are available upon request.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Children in Mexico Read an Explanation of Alzheimer's Disease in Spanish!

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

How wonderful to be able to watch children in Mexico reading, in Spanish, and enjoying "Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? An Explanation of Alzheimer's Disease for Children!"

This is just what I had hoped for!

As of today, the book is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Norwegian, and Chinese. It is also being translated into Italian, Welsh, Hebrew, Tamil, and Sinhala.

I hope children everywhere can learn about dementia. I hope some of their fears will be put to rest, and they will gain some useful coping skills so they can continue to have loving relationships with their family members who have this disease.
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Max Wallack is a student at Boston University and a Research Intern in the Molecular Psychiatry and Aging Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine. His great grandmother, Gertrude, suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Max is the founder of PUZZLES TO REMEMBER. PTR is a project that provides puzzles to nursing homes and veterans institutions that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.

New Images for the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember

By Max Wallack

Puzzles to Remember

We now have two new images available in the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember. These are 36 very large sized piece puzzles with bright colors and memory provoking themes. These were developed specifically with the needs of dementia patients in mind.

These puzzles are calming and give dementia patients a sense of accomplishment. You can see all the images available here.

The two new images are:
The Sewing Box

Birds of a Feather

Max Wallack is a student at Boston University and a Research Intern in the Molecular Psychiatry and Aging Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at

Boston University School of Medicine. His great grandmother, Gertrude, suffered from

Alzheimer's disease. Max is the founder of PUZZLES TO REMEMBER. PTR is a project that provides puzzles to nursing homes and veterans institutions that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.