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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, April 5, 2017

Books Provided to Edison Home Health, an Organization Working with Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers in New York State

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By Max Wallack  
Puzzles to Remember

Puzzles To Remember Has Donated Copies of a Book Written to Explain Alzheimer’s Disease to Children to Edison Home Health Care.

The book, “Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator, An Explanation of Alzheimer’s Disease for Children” was written by Max Wallack and Carolyn Given.

Edison Home Health Care is a fully insured, full-service, home care services agency, licensed with the New York City Department of Health. Edison is Joint Commission-accredited —widely recognized as the highest standard in healthcare accreditation. Edison is committed to providing quality care to the elderly and disabled all across New York State — from New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany.

With over 40% of its patients living with some form of Dementia, Edison Home Health Care proudly instructs its caregivers with special Alzheimer’s training with Teepa Snow’s positive approach to Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Edison stands side by side in the fight against Alzheimer’s.

Below are the links to 3 services provided by Edison Home Health:

Home Health Care - https://edisonhhc.com/
Free Medicaid Enrolment - http://www.hpsny.org/
Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Program (CDPAP) - http://cdpapny.org/

Max Wallack graduated from Boston University and worked as a Research Intern in the Molecular Psychiatry and Aging Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine. He is currently a student at Harvard Medical School. 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

Posted by Max Wallack at 6:58 PM

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PUZZLES TO REMEMBER was founded in 2008 by Max Wallack, in memory of his great-grandmother, Gertrude Finkelstein, who died of Alzheimer's disease in 2007.
Puzzles To Remember is registered in Massachusetts as a public charity. Contributions are welcome, and are tax deductible under sec. 501(c.)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For more information, write to us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com