Puzzles To Remember: 2018

PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a 501(c)3 organization that provides puzzles to nursing homes, veterans facilities, and other facilities that care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients. Puzzles To Remember was founded in 2008 by Max Wallack, who recognized the calming effect of puzzles and many other benefits on people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Max graduated from Boston University, Summa Cum Laude, in 2015, and from Harvard Medical School in 2020.

Beginning in 2020, Hailey Richman is the Executive Director of PuzzlesToRemember. Since 2011, Hailey has been distributing puzzles to nursing facilities around the globe. Hailey also spends time doing the puzzles with nursing home residents. She always brightens their days. Hailey is also the founder of KidCaregivers.com, where she provides advice for children dealing with dementia in their family members. Hailey has begun a program called PuzzleTime which involves volunteer students going to nursing facilities and doing puzzles with their residents. Max serves as a mentor to the KidCaregivers program.

If you have puzzles that you would like to donate, please contact us at Puzzles2Remember@gmail.com and we will find a location near you where you can bring your puzzles. We can also provide you with a donation letter so that you can claim the value of your puzzles as a tax deduction.

To see a short video from WCVB Ch. 5 "BOSTON STRONG" about Max's efforts on behalf of Alzheimer's patients, click here.

To see a short video about Hailey's Puzzle Time Program, click here.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Springbok PuzzlesToRemember

by Hailey Richman
PuzzlesToRemember
KidCaregivers

A perfect gift for an Alzheimer's patient is a Springbok PuzzlesToRemember puzzle.

The themes are beautiful, and spark memories and conversation, the pieces are large, easy to grip and few in number, made with very high quality grade material. The ink used creates stunning colors and (like a diamond) no two puzzles are ever exactly alike. The puzzles will last for several years.

The Springbok Puzzle company donates to Alzheimer's research with every purchase of their Alzheimer's puzzles! With Christmas and New Year's on their way, please consider a lovely gift and a beautiful pastime, solving Springbok's PuzzlesToRemember Puzzles with someone special!

Monday, December 10, 2018

Ceaco Puzzles Makes Large Puzzle Donation

by Max Wallack
PuzzlesToRemember

A big thank you to Ceaco Puzzles of Newton MA. Today, they donated 274 puzzles to PuzzlesToRemember.

Ceaco has donated puzzles yearly since 2008!

These puzzles will be distributed to senior living and assisted living facilities, as well as Alzheimer's units at various nursing homes.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Puzzle Time Program Growing and Expanding

by
Max Wallack
Hailey Richman

We are so pleased to share that the Puzzle Time Program is growing.

In addition to New York, our United States chapters are in: Oregon, Florida, and California.
International chapters include: Russia, China, South Africa, Greece, Spain, Israel, India, Brazil and Japan.

Please let us know if you would like to set up a Puzzle Time Program in your city by contacting
Hailey at: puzzletimeprogram@gmail.com.

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Today's Puzzle Time in New York City

by
Max Wallack
Hailey Richman

Enjoy these photos from today's Puzzle Time at the 80th Street Residence in New York City.

The residents certainly seem to be enjoying themselves, while CBS News, Fox News, and ABC News were quite intrigued.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Puzzle Time

Max Wallack
Hailey Richman

We now have a new program called Puzzle Time. Young people and seniors in nursing facilities are brought together and spend time solving puzzles. We are supplying the puzzles for this program, and crediting community service hours to students and girl scouts who participate. Numerous high schools have already signed up to participate. Hailey is working on a video to train the students on how best to go about their interactions with the nursing home residents.

Last week, we brought Springbok Alzheimer's puzzles to a memory care facility. The participating residents had a wonderful time solving the puzzles. We had a lot of conversations about the themes, which ranged from birds to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

We want to thank Springbok Puzzles, once again, for their continuing support of our efforts to provide therapeutic puzzles for those with various levels of dementia.

Friday, September 7, 2018

Puzzle Time Program

by Hailey Richman
Associate Director PuzzlesToRemember
Founder KidCaregivers

Hi All,

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! I have been very busy traveling, and working on some projects.

I am very happy to share the launching of the PUZZLE TIME program with our partner organization PuzzlesToRemember ! We are currently working with 2 high schools in the NYC area. We are pairing up a high school student with a senior afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease for an hour of puzzle-solving. The high school students will receive community service credits (often a requirement for graduation). The benefits of puzzle-solving have been studied by many researchers.

This program will bring lots of stimulation and happiness for both of the parties.

I am looking forward to training the high school students. I am hoping this program will grow.

My dream is for every state to have a PUZZLE TIME program. Please reach out to me if you would like to have a PUZZLE TIME program in a specific facility or if you are aware of a high school that would be interested.

Our contact information: kidcaregivers@gmail.com Hope to hear from you soon!

Monday, April 23, 2018

Hailey, Our Associate Director, is New York's 2018 State Honoree in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

Max Wallack
PuzzlesToRemember

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program is the United States’ largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service. This program recognizes and thanks young people who’ve made a difference and, through their charitable works, inspired others to consider how they might contribute to their communities.

Congratulations to our Associate Director, Hailey Richman, whose work with Puzzles To Remember & Kid Caregivers has earned her a place as a 2018 State Honoree.

Click here to learn more about Hailey's work: https://spirit.prudential.com/honoree/2018/ny/hailey-richman

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

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Vermont Christmas Company Donates Puzzles for Nursing Homes

Max Wallack
PuzzlesToRemember

We have received an assortment of wonderful puzzles, donated by the Vermont Christmas Company. Here is a photo of our Associate Director, Hailey Richman, unpacking and sorting the puzzles:

These puzzles will be brought to nursing facilities in New York City. Hailey will be leading a group of Girl Scouts, who will be distributing the puzzles and spending time doing them with the residents.

We thank Vermont Christmas Company for their generous donation.

Monday, February 5, 2018

Hailey Richman, PTR's Associate Director, is New York State's Top Middle School Award Winner in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

I am very proud of Hailey Richman, PuzzlesToRemember's Associate Director. Today, Hailey was informed that she is New York State's Middle School winner of the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program for her strong dedication to community service. In addition to all the things Hailey does on behalf of PuzzlesToRemember, Hailey also maintains her own organization, www.KidCaregivers.com, where she gives advice to young caregivers dealing with dementia in their family members.

Here is a copy of the congratulatory letter Hailey received today.

Hailey was invited to attend a prestigious award ceremony in Washington, D.C., in the Spring.

Congratulations, Hailey! Well done!

Sunday, January 14, 2018

45 Assisted Living Facilities Supplied with Puzzles This Week

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

This week, big boxes of puzzles were sent to 45 different Assisted Living Facilities in Maine and Rhode Island.

We hope these puzzles will provide many hours of peaceful activity.

Request for Puzzles from New Zealand

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

Today PuzzlesToRemember received a request for puzzles from a dementia facility in New Zealand. We will be sending them some of the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember.

I hope the residents enjoy the puzzles. When we receive photos of the puzzles being enjoyed in New Zealand, we will post them.

Puzzles Delivered to Castle Senior Living

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

Today Hailey and her friend delivered the puzzles donated by the Puzzle Warehouse, the "World's Largest Jigsaw Store," to Castle Senior living in Queens, New York.

Tomorrow, they will return to the facility and do the puzzles together with the residents there. What a wonderful thing to do on this day of public service!

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Puzzles Warehouse Donates Puzzles for Those with Dementia

By Max Wallack
Puzzles to Remember

Hailey and I would like to thank the Puzzles Warehouse very much for the large box of puzzles that was delivered to us yesterday.

The puzzles are perfect for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Hailey will be bringing 4 or more friends to memory care facilities, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. They will spend time solving the puzzles, and then give them to the facility to keep and reuse with their residents.

Your kindness and generosity will help to brighten the lives of people who are living daily with dementia. Here is a photo of Hailey and her friend opening up the box with delight!