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Puzzles To Remember

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.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

45 Assisted Living Facilities Supplied with Puzzles This Week

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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.

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

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Request for Puzzles from New Zealand

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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.

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


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Puzzles Delivered to Castle Senior Living

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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!


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

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Puzzles Warehouse Donates Puzzles for Those with Dementia

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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!


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

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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