by Max Wallack
Hailey Richman
Residents at the Lodge Lane Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility in Wilmington, DE, recently enjoyed an afternoon of doing puzzles with young people. The puzzles used were the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember, puzzles made specifically to meet the needs of those with dementia.
Max Wallack, PuzzlesToRemember
Hailey Richman, PuzzlesToRemember
Welcome Parker and Lilly! They did an awesome job introducing the Kid Caregivers Puzzle Time Program to the state of Colorado! They had a great time with the residents, and made such a difference in so many lives!
What a wonderful use of the Springbok PuzzlesToRemember!
If you know students who would like to volunteer, or if you know about a facility that would like PUZZLE TIME, please email kidcaregivers@gmail.com
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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:
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