Memory Cafés offer support

WINDHAM COUNTY- Senior Solutions now hosts Memory Cafés throughout the state.  A Memory Café is a welcoming place for caregivers and their loved ones who are challenged with forms of dementia or other cognitive disorders and debilitating conditions. Here folks may socialize, listen to music, play games, enjoy nutritious snacks, and connect.
Memory Café  locations include: Brattleboro, every fourth Monday of the month, 11 am to 1 pm, at the American Legion Post 5 on Linden Street; and Wilmington, every third Thursday of the month, 11 am to 1 pm, at the Old Firehouse on Beaver Street.
Memory Cafés are just one of the free services offered by Senior Solutions, a nonprofit organization that serves adult and family caregivers throughout Vermont.
Senior Solutions is now partnered with the Windham Aging Initiative, a visionary group of well-informed individuals and service organizations immersed in creating a bright future for older Vermonters and being a model in Vermont for what aging well can look like.
Today more than one in four residents of Windham County are 65 or older. That’s almost 11,000 people. By 2030, the census projection is that one in three will be 65 or older.
The poverty rate in Windham County is about 11%, which translates into more than 1,200 older Vermonters in Windham County living at or below the federal poverty level. And, sadly, we believe that by 2030, that number will increase substantially.
For more information on Windham Aging visit https://www.windhamaging.com.  For info on memory cafes contact Joann Erenhouse at (802) 885-2669 or email memorycafe@seniorsolutionsvt.org.