Upcoming Sessions
Memories Party: Kampung Days (Eng/Chi)
Step back in time and relive the kampung spirit! Join us for a morning of food, fun, music and memories celebrating the warmth and community of Singapore's kampung days. Highlights include a sing-along, buffet lunch, polaroid photos and best-dressed awards. Come dressed in your favourite kampung-inspired outfit. No payment required and lunch is provided.
Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: SAFRA Choa Chu Kang
Cost: No payment required. Lunch is provided.
Let's Get Movin' with Decadance (Eng/Chi)
Enjoy a fun and flexible movement session with seated and standing options with Decadance Co, then relax and socialise over lunch with fellow friends.
Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: National Museum of Singapore (The Salon)
Cost: $10/pax. Payment is to be made on event day. Lunch is provided.
Sing-along with Michelle Poh (Mixed)
Enjoy an hour of popular tunes brought to you by singer-pianist Michelle Poh and her band, followed by lively conversations over a meal together.
Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: HarriAnns Nonya Table (Suntec City Mall)
Cost: $10/pax. Payment is to be made on event day. Lunch is provided.
Sing-along with Aloha Coast Ukulele (Mixed)
Embark on a musical journey through the ages with the Aloha Coast Ukulele Group, followed by a cosy meal shared among old and new friends at Memories Cafe.
Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: Temasek Shophouse (The Living Room)
Cost: $10/pax. Payment is to be made on event day. Lunch is provided.
Memories Café is a programme for persons with dementia and their caregivers, conducted at external partner cafés and restaurants. The programme provides a normalised café setting for participants to interact through activities and conversations in a safe, supportive and conducive environment.
It offers a fresh change of environment to caregivers who may have long been attending support groups held in more formal settings such as dementia day care centres, while encouraging the interaction and bonding between the person with dementia and family members. Ultimately, it provides an avenue for persons with dementia and caregivers to have respite and enjoy themselves despite dementia.
The concept of Memories Café was originated from Dr Bere Miesen's "Alzheimer's Café" in 1997 in the Netherlands. Dr Miesen's initiative aims to provide a normalised café setting for persons with dementia with the following objectives:
- To minimise the social stigma on persons living with dementia and to encourage social acceptance through the engagements in a café within a community setting.
- To provide an alternative platform for social interactions and respite to persons living with dementia and their caregivers, moving away from long-term care environment and their homes.
- With organised activities for persons living with dementia and their caregivers, Memories Café aims to improve their interaction and bonding with each other.
The Memories Café programme, modelled after the Alzheimer's Café, was successfully piloted in early 2014. The responses garnered from the two pilot sessions were overwhelming, which spurred Dementia Singapore to include the programme as part of its regular programme for its beneficiaries. The programme remains very popular, and fully enrolled at almost every session.
What do we do?
This is a two-hour outing for Persons with Dementia and their caregivers. The first hour focuses on engagement activities such as sing-along, enjoying a music performance, drumming, puppet and drama activities led by community artists, volunteers and staff. The second hour is designed for social interaction among Persons with Dementia, caregivers and customers at the café accompanied with drinks and snacks.
Who should attend?
Persons with Dementia (mild to moderate stage) who enjoy performance activities. The Person with Dementia needs to be accompanied by a caregiver.
Cost
The Memories Café programme is charged at $10.00 per pax (inclusive of GST) per session, unless otherwise stated.
Enquiries
Dementia Helpline: 6377 0700
Email: info@dementia.org.sg
Sponsored by
Memories Café is supported by Keppel.
Refer to our Care Services booklet to have an overview of our services for caregivers, and persons with dementia.