Learn more about Shake It Up here! An and Tiffany, nursing students at the University of Pennsylvania, have created a program to get you up and moving. We recommend you have a chair if you need assistance with balance, and if you’d like the additional resistance, either dumbbells or water bottles, available while we build a sweat together! We’re open to all levels of mobility, and family/friend caregivers are welcome to join us too. Schedule: The class will be streamed live virtually every Monday at 12:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1 hour. You can join us at
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Learn more about Cognitive Comedy here! Cognitive Comedy is a free improv comedy workshop for people with cognitive impairment and their loved ones. Participants can get out of their own heads and experience “group mind” while learning the tenets of improv comedy. This free program is open to all members of the PMC community. Schedule: The class will be streamed virtually live every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1.5 hours. You can join us at any time but make sure to RSVP! Fall 2022 Session: September 20 – November 22 Registration Button: This class is
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Learn more about Shake It Up here! An and Tiffany, nursing students at the University of Pennsylvania, have created a program to get you up and moving. We recommend you have a chair if you need assistance with balance, and if you’d like the additional resistance, either dumbbells or water bottles, available while we build a sweat together! We’re open to all levels of mobility, and family/friend caregivers are welcome to join us too. Schedule: The class will be streamed live virtually every Monday at 12:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1 hour. You can join us at
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Learn more about Cognitive Comedy here! Cognitive Comedy is a free improv comedy workshop for people with cognitive impairment and their loved ones. Participants can get out of their own heads and experience “group mind” while learning the tenets of improv comedy. This free program is open to all members of the PMC community. Schedule: The class will be streamed virtually live every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1.5 hours. You can join us at any time but make sure to RSVP! Fall 2022 Session: September 20 – November 22 Registration Button: This class is
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Learn more about Grief Yoga here. We see your love and commitment as a caregiver. And we know that this takes significant time and energy. Being a caregiver is exactly that.....giving care to others. How do you manage and process your experiences in this role? I imagine you experience a spectrum of emotions, challenges, shifts in relationship dynamics, uncertainty, exhaustion, physical demands, disconnection, the list probably goes on. There is grief that comes with being a caregiver. Anticipatory grief and the grief of life not playing out as expected. Who is caring for you? Please join Beth as a way
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Learn more about upcoming Empowering Caregivers Workshops here! This workshop will teach caregivers how to adapt activities, the environment, and their communication to promote individuals living with dementia's engagement. Schedule: The class will be streamed virtually on Friday, October 7th at 12 PM EST. The workshop will typically last approximately 2 hours. You can join us at any time but make sure to RSVP! Registration Button: This class is free, RSVP by clicking this link and completing the Zoom registration.  This class/program is free to patients/families seen at the Penn Memory Center and made possible by the philanthropic Caring Difference
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Learn more about Shake It Up here! An and Tiffany, nursing students at the University of Pennsylvania, have created a program to get you up and moving. We recommend you have a chair if you need assistance with balance, and if you’d like the additional resistance, either dumbbells or water bottles, available while we build a sweat together! We’re open to all levels of mobility, and family/friend caregivers are welcome to join us too. Schedule: The class will be streamed live virtually every Monday at 12:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1 hour. You can join us at
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Learn more about Cognitive Comedy here! Cognitive Comedy is a free improv comedy workshop for people with cognitive impairment and their loved ones. Participants can get out of their own heads and experience “group mind” while learning the tenets of improv comedy. This free program is open to all members of the PMC community. Schedule: The class will be streamed virtually live every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1.5 hours. You can join us at any time but make sure to RSVP! Fall 2022 Session: September 20 – November 22 Registration Button: This class is
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Click here to learn more about our Mindfulness and Meditation series!  Carly Rogers, a social worker at the Penn Memory Center, has created a program of meditation and mindfulness, that focuses on techniques of meditation & mindfulness to promote well-being. This program will be held virtually on Zoom. Weekly on Thursday afternoons, we will explore mindfulness exercises that can be done in a group and/or solo when you are at home. In this group, we hope to build a community and a basic understanding of how mindfulness can be integrated into your daily life. Mindfulness practices and exercises can help
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Learn more about Shake It Up here! An and Tiffany, nursing students at the University of Pennsylvania, have created a program to get you up and moving. We recommend you have a chair if you need assistance with balance, and if you’d like the additional resistance, either dumbbells or water bottles, available while we build a sweat together! We’re open to all levels of mobility, and family/friend caregivers are welcome to join us too. Schedule: The class will be streamed live virtually every Monday at 12:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1 hour. You can join us at
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Learn more about Creative Expressions through Music here! This fun, free, IN-PERSON interactive program is powered by the talented Community Artist Fellows and showcases the expressive power of music. We invite those who love music to join us in making, enjoying, and discussing a variety of musical compositions. We welcome all families and individuals affiliated with the Penn Memory Center. Carers (caregivers and care partners) are also encouraged to join. We welcome all experience levels and will make the class accessible to those with cognitive impairment or dementia, however, those with a diagnosis of dementia will need a partner for
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Learn more about Cognitive Comedy here! Cognitive Comedy is a free improv comedy workshop for people with cognitive impairment and their loved ones. Participants can get out of their own heads and experience “group mind” while learning the tenets of improv comedy. This free program is open to all members of the PMC community. Schedule: The class will be streamed virtually live every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1.5 hours. You can join us at any time but make sure to RSVP! Fall 2022 Session: September 20 – November 22 Registration Button: This class is
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Click here to learn more about our Mindfulness and Meditation series!  Carly Rogers, a social worker at the Penn Memory Center, has created a program of meditation and mindfulness, that focuses on techniques of meditation & mindfulness to promote well-being. This program will be held virtually on Zoom. Weekly on Thursday afternoons, we will explore mindfulness exercises that can be done in a group and/or solo when you are at home. In this group, we hope to build a community and a basic understanding of how mindfulness can be integrated into your daily life. Mindfulness practices and exercises can help
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Learn more about upcoming Memory Cafes here! Join us on October 21st for an immersive birding outing. We will be led by Jason Hall and other members of the In Color Birding Club. We will use sight, sound, and storytelling to discuss the birds of Fairmount Park. This activity will require some walking around Fairmount Park. This event will be walker and wheelchair accessible. If you have binoculars please bring some but the host will have some we can share as well. Schedule: The class will be  live IN PERSON in Fairmount Park. The event will typically last approximately 1.5
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Learn more about Shake It Up here! An and Tiffany, nursing students at the University of Pennsylvania, have created a program to get you up and moving. We recommend you have a chair if you need assistance with balance, and if you’d like the additional resistance, either dumbbells or water bottles, available while we build a sweat together! We’re open to all levels of mobility, and family/friend caregivers are welcome to join us too. Schedule: The class will be streamed live virtually every Monday at 12:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1 hour. You can join us at
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Learn more about Creative Expressions through Music here! This fun, free, IN-PERSON interactive program is powered by the talented Community Artist Fellows and showcases the expressive power of music. We invite those who love music to join us in making, enjoying, and discussing a variety of musical compositions. We welcome all families and individuals affiliated with the Penn Memory Center. Carers (caregivers and care partners) are also encouraged to join. We welcome all experience levels and will make the class accessible to those with cognitive impairment or dementia, however, those with a diagnosis of dementia will need a partner for
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Learn more about Cognitive Comedy here! Cognitive Comedy is a free improv comedy workshop for people with cognitive impairment and their loved ones. Participants can get out of their own heads and experience “group mind” while learning the tenets of improv comedy. This free program is open to all members of the PMC community. Schedule: The class will be streamed virtually live every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1.5 hours. You can join us at any time but make sure to RSVP! Fall 2022 Session: September 20 – November 22 Registration Button: This class is
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Click here to learn more about our Mindfulness and Meditation series!  Carly Rogers, a social worker at the Penn Memory Center, has created a program of meditation and mindfulness, that focuses on techniques of meditation & mindfulness to promote well-being. This program will be held virtually on Zoom. Weekly on Thursday afternoons, we will explore mindfulness exercises that can be done in a group and/or solo when you are at home. In this group, we hope to build a community and a basic understanding of how mindfulness can be integrated into your daily life. Mindfulness practices and exercises can help
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Learn more about Shake It Up here! An and Tiffany, nursing students at the University of Pennsylvania, have created a program to get you up and moving. We recommend you have a chair if you need assistance with balance, and if you’d like the additional resistance, either dumbbells or water bottles, available while we build a sweat together! We’re open to all levels of mobility, and family/friend caregivers are welcome to join us too. Schedule: The class will be streamed live virtually every Monday at 12:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1 hour. You can join us at
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Learn more about Creative Expressions through Music here! This fun, free, IN-PERSON interactive program is powered by the talented Community Artist Fellows and showcases the expressive power of music. We invite those who love music to join us in making, enjoying, and discussing a variety of musical compositions. We welcome all families and individuals affiliated with the Penn Memory Center. Carers (caregivers and care partners) are also encouraged to join. We welcome all experience levels and will make the class accessible to those with cognitive impairment or dementia, however, those with a diagnosis of dementia will need a partner for
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Learn more about Cognitive Comedy here! Cognitive Comedy is a free improv comedy workshop for people with cognitive impairment and their loved ones. Participants can get out of their own heads and experience “group mind” while learning the tenets of improv comedy. This free program is open to all members of the PMC community. Schedule: The class will be streamed virtually live every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST. The class will typically last approximately 1.5 hours. You can join us at any time but make sure to RSVP! Fall 2022 Session: September 20 – November 22 Registration Button: This class is
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Learn more about Grief Yoga here. We see your love and commitment as a caregiver. And we know that this takes significant time and energy. Being a caregiver is exactly that.....giving care to others. How do you manage and process your experiences in this role? I imagine you experience a spectrum of emotions, challenges, shifts in relationship dynamics, uncertainty, exhaustion, physical demands, disconnection, the list probably goes on. There is grief that comes with being a caregiver. Anticipatory grief and the grief of life not playing out as expected. Who is caring for you? Please join Beth as a way
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Click here to learn more about our Mindfulness and Meditation series!  Carly Rogers, a social worker at the Penn Memory Center, has created a program of meditation and mindfulness, that focuses on techniques of meditation & mindfulness to promote well-being. This program will be held virtually on Zoom. Weekly on Thursday afternoons, we will explore mindfulness exercises that can be done in a group and/or solo when you are at home. In this group, we hope to build a community and a basic understanding of how mindfulness can be integrated into your daily life. Mindfulness practices and exercises can help
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