People who work at long term care facilities were some of the first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. Unpaid caregivers – those who care for their elderly parents or other relatives at home – aren’t being given the same priority. Click here for the full article from North Carolina Health News.
MemoryCare, a local non-profit serving western North Carolina, provides expert outpatient care for people with dementia and caregiver support services for their families. Rakesh and Dolly Agarwal, owners of Rug & Home, graciously contributed $25,000, helping MemoryCare to offer services to all with need, regardless of their ability to pay, in the coming year. Of […]
With sincere gratitude, MemoryCare announces that WNC Bridge Foundation awarded part of its 2020 Impact Grant to help in our mission to care for indigent, under-served families caring for loved ones with dementia in a pilot tele-health project to improve access to services in Haywood County and counties west. We are deeply grateful for this […]
[vc_custom_heading text=”Nationally Recognized Pioneers in Dementia Care – Supporting Families Since 2000. ” use_theme_fonts=”yes”] 2020 is a milestone year for MemoryCare marking 20 years of service for the community. Over these years, we served thousands of amilies and, thorugh our ocmmunity education program 46,152 people have received education about dementia, caregiving, healthy aging, and more. […]
The Personal “The Evolution of MemoryCare” presentation by MemoryCaregivers Network coordinator, Mary Donnelly The Clinical An Alzheimer’s Association International Conference presentation by MemoryCare director, Virginia Templeton, MD The Tour A tour of the SECU Center for MemoryCare with MemoryCare’s founder, Margaret Noel, MD and the MemoryCare staff
With sincere gratitude, MemoryCare would like to announce that it has received a gift of $25,000 from the Deerfield Charitable Foundation to help fulfill its mission during this unusual year of hardship with the Covid-19 pandemic. We are deeply grateful for this support that helps make it possible for us to be here for families […]
TEAM SPEAR is three sisters (Liz in western NC, Sue in D.C., Pat in NYC), a geriatric care manager (GCM) and our care team at MemoryCare. Four years ago, our father’s life changed dramatically, and my sisters and I discovered that Alzheimer’s had become a part of the family. We learned about the GCM field […]
On my husband’s bed is a locally made, hand stitched quilt. Like the beautiful quilt on the wall in the new MemoryCare building, it is a work of art. It comforts and warms him each night as he sleeps in his care facility. About 11 or 12 years ago I noticed a gradual change in […]
“Mr. Ed, Mr. Ed”- Voices ring across the parking lots, grocery stores and restaurants to us, voices of former employees from Teves Continental automotive manufacturing plants where my husband had been the Director of Operations. His knowledge and love of the automobile offered other voices with different dialects as we traveled to Germany, Austria and […]
MemoryCare is proud to have participated in the 2020 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) presented virtually from July 27-31! As a part of the conference, on July 30th Dr. Virginia Templeton, Executive Director, presented a description and outcomes data about our program. Click play below to view her presentation:
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