Field of Themes Activities Help Stimulate Adults with Memory Loss

Bangor Daily News › March 02, 2007

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BANGOR - If it's May, it must be Mother's Day at My Friend's Place.

On the other hand, it could be Cinco de Mayo or Memorial Day.

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Field of Themes Activities Help Stimulate Adults with Memory Loss

Theme-based activities have been a mainstay in kindergarten and preschool programs for decades, but were not widely used with adults until five years ago. That's when the director and her devoted volunteers at My Friend's Place, a day care program at First United Methodist Church on Essex Street for adults who are dealing with memory loss, decided to try using t...

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