Week of Events
Virtual Community Class: Art Reflections with The American Folk Art Museum
Virtual Community Class: Art Reflections with The American Folk Art Museum
Join Elizabeth Gronke, Registered Art Therapist and Access Educator at The American Folk Art Museum, for a 9-week Art Reflections series! In each virtual class, you will have the opportunity to explore works of art from The American Folk Art Museum’s collection. During this virtual art class, you are encouraged to share your reactions to […]
Activity Tip for the Week
Activity Tip for the Week
This event will take place on AFA’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/alzheimersfoundationofamerica.
Virtual Community Class: Nature Mondays: Gardening with Sallie
Virtual Community Class: Nature Mondays: Gardening with Sallie
Nature is always so restorative! Just putting your hands in soil and feeling it can be so soothing and calming. Join Horticultural Therapist, Sallie Stutz for a virtual gardening class. In this virtual class, you will learn how to dry flowers and use dried flowers collected from the garden to make Potpourri. Flowers that will […]
Virtual Community Class: Music Performance by Maya
Virtual Community Class: Music Performance by Maya
Join former Broadway performer, Maya Goldman, in this virtual music performance! Maya will sing familiar songs from the past, play piano, ukulele and guitar in this memorable virtual performance. All are welcome to sing along, move to the music, and enjoy listening while reminiscing. This virtual community class will be held through our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/alzheimersfoundationofamerica. […]
Professional Training Webinar: Understanding the Path of the Wanderer
Professional Training Webinar: Understanding the Path of the Wanderer
During this professional training webinar, participants will build upon their knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease and explore symptoms that can lead a person to go out in search of something outside of their current setting. Participants will have the opportunity to explore what it may be like to walk in the shoes of a wanderer, in […]
Webinar: Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Persons with Dementia
Webinar: Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Persons with Dementia
The majority of people with major neurocognitive disorders (dementia) manifest significant behavioral symptoms at some point during the course of their illness. Behavioral symptoms can diminish a person’s quality of life, burden their caregivers, and in some cases result in hospitalization or premature transfer to long-term care. Management approaches combine non-pharmacologic interventions with use of […]
Virtual Community Class: Art with Marnie
Virtual Community Class: Art with Marnie
Join Marnie Herlands, MS, ART-BC, LCAT for a virtual art therapy session! During this virtual class, you will be creating paintings utilizing the technique of action/drip painting, made famous by American born painter Jackson Pollock. Pollock was a well-known painter in the abstract expressionist movement. For this class, you will focus on this painting technique […]
Virtual Community Class: Dance with Jackie
Virtual Community Class: Dance with Jackie
Join AFA’s Manager of Therapeutic Programming, Jackie, MS, R-DMT for a rhythmic and up-lifting virtual dance and movement session! Both in chairs and standing, this 30-minute session incorporates dance and movement to awaken the body and inspire the soul. A variety of props may be used to encourage participants to move the body in different […]
Activity Tip for the Weekend
Activity Tip for the Weekend
This event will take place on AFA’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/alzheimersfoundationofamerica.
Webinar: Racial Disparities and Their Impact on Incidences of Dementia and Barriers to Caregiving
Webinar: Racial Disparities and Their Impact on Incidences of Dementia and Barriers to Caregiving
Click here to register AFA's educational webinar will explore the question of racial disparities and their impact on increasing incidences of dementia-related illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease, among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). Specifically, our panelists will discuss: How racism and discrimination increase risk factors of cognitive decline and dementia in BIPOC communities; Differences […]
Virtual Community Class: Art with Kyla
Virtual Community Class: Art with Kyla
Join Kyla Berry, LCAT, ATR-BC for an enriching and inspiring virtual Art Therapy session! In this virtual Art Therapy session, you will be guided through the process of creating an ethereal garden utilizing a variety of accessible materials. By engaging in prompts that primarily focus on the things we are grateful for, we are able […]
Facebook Watch Party Concert Series: Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
Facebook Watch Party Concert Series: Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
Join AFA for our Facebook Watch Party Concert Series! Watch and listen to your favorite artists from the comfort of your home every Saturday, this August at 2 pm (ET)! For this virtual concert series, AFA will premiere Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music. On May 28, 1977 Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin shared […]