MindStart - Keeping People with Dementia Engaged in Life

10/05/2024

Important announcement- what can you do to help prevent Alzheimer’s, even if genetically predisposed? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6xkVfUrZv1/?igsh=aGxwbDI4bGFwcGk=

03/05/2024

How might you age gracefully?!

Start by feeling comfortable — even proud — of who, what and how old you are

24/11/2023

Check out our website for dementia appropriate activity products and Save 20% through Saturday!
Use code Fall23 (value kits excluded).

23/11/2023

Save your mini pumpkins for this colorful and fun project! Happy Thanksgiving!

17/11/2023

MindStart was glad to partner with Puzzler's Exchange, a non-profit organization that loans out different puzzles each month to local care centers that serve people with special health challenges.

They manage an inventory of over 4,000 puzzles, most of it through volunteer help! MindStart was able to help them serve a growing need for puzzles made specifically for people with dementia.

We are so thankful to Linda Matter and her team at Puzzler’s Exchange for bringing activity and joy through puzzles to the folks they serve!

13/10/2023

A late post for FTD (frontotemporal dementia) Awareness week… but we need more awareness for the “other dementias” every week. Take a listen to the wife of Bruce Willis,

Bruce Willis' wife Emma Herming Willis has opened up about her frustration over doctors' 'disrespectful' dementia comments

16/06/2023

Don’t ignore the early signs, find the evaluation and support that’s out there for both the person with memory loss and the caregiver.

Asking the same question, over and over again. It’s not called getting old, it’s called getting ill. If you or a loved one are experiencing memory loss, it c...

11/05/2023

This worker has do many creative ideas and obviously loves fostering joy and physical activity for the residents. All so perfect!

06/03/2023

What a beautiful story! ❤️

You could say love is in the air at St. Therese at Oxbow Lake in Brooklyn Park. Two seniors met at the campus, fell in love and tied the knot last month. “If...

15/02/2023

Despite dementia, this couples love endures - 58+ years and counting!

Laughter has been the through line for Diana and Andy Severson's love story, even when that one vow — in sickness and in health — became their reality.

26/01/2023

“She has to find the joy in whatever she does.” What a way to live, even into your 90’s! Meet the Bubble Lady! https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-extras/rochester-woman-phyllis-lokker-finds-joy-in-everything-she-does/89-1dcac65e-bcc2-40dd-bc7c-647cbb9322d7?fbclid=IwAR1SS-e0OtAl4M4GoRg1Vyw0v2ZEn3CCozaIyf1PwS1bVCPc81xu81yyW2w&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Phyllis Lokker will forever be blowing bubbles.