Memory Cafes

A Memory Cafe is a warm and welcoming community space. It offers people who experience memory loss and their family and care partners a space to to socialize, enjoy music, games, art-based activities, and to get information and resources. Memory Cafes were initially started in the Netherlands as a way to break through the stigma associated with dementia. This concept has spread over the last several decades, making its way across Europe and reaching overseas to Australia and North America.

Memory Cafes provide a comfortable setting for people who are experiencing memory loss and their caregivers. It allows them to socialize and make connections with those who are in a similar situation. We hope to create an environment where mutual support and exchange of information is accessible.

The Medical Arts Health Research Group is committed to improving health, and we are devoted to creating more dementia friendly communities; a global UN aim. One way we are approaching this, is by integrating Memory Cafes into small rural regions across the interior of British Columbia. Our next Memory Cafe is coming up in Penticton on January 29, 2025.