Posted on February 16, 2013
by bdickson
in Personal Stories, Pets Provide Comfort
Marie Marley, PhD and writer for The Huffington Post, featured this story today. It made me laugh and cry all at the same time! Once we embrace the illness of Alzheimer’s that our loved one has, it becomes much easier to understand them. To read this story click on this link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marie-marley/alzheimers_b_1583232.html
Posted on November 23, 2012
by bdickson
in Buddy Pets, Personal Stories, Pets Provide Comfort
Lisa Ross from Louisville Kentucky, bought her Dad a Memorable Pet daschund for Christmas. Lisa emailed us and said she just could not wait until Christmas to giver her Dad his new friend! Lisa says “As you can see, he LOVES his new dog!!” We love what we do at Memorable Pets because we get [...]
Posted on June 13, 2012
by bdickson
in Alzheimer's Research, Fundraising, Pets Provide Comfort, Support Azheimer’s Care and Research
One of America’s great magazines, Reader’s Digest has a feature article about Memorable Pets. Research has shown that a plush, stuffed animal helps to provide comfort to those suffering from Alheimer’s disease and late stages of dementia. Memorable Pets donates a portion of their sales to Alzheimer’s research to help find a cure for this [...]
Posted on June 8, 2012
by bdickson
in Personal Stories, Pets Provide Comfort, Pets to People, Uncategorized
Memorable Pets, providing plush, realistic looking and feeling, stuffed animals for patients with Alzheimer’s and late stages of Dementia has logged it’s first return customer. A satisfied customer with a BIG HEART in Louisiana has ordered her second pet through the “Pets To People” program. We are so thankful for our loyal and caring customers who [...]
Posted on May 29, 2012
by bdickson
in Events, Personal Stories, Pets Provide Comfort, Pets to People
Michela Paradiso, a high school senior at Upper Arlington High near Columbus Ohio, beats all the competition and takes 1st place on her Capstone projects of Alzheimer’s and Memorable Pets! She has won a nice prize of $750 for all her work and dedication to our cause. I attended one of her Capstone presentations and [...]
Posted on May 21, 2012
by bdickson
in Personal Stories, Pets Provide Comfort, Pets to People
Michela Paradiso of Upper Arlington Heights High School in Upper Arlington, Ohio will be presenting her Capstone Project on Alzheimer’s and Memorable Pets tomorrow May 21st to a panel of independent judges. Her project has been ranked in the top 10 of her school by a panel of teachers and administrator’s. Michela has taken her [...]
Posted on May 16, 2012
by bdickson
in Alzheimer’s Statistics, Personal Stories, Pets Provide Comfort, Pets to People
Michela Paradiso produces her product for her Capstone Project. It is a video explaining in depth about Alzheimer’s disease and how a simple thing as a Memorable Pet can enhance the lives of people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. See her video on the Memorable Pets You Tube channel… follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-yZWTjs_Z8&feature=plcp
Posted on April 4, 2012
by bdickson
in Alzheimer's Research, Pets Provide Comfort
In a recent tweet, Football Memories ( an Alzheimer’s Scotland organization) praised Memorable Pets as doing excellent work to aid those suffering with dementia. Memorable Pets provides realistic, plush stuffed dogs and cats for people with mid to late stages of Alzheimer’s and other age-related dementias. Customers can select from a wide variety of pets to best match [...]
Posted on March 30, 2012
by bdickson
in Personal Stories, Pets Provide Comfort, Uncategorized
Diana, from Pennsylvania, purchased a plush Memorable Pet calico cat for her step-mom, Betty, who has dementia. Diana and Betty call her Cali. Bettina, with Memorable Pets, checked in with Diana to see how her calico plush cat was doing with her loved one. Diana wrote back and said, “I am attaching a picture of my [...]