"As Alzheimer's disease progresses, the need to nurture, love and be loved increases." American Association of Geriatric Psychiatrists, 2012 conference in Washington DC
"As Alzheimer's disease progresses, the need to nurture, love and be loved increases." American Association of Geriatric Psychiatrists, 2012 conference in Washington DC
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Memorable Mondays — Gifts for Alzheimer's

Memorable Pets: The Smallest Gesture

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This week's Monday post features a lovely blog entry over at Dementia by Day, written by Rachael Wonderlin. Rachael recently opened up a "pet shop", including a handful of Memorable Pets, at her dementia care facility, and has been keeping note of how the residents are responding to the pet shop area and its stuffed animal pets. "I handed Helen one of the stuffed dogs from our new Pet Shop area. I knew how much she enjoyed the baby dolls we had, so I hoped that she would also like the dogs." Read more: Is This for Me? At Memorable...

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Memorable Mondays: Pets 2 People Program Feature

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This week's Memorable Monday post highlights Memorable Pets' Pets 2 People program, which is listed as a featured program for dementia and Alzheimer's assistance at ProgramsforElderly. Through our Pets 2 People program, pets can be donated to patients in nursing homes or care facilities to become faithful companions and bringers of love and comfort. If you choose to purchase a pet through the Pets 2 People program, you will receive via e-mail the name and condition of the patient your pet was donated to, as well as their reaction to the pet upon receiving it. As with all other Memorable Pets...

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Memorable Mondays: Wendy's Dad Spent His Last Several Days of Life Clutching His Memorable Pet (Orig. Posted 2013)

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This week's Memorable Monday post once again celebrates our customers' personal stories and experiences with gifting a Memorable Pet to a loved one. Wendy's Dad Spent His Last Several Days of Life Clutching His Memorable Pet (Originally Posted December 7th, 2013) Written by: Bettina Dickson Wendy from Rockville, MD gave a Memorable Pet Golden Retriever to her father.  She told us recently “he spent the last several days of his life clutching his doggie”.  This breaks my heart and yet also makes me feel glad he had a Memorable Pet to comfort him!

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Memorable Mondays: Mary from Rancho Palos Verdes Loves Memorable Pets! (Orig. Posted 2013)

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  This week's Memorable Monday post once again celebrates our customers' personal stories and experiences with gifting a Memorable Pet to a loved one. Mary from Rancho Palos Verdes Loves Memorable Pets! (Originally Posted Dec. 6th, 2013) Written by: Bettina Dickson Mary from Rancho Palos Verdes, California recently purchased our Memorable Pet black lab!  She shipped it to a loved one in Florida. Mary recently wrote to us, "We love your company and we love our Memorable Pet!"

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Memorable Mondays: Judy’s Mom Loves Her Calico Memorable Pet (Orig. Posted 2013)

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This week's Memorable Monday post remembers Judy from Long Beach, who bought her mother a Memorable Pet calico cat. Judy's mother loves to hold and pet her stuffed cat. These kinds of bonds between Alzheimer's patients and stuffed animals are very strong and tend to form very quickly. Giving a stuffed pet to a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia can be a very simple yet meaningful way of adding purpose to their lives.

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