City Of Fort Worth: New Memory Box Kits Aim To Enrich Lives Of People With Dementia

Press release from City of Fort Worth:

November 01, 2021

For a person living with diminished memory, seeing and touching objects familiar to them can help spark memories and foster engagement through conversations. The Fort Worth Public Library is hosting workshops in November focusing on Memory Box Kits and offering preassembled kits for checking out and taking home.

The workshops will be guided by experts from the James L. West Center for Dementia Care. Participants will learn about the preassembled kits available for checkout, how to use them and also how to create personalized memory boxes at home for a specific person.

Each kit features several objects that relate to an interest or career, including ones focusing on beauty, games, gardening, handyman and sports activities. Seeing and touching the various items in the boxes can rekindle memories and inspire conversations. The experience is meant to be an enriching one for all who use the boxes.

Memory box workshops are scheduled at these times and locations:

The Memory Boxes were developed with guidance from the James L. West Center for Dementia Care and funded by the Junior League of Fort Worth. 

As part of its commitment to serving all residents in the city, all Fort Worth Public Library locations are certified as Age- and Dementia-Friendly. Spaces are designed to be welcoming, and employees have been trained on ways to identify and assist visitors who are elderly or may have dementia.

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This press release was produced by City of Fort Worth. The views expressed here are the author’s own.