Arlington's Bright Day Memory Café, in collaboration with Arlington Council on Aging
Where: Bright View of Arlington
1 Symmes Road, Arlington
When: The café is currently on hold due to the pandemic.
Cost: Free
RSVP requested but not required.
For more information about Arlington Memory Café options, please contact Shannon Murphy at the Arlington Council on Aging at 781-316-3404.
The Arlington Council on Aging in partnership with Bright View of Arlington brings the Arlington community a Memory Café. Those living outside of Arlington are also welcome. A Memory Café is a welcoming space for people with some form of dementia or other changes in memory and their care partners. This program is designed to engage (and entertain) all who attend providing a safe and welcoming atmosphere. Please note that a caregiver must accompany individuals who need help with personal care. Bright View has graciously offered their location with modern facilities and plenty of parking.
Updated 12/10/2021
Bedford Council on Aging Memory Café
Where: Virtual
When: Usually held on the third Friday of the month
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: Free or charge
RSVP is required. Please email coa@bedfordma.gov. or Elizabeth Kaupp at 978-412-7907 or elizabeth@rightathomecare.com.
Join us for a virtual cafe from the comfort of your home. This program is in collaboration with Right at Home in Bedford. For more information, please contact Bedford Council on Aging at 781-275-6825 or coa@bedfordma.gov.
Last updated 1/11/2022
Belmont Memory Café
Where: Beech Street Center, 2nd Floor
266 Beech St., Belmont, MA 02478
When: Monthly, usually the fourth Thursday of the month
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: There is no cost to attend, but donations are welcome.
RSVP is appreciated but not required. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Dana Bickelman at Dbickelman@belmont-ma.gov or 617-993-2977.
A Memory Café is a special time set aside for individuals with memory impairment and their care partners. Please come and enjoy refreshments, sensory-stimulating activities, and supportive socializing in a stigma-free atmosphere. Take time to visit, talk, and enjoy snacks with special entertainment.
Last updated 10/28/2021
Brookline Memory Connections Café
Where: Brookline Senior Center
93 Winchester Street, Brookline
When: This café is on hold during winter and spring 2022. Please contact Jamie for more information.
Cost: Free
RSVP required. Contact Jamie Jensen at jjensen@brooklinema.gov or 617-730-2753.
The Senior Center welcomes people living with memory changes to its monthly Café that includes a variety of interactive programming, refreshments, and other enjoyable experiences with peers facing similar challenges. Individuals with memory loss and their care partners can connect with others in a social, relaxing, and supportive environment. Either party can attend alone, but a care partner must accompany those who require care assistance. This café is currently on hold.
Updated 12/16/2021
Burlington's Memory Café
Where: Burlington Council on Aging
61 Center Street, Burlington, MA 01803 (first floor, Murray-Kelly Room). The right side of the building is wheelchair accessible
When: Usually meets on the third Tuesday of the month, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch is provided.
Cost: Free of charge
RSVP is required. Please contact Brenda Pappas 781-273-7010 bpappas@burlington.org or Andrea Cross 781-505-1138 across@burlington.org to register or for more information.
Friendly Day Café is a welcoming, interactive social time for those with memory changes and their care partners. Come enjoy friendship and fun. A care partner is required to attend with each guest. The café is sponsored by Lahey Clinic.
Updated 11/2/2021
Canton's Memory Café
Where: Canton Public Library
786 Washington St, Canton, MA
When: Usually meets on the fourth Thursday of the month
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Cost: Free
No RSVP is needed. For more information, call Vicky DiMaria, at the Canton Senior Center, 781-828-1323 or email at vferguson@town.canton.ma.us.
Canton’s Memory Café provides a safe and supportive gathering place for friends with varying levels of memory loss to relax and enjoy conversation with their care partners and family over refreshments and entertainment. While the Memory Café is open to anyone in the community, any guest who requires a personal care attendant must have a caregiver present. The Department of Elder Human Services can provide transportation with advance notice.
Last updated 6/22/2022
Concord Memory Café
Where: Concord Council on Aging
Harvey Wheeler Building
1276 Main Street
West Concord, MA 01742
Currently on hold due to the pandemic.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Kaupp at 978-412-7907 or elizabeth@rightathomecare.com.
A Memory Café is a welcoming and safe place for people with forgetfulness or other changes in their thinking and for family and friends to come together. The Concord Memory Café provides lunch and creative arts. We ask that attendees bring their care partners. A reservation is required to help us prepare for enough people. The Concord Memory Café is sponsored and facilitated by Right At Home of Bedford.
Last updated 1/11/2022.
Memory Café at Dedham Public Library
Where: 43 Church Street, Dedham, MA 02026. Wheelchair accessibility up to 31" wide on Norfolk St. at the corner of Church St.
When: Meets monthly, usually the third Thursday of the month.
1:00 – 3 p.m.
Cost: Free
RSVP required due to space limitations. Contact Gianna Bird at gbird@minlib.net to RSVP or for more information.
The Memory Café at Dedham Public Library is a welcoming, interactive place for individuals and families living with memory changes. Come enjoy refreshments, make new friends and participate in a fun, failure-free activity. A care partner must accompany guests who require personal care assistance. This program is sponsored in part by Dedham Savings Bank.
Join us as dance movement therapist Donna Newman-Bluestein invites us to sing or hum, and stretch, shake, twist, and bend to irresistible, toe-tapping music, both familiar and new, from the Big Bands, the 1940’s to the 60's, Broadway musicals, disco, and the Caribbean. Together we will create community as we dance in our seats and or on our feet. If you've got a heartbeat, you've got rhythm enough. No prior experience necessary.
Last updated 6/7/2022
Insight Café
Where: The Courtyard at Youville Place
10 Pelham Road, Lexington
Currently on hold due to the pandemic.
We invite you to Insight Café - an inside look at the innovative memory care programs offered at the Courtyard at Youville Place. Each monthly session provides expert-led education for care partners and the opportunity for their loved ones to participate in an engaging program. This is different from most memory cafés because guests will be divided into two groups. Care partners will be invited to have an educational presentation and a facilitated discussion, while guests who are living with dementia will be invited to participate in an interactive program in another room.
Last updated 1/11/2022.
Lincoln Memory Café
Where: The Commons in Lincoln
1 Harvest Circle, Lincoln (right off Route 2 at exit 50)
Currently on hold due to the pandemic.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Kaupp at 978-412-7907 or elizabeth@rightathomecare.com.
The Lincoln Memory Café is a welcoming and safe place for people with forgetfulness or other changes in their thinking to come together, along with their family and friends. Please note, we do ask our attendees to bring their care partners. Snacks are provided, plus socialization and creative arts entertainment. Right at Home Boston Northwest co-sponsors this Memory Cafe with the Lincoln Council on Aging and The Commons in Lincoln.
Last updated 1/11/2022.
Medford Council on Aging Memory Café
Where: Medford Senior Center, 101 Riverside Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
When: Usually meets the first Wednesday of the month. 10:00am-12:00pm.
Cost: Free of charge
RSVP: RSVP requested. Please call Grace Albert at 781-396-6010 or at galbert@medford-ma.gov to reserve a seat.
Description: The Medford Council on Aging Memory Café offers information, support, activities, and social engagement in a welcoming space for persons and their families living with memory changes. Refreshments available. All communities welcome!
Updated 3/8/2022.
Temple Emanuel Memory Café
Where: Temple Emanuel Reisman Hall
385 Ward Street, Newton Currently meeting via Zoom video conferencing.
When: Usually meets one Thursday per month
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
RSVP required. Contact Tracy Schneider at Tracys120@yahoo.com or 617-959-4928 for information or to RSVP and receive a Zoom link.
The Temple Emanuel Memory Café is an inviting place for people with forgetfulness or other changes in their thinking, along with their family and friends. Our café is inspired by Jewish themes of the season while also being welcoming to all. The monthly café gatherings are open to Temple Emanuel members as well as the greater community. This program series is proudly co-presented and co-sponsored by Temple Emanuel and Hebrew SeniorLife Center for Memory Health.
In addition to our monthly Memory Cafés, we host a monthly Caregiver Support Group from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Fridays once a month on Zoom, sponsored by the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health at Hebrew SeniorLife, which leads into our afternoon Memory Café. Caregivers, spouses, and adult children are all welcome to participate in the support group. Please contact Tracy Schneider at Tracys120@yahoo.com or 617-959-4928.
Updated 12/23/2021
Thyme Café
Where: Adelaide’s Mind & Memory Cafe
157 Herrick Road
Newton, MA
When: Usually meets the last Thursday of each month
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
RSVP requested but not required. For more information, please contact Adrianna Alpaugh at 617-544-3886 or aalpaugh@benchmarkquality.com
Adelaide’s Mind & Memory Café Thyme Café is a cozy café space with an adjacent outdoor courtyard area. It is handicap accessible, all one level, and there are no steps involved. A light lunch will be served.
Last updated 8/30/2021.
Newton Memory Café
Where: The Newton Senior Center
345 Walnut Street, Newtonville Currently meeting online via Zoom video conferencing.
When: Monthly, usually the third Wednesday of the month
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
RSVP not required, but please call 617-796-1660 to confirm dates.
The Newton Memory Café welcomes those living with memory changes and their care partners to come talk, enjoy light refreshments, and socialize. Musicians, storytellers, poets, and other artists are scheduled to provide engaging activities. The Café is part of a larger movement to help communities become both age friendly and dementia inclusive. Please contact Ilana for information about virtual and in-person cafés.
Last updated 6/28/20.
Norwood Memory Café, Inc.
Where: Norwood Senior Center
275 Prospect Street, Norwood
When: Monthly, usually the third Thursday of the month
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: Free, but donations are appreciated.
RSVP not required, but please call or email to confirm dates. For information and to volunteer, contact Jean Cotton, MS Gerontology, CDP, at je7cot@msn.com or 781-762-1611. The café website is norwoodmemorycafe.com.
A welcoming place for individuals, families, and friends of those living with memory changes. Join us for conversation, refreshments, and activities in a carefree environment. We respectfully ask caregivers to be present with any guests that need personal assistance. Norwood Memory Café, Inc. is a nonprofit organization and part of a national memory café movement.
Last updated 10/26/21
The Memory Café by the Lake
Where: Sharon Adult Center
219 Massapoag Avenue, Sharon
When: Monthly, usually the second Monday of the month
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Please call to confirm dates.
Cost: Free
For information about café reopening, please contact Kathie Medeiros at kmedeiros@townofsharon.org or Melissa Shea at mshea@townofsharon.org or call 781-784-8000.
The Memory Café by the Lake welcomes those living with memory changes and their care partners, whether it be family or friends. Monthly activities will vary but attendees will always have the opportunity to enjoy refreshments and conversation with others facing similar challenges. This will take place in a safe and supportive environment. A care partner must accompany anyone who needs assistance.
Updated 5/19/21
Walpole Memory Café
Where: Walpole Senior Center, 60 South Street, Walpole, MA 02081
When: Usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Free of charge.
RSVP is currently required, will update as restrictions ease.
To RSVP or for more information, please contact Sandy Pellegrine, LPN, CDP, Right at Home. You can reach Sandy at 508-668-8001 or SPellegrine@rahbsw.com.
The Walpole Memory Café welcomes those living with memory changes and their care partners. Monthly activities will vary and there will be refreshments and conversation with others facing similar challenges. This will take place in a safe and supportive environment. A care partner must accompany anyone who needs assistance. Please contact Sandy for further details.
Updated 5/19/21
JF&CS Memory Café
Where: JF&CS Headquarters
1430 Main Street, Waltham Currently meeting online via Zoom video conferencing.
When: Meets monthly, usually on the first Friday of the month.
10:00 a.m. – noon
Cost: Free
RSVP not required, but please call or email to confirm dates. Contact Beth at bsoltzberg@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-5628 for more information.
A welcoming place for individuals and families living with memory changes. Enjoy coffee, refreshments, creative arts, and conversation with new friends of all ages. A guest artist leads a creative exploration each month. Co-hosted by the Waltham Student Group of Brandeis University. A care partner must accompany guests who require personal care assistance. Our virtual café meets monthly on Zoom or by telephone. For information or to RSVP, please contact Beth at bsoltzberg@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-5628.
Updated 11/2/2021
The Memory Lane Café
Where: The Tolles Parsons Center, 1st floor Multipurpose room
500 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02482
This café is currently on hold. For more information, contact Kate Burnham at 781-235-3961 or Kburnham@wellesleyma.gov.
Last updated 6/11/2019.
"Our Moment" Café
Where: 142 Middlesex Ave (Fourth of July Building), Wilmington, MA 01887
Cost: Free
This café is currently on hold due to the pandemic. Please contact Terri Marciello or Laura Pickett at 978-657-7595 or tmarciello@wilmingtonma.gov or lpickett@wilmingtonma.gov for more information.
“Our Moment” Café is a special gathering place for those dealing with memory loss, and for their caregivers. The Café gives the person with memory loss and their caregiver opportunity to socialize, participate in an activity and make new friends in a welcoming environment.
Last updated 1/11/2022
Memory Café at the Jenks
Where: Jenks Center, Winchester
109 Skillings Road, Winchester
When: Monthly, usually held on the fourth Tuesday of the month
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Cost: Free
RSVP requested but not required. For more information or upcoming dates, contact Suzanne Norton or Colleen Wages at 781-721-7136 or cwages@winchester.us.
A social gathering where people with memory loss and their care companions can come together in a safe, supportive environment. Guests can share conversations over light refreshments in a relaxed atmosphere that sometimes includes music, art, or other appropriate activities. Often a caregivers group is offered, unless otherwise noted.
Updated 11/2/2021