Tag: dementia

  • Free memory screenings offered at East Brunswick Library

    Free memory screenings offered at East Brunswick Library

        Galina Markovich of Millennium Memory Care will conduct free memory screenings from 1-3 p.m. on March 11, April 15 and May 6 at the East Brunswick Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center Dr., East Brunswick.

  • Alzheimer’s Association will hold workshops at Metuchen Library

    Alzheimer’s Association will hold workshops at Metuchen Library

    The Alzheimer’s Association will hold two workshops at the Metuchen Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. The first workshop will include a discussion on understanding and responding to dementia-related behaviors at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28 A second workshop, entitled “Dementia Conversations” will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 6. During the workshop representatives from the…

  • Presentation on memory loss set for Nov. 30

    Presentation on memory loss set for Nov. 30

    Understanding Memory Loss, presented by Alzheimer’s New Jersey, will take place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Dowdell Library, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy. The program will explore the difference between normal age-related memory changes and abnormal changes that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, including some of the…

  • South Brunswick Police Department creates Special Needs Registry

    South Brunswick Police Department creates Special Needs Registry

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The South Brunswick Police Department created a new service to provide officers with rapid information in the event a person with special needs goes missing. The voluntary South Brunswick Special Needs Registry is open to all community members with special needs who reside, attend school or are employed in the township. An…