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Meadowlark Memory Program

Meadowlark Memory Program (MMP) is designed to help those dealing with memory and cognitive changes, as well as their caregivers. This FREE program is open to anyone affected by memory and/or cognitive issues in the Flint Hills Region. We invite you to join us for support, valuable information and helpful strategies! For information about the program in general or additional information about the opportunities below, please contact:

       Michelle Haub, Special Programs Leader: mhaub@meadowlark.org       (785) 323-3899
       Bridget Larkin, Social Services Leader: blarkin@meadowlark.org           (785) 323-3837

During the COVID-19 pandemic, MMP is providing the following opportunities:

Memory & Engagement Opportunities for Wellness (MEOW)
Join Michelle Haub, Speech-Language Pathologist, each week for an opportunity to smile, laugh, breath, exercise, learn some techniques for improving and/or practicing language and memory skills and some 'homework' throughout the week. The session is geared for everyone! We can all benefit from some new ways of thinking, remembering, talking and engaging with others! So tune in to make your brain and body do some work.
9/15 episode: https://youtu.be/GD28EZaKxew

Meadowlark Memory Cafe
Join Michelle Haub, Speech-Language Pathologist, for a live, virtual opportunity for reminiscing, story sharing, and social interaction. This opportunity is offered every other Wednesday via Zoom. 

ARTFul Memories
Meadowlark Memory Program collaborates with the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art to offer ARTFul Memories classes via Zoom, which are led by Kim Richards, the museum's Education Specialist. ARTFul Memories uses a technique called Visual Thinking Strategies to discuss art.

Memory Care Partner Support Group
Group discussion that relates to challenges of a caregiver and ways to cope with the daily struggles of providing care to a loved one with memory and/or cognitive changes. Weekly meeting via Zoom occurs from 10-11 a.m. every Wednesday. Contact Bridget at 785-323-3837 or blarkin@meadowlark.org if you would like a link to the meeting invitation. 
 

For information about regularly scheduled opportunities which occurred prior to COVID-19 precautions, please follow this link to the Meadowlark website:
https://www.meadowlark.org/community-services/meadowlark-memory-program

   

 

Memory Program Photos

Memory Matters Symposium
Memory Matters Symposium

Natalie Douglas, Ph.D., an assistant professor in speech-language pathology at Central Michigan University, shares person-centered communication strategies for people with dementia. The inaugural event in 2017 was located at Bluemont Hotel.

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Michelle Haub, Speech-Language Pathologist, facilitates a small group discussion about memory.

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Art Mingle: Manhattan Memories
Art Mingle: Manhattan Memories

Event-goers at Art Mingle 2018 speak with featured artist Oscar Larmer, seated. Meadowlark's Community Center was the scene for this inaugural event.

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Meadowlark staff learn from a pioneer in the field of person-centered dementia care, Teepa Snow, in purple.

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Meadowlark Memory Program's information station at Art Mingle.

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8th Annual Kansas Education Conference on Dementia
8th Annual Kansas Education Conference on Dementia

Michelle Haub greets attendees while representing Meadowlark, the event's Presenting Sponsor. Haub, in her role as Special Programs Leader, serves Meadowlark Memory Program and Meadowlark Parkinson's Program.

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Fiesta to Remember 2019
Fiesta to Remember 2019

Meadowlark Memory Program's information and donation station.

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Meadowlark staff attend the Alzheimer's Association's Kansas conference in 2019.

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Fiesta to Remember 2019
Fiesta to Remember 2019

Meadowlark residents and friends await loud food and spicy music at the inaugural Fiesta to Remember at Coco Bolos in Aggieville. The restaurant donated 10% of the day's proceeds to Meadowlark Memory Program.

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Participants in the LEAP Graduate Class share successes and strategies for living a brain-healthy lifestyle.

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ARTFul Making
ARTFul Making

Prior to COVID-19, Meadowlark residents gather in the dining room of a healthcare household for an ARTFul Making session. This program, led by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, is a terrific way to de-stress, improve fine motor skills and socialize with friends. Together, participants and class facilitators develop new skills or revisit old ones while engaging in various art making activities (i.e. watercolor, collage).

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Meadowlark Memory Program collaborates with the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art on the campus of Kansas State University to provide visual and creative art experiences. These opportunities include viewing and discussing works of art by using a technique called Visual Thinking Strategies and using a variety of mediums to create in the ARTFul Memories classes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this team distributed art kits for a journaling and collage activity.

Movement and music are important to everyone and can be a wonderful opportunity to connect with people with memory challenges. The Meadowlark Memory Program collaborates with the Kansas State Dance Department to conduct Tap to Togetherness Across Populations (T2TAP). This is an intergenerational opportunity for families involved in the Parents as Teachers program, K-State students and professors, and Memory Program participants to move to music, laugh, and enjoy each other. 

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