Memory Cafe for both the care partner (caregiver) and the person in the early to early-moderate stage of NCD (dementia/Alzheimer's).  The person with the diagnosis should be able to communicate and participate in playing easy games or perhaps singing some old-timey songs. The care partner is required to attend along with the person with the diagnosis. This is the only Memory Cafe in Tarrant County but you can search the internet and find info about Memory Cafes in other cities to get an idea of what they do and what they are for.  The church provides the meeting space but this is not a religious group and people of any and all (or no) faiths are. This Memory Cafe operates under the auspices of the Greater Dallas Alzheimer's Association. The purpose is very simply to provide a place and time for people living with the disease where they can be themselves, share some laughter and light refreshments, and learn from others in similar circumstances.
  • Meets at Grace Presbyterian Church, 5500 Mansfield Rd, Arlington, TX 76017.  3rd Saturday of each month 10:00-11:30 am. Further info call Susan Musfeldt at (817) 832-9575 or email susanmusfeldt@gmail.com   or call the church at (817) 468-0868

Support Groups for Care Partner (caregiver)  (North Central Texas Alzheimer's Association)
  1. Legacy Living at Arlington (memory care). 1501 NE Green Oaks Blvd, Arlington 76006. (Free patient care while care partner attends the support meeting).  2nd Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm. For questions, Judy Budlong can be reached through the Alzheimer's Association at (817) 336-4949.
  2. New Beginnings Support Group. Mount Olive Baptist Church, Retirement Center (community room). 311 N.L. Robinson Ct, Arlington 76011. 1st Wednesday of each month at 10:30 am. Contact: Irvette Zen (817) 860-6763 or Minnie Kinney (817) 536-3746.
  3. St. Barnabas United Methodist Church (Family Life Center, 2nd Floor), 5011 W. Pleasant Ridge Rd, Arlington 76016. 3rd Monday 6:30-8:30 pm. Judith Pickering (817) 219-4127 or Heather Breland (817) 723-1545.
  4. St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 5819 W. Pleasant Ridge Rd., Arlington 76016. 4th Thursday at 6:00 pm. Contact: Bob Prochaska  (817) 874-0489.