Memory Care Kits help library patrons who have dementia

OCONOMOWOC — A diagnosis of dementia shouldn’t mean that the library has now become off-limits, said Jennie Fidler, Oconomowoc Public Library special services coordinator, who wants to make sure the library is accessible for people of all ages and abilities.

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Bridges Library Memory Project: Celebrating Memory Cafes

Memory Cafe brochures in a clear plastic rack

The Library Memory Project, an initiative of Bridges Library System, is a partnership between public libraries in Jefferson and Waukesha Counties in Wisconsin with a mission to provide programs to those affected by memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, and other forms of dementia.

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Access for All at the Public Library

Two elderly women working on a craft project together

As Lily Primeaux, library associate at the Austin (Tex.) Public Library, was setting up the system’s first Disability Dialogues Book Club meeting in April, she wasn’t sure what to expect. “We were in the small meeting room,” she recalls. “Most staff didn’t think we’d get a high turnout.”

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