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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Partner Support

  • Mary Davis
  • Sep 30
  • 2 min read
One of the Dementia MYLE Kits available for checkout from Outreach Services. Items shown are a summer bird jigsaw puzzle, a book entitled "Wishing on a Star: A read aloud book for memory-challenged adults," card games, and a buckle pillow - a small square pillow surrounded with various buckles, snaps, zippers, and other fidget items.
Items from one of the Dementia MYLE Kits available for checkout from Outreach Services

RHPL strives to meet the needs of everyone in the community and to support those who need it. To that end, we gathered books, games, and activities to create Make Your Life Easier (MYLE) Kits. Various kits were developed to assist care partners who take care of or help care for loved ones with dementia.


Items from the group activity dementia kit
MYLE Dementia Group Activities Kit

This kit includes The Multi-sensory Reminiscence Activity book, Through the Seasons book, A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia book, an indoor funchute parachute, (5) 7 Inch knobby balls, Target toss, Music Bingo 1, Music Bingo 3--Jukebox edition. This kit is popular among memory care settings as it offers a variety of activities for group settings


Items from the Individual Dementia kit
MYLE Dementia Individual Kit

This kit includes Elephants can paint too!, Blue sky white clouds, match the photos bird groups, pocket pack grab & go, Match the shapes activity, Match the dots activity,  and Color connect game.

This is a nice kit for an individual with dementia to keep their mind active.




The National Caregiving Foundation provides Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Kits free of charge to libraries. The binder includes a ton of information on helpful resources for caregivers, several stickers to ensure safety around the house, a caregiver’s emergency ID card, and more. RHPL houses these kits in the outreach department.


A smiling man works on a laptop

Michigan libraries, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and GetSetUp collaborate to provide free online classes for seniors


throughout Michigan. GetSetUp offers several classes that focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia, including some for care partners.


For further support, visit the OPC Senior & Activity Center’s Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregivers Support Group and the Greater Michigan Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.


This blog was written by Mary Davis, Head of Outreach Services

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