Community Partner Programs

Discover. Explore. Get Involved. is an initiative that involves partnering with community organizations. Through these partnerships, people with dementia have opportunities to get out and participate in engaging and stimulating activities with their family members and friends. Organizations open their doors to provide programs offering social, creative, educational and active living components.

One of the goals is to encourage organizations to provide accessible and supportive environments for people with dementia and their care partners. These are places in which everyone is included and respected.

Click on the following links to reveal current opportunities in which participants can discover, explore and get involved!

Dalnavert Museum Dementia-Friendly Tours

Fun!-Damentals of Table Tennis

Tales Along the Trail

The Living Well Program

Tune-Up Café

Vivace Voices Choir

Minds in Motion®

 

Dalnavert Museum Dementia-Friendly Tours

Come to the Dalnavert Museum for their monthly dementia-friendly tours! This program allows people living with early to moderate symptoms of dementia and their care partners to step back in time and explore the historic house and its collection.

After your tour of the museum, join them for tea and coffee and a closer look at some artifacts.

Please note: The upper floors of the museum are only accessible by stairs. If stairs pose a barrier, there will be the option of exploring the upper floors of the house with a tour guide in the Visitors’ Centre through our virtual tour. Folding cane-seats can be borrowed free of charge during your visit and there will be seating available throughout the museum.

Monthly Program
Dalnavert Museum, 61 Carlton St, Winnipeg
The last Saturday of every month, 10 – 11:30 am
Cost: $24.00 (plus tax) per pair and session, $12.00 per pair and session if one of the pair is a Dalnavert Museum Member.

Register today on the Dalnavert Museum and Visitors’ Centre website

Fun!-Damentals of Table Tennis

Introducing the Fun!-Damentals of Table Tennis program which connects people living with early to moderate signs of dementia and their care partners through fitness and friendship.

Table tennis is a great aerobic exercise with proven cognitive benefits. Participants will take part in gentle recreational play. We will teach basic techniques and rules of the game while having tons of fun.

Fall Program (10 weeks)
Cornerstone Alliance Church, 1100 Autumnwood Dr, Winnipeg
Mondays, 6 – 8 pm
Sept 9 – Dec 2, 2024
*No sessions Sept 30, Oct 14 or Nov 11*
Cost: $110 per pair

Register by emailing table.tennis@sportmanitoba.ca 

Developed in partnership with the Manitoba Table Tennis Association and the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba. 

Tales Along the Trail

Enjoy the best of a Manitoba autumn with migrating birds, magnificent bison and let crackling campfires set up a calming, fun, natural adventure – all in city limits!

Tales Along the Trail is for people living with early to moderate symptoms of dementia and their care partners who are looking for a safe but exciting way to encounter the natural world. An experienced naturalist will guide the group along FortWhyte’s gentle pathways, pointing out all fall has to offer and encouraging everyone to use their senses to explore.

Each session will include a relaxing walk through the woods, with stops focusing on all of our senses. Participants will then have a chance to share thoughts, stories, and a snack around a crackling fire or cozy indoor space. In stormy weather, we bring nature indoors.

Fall Program (8 weeks)
FortWhyte Alive, 1961 McCreary Rd, Winnipeg
First session: Wednesdays, 2 – 3:30 pm | Sept 4 – Oct 16, 2024
Second session: Tuesdays, 2 – 3:30 pm | Sept 3 – Oct 15, 2024
Cost: $160 + GST/couple

Register by contacting Jeff at jbuhse@fortwhyte.org or 204-989-8355 ext 210 

Developed in partnership with FortWhyte Alive and the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba. 

The Living Well Program

The Living Well Program enables people with early to moderate signs of dementia and their care partners to reap the social and well-being benefits of engaging with plants with the guidance of a practitioner of horticulture therapy.

We cultivate a dementia-friendly community with sensory plant-based activities, fostering social engagement, and guided explorations of The Leaf and outdoor gardens when the weather permits. Every session includes refreshments.

Fall Program (6 weeks)
Tannis Richardson Indoor Classroom at The Leaf, 145 Locomotive Dr, Winnipeg
Tuesdays, 2:15 – 4 pm
Nov 5 – Dec 10, 2024
Cost: $135 + GST/couple

Register on the Assiniboine Park Conservancy website, under “Recreation and Leisure”

Developed in partnership with the Assiniboine Park Conservancy and the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba. 

Tune-Up Café

Tune-Up Café is for individuals living with early to moderate signs of dementia and their care partners. It’s an inclusive and welcoming meeting place for singing, making social connections and sipping on a cuppa!

Fall Program 
Convalescent Home of Winnipeg, 276 Hugo St North, Winnipeg
Tuesdays, 6:15 – 8 pm
Meets weekly starting August 20, 2024
There is no fee to attend, but registration is required.

Contact Sherry at tuneupcafe276@gmail.com for more information and to register.

Vivace Voices Choir

Come and join in making music together! Singing in a choir is a challenging and joyful experience. Learn to sing new and familiar music while making connections with those around you. No prior choral experience is required. Care partners must attend with person living with Alzheimer’s.

Fall Program (10 weeks)
Canadian Mennonite University (North Campus), 500 Shaftesbury Blv.
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Oct 8 – Dec 17, 2024

Winter Program (11 weeks)
Canadian Mennonite University (North Campus), 500 Shaftesbury Blv.
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Jan 28 – April 8, 2025

Cost: $145/pair OR $280/pair for both fall 2024 & winter 2025 programs

Learn more and register now on the CMU website

Developed by Community School of Music and the Arts at Canadian Mennonite University with assistance from the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba.

Minds in Motion®

Our popular Minds in Motion® program connects people living with early to moderate signs of dementia and their care partners through fitness, fun and friendship. Participants take part in a gentle chair fitness class followed by socially engaging activity and conversation.

There are lots of laughs and social interaction during these sessions. We are excited to offer both in-person and online options.

Dates, times and registration information for all current Minds in Motion sessions at alzheimer.mb.ca/mindsinmotion