Life Enrichment Programs

This innovative, six-part program actively engages adults with mild to moderate dementia and their care partners with the visual arts. The program blends facilitated conversations around artworks in the collection that aid in triggering memories and strengthening observational skills and focus. 

For more information or to enroll in the upcoming session, email or call (602) 307-2032

This program is designed for individuals with mild to moderate dementia and their care partners in order to foster dignity and sense of self while building connection and friendship with others through use of the arts.

For more information or registration, email or call (480) 644-6540.

A W.O.N.D.E.R. Project for Alzheimer’s is a program designed for individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias as well as their care partners. Participants attend Friday morning Coffee Classics and receive an exclusive pre-concert chat about the day’s music with Principal Timpanist, Bruce Pulk. Other optional program components include backstage tours and a “lunch on your own” with fellow participants at a nearby restaurant following the concert. Registration and discounted ticket purchase
required. 

For more information call (602) 495-1999 and ask for the Education Department.

As part of Dementia Friendly Tempe, the Memory Cafe provides a social and resource place for people living with memory loss and their care partners. Each Monday from 9:30 am – noon, participants meet in the Tempe Learning Center (lower level). Caregivers participate in an education/support session while people with memory loss actively participate in a cognitive engagement program. The program is free of charge and no reservations are required. 

For more information, visit the website or call (480) 350-8534. 

Memory Lounge is designed to be an enjoyable, social outing that fosters living in the moment while engaging in the arts, featuring artist-led workshops and museum tours, and light appetizers. Each workshop will focus on a specific arts discipline, including visual arts, music, dance, poetry, drama and more. 

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts Box Office at (480) 499-TKTS (8587).

Passport to Music is a new life enrichment program by Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in partnership with Musical Instrument Museum (MIM). Designed for persons with mild to moderate memory loss and their care partner, dyads will experience a different region of the world each week. Participants will be encouraged to explore memories in this unique environment through music. Sessions are held quarterly for five consecutive Fridays.

For more information and to register call (602) 839-6850 or send an email.

Singing has been shown to transport persons with early to moderate dementia to new heights while fostering joy and purpose while offering care partners the opportunity to connect and create new memories. Join one of three choirs forming throughout Arizona. No auditions and no musical experience necessary.

Shine Your Light: Mesa, Ariz.

10a - Noon Fridays at Mesa Arts Center. For more information or to register, contact baifcs@bannerhealth.com or call 602.839.6918

Sing for Life Choir: Scottsdale, Ariz.

10a - Noon Mondays at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church. Call 480.585.9448 for more information and to register.

By My Side Choir: Green Valley, Ariz.

10a - Noon Thursdays at Valley Presbyterian Church. Contact parishnurse@valleypres.net for more information.

This program seeks to engage people living with dementia through weekly studio art classes at Phoenix Center for the Arts. Open to anyone living within the early to moderate stages of dementia. Each week will feature a new studio art class program taught by a professional teaching artist. 

For more information and the class schedule, contact the Outreach Department at (602) 254-3100, ext. 307.