Mystic Valley Elder Services’ (MVES) Memory Café has been traveling this fall! Memory Cafés bring together people with memory loss and their family caregivers to share positive experiences and build support networks. Memory Cafés are offered as part of MVES’ Caregiver Support Program.
Recently, the MVES Memory Café visited Ironstone Farm, a therapeutic horse farm in Andover. Local families were able to attend one of two sessions at the farm sponsored by MVES, the Reading Council on Aging and the Stoneham Council on Aging. Families from Reading, North Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield and surrounding communities had a great time bonding with each other and their equine friends under the guidance of the fantastic Ironstone staff.
Mystic Valley Elder Services staff and participants in the Memory Café program pose with one of the friendly horses at Ironstone Farm, a therapeutic farm in Andover.
Since 1975, MVES has provided services and supports for older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers in communities in the Greater Boston and North of Boston area. The non-profit agency strives to ensure that all individuals have the resources they need to live independently and with dignity. Services include options counseling, home care, elder protective services, health insurance counseling, caregiver supports, transportation, Meals on Wheels, and more. For more information, please call 781-324-7705 or visit mves.org.
