Memory Makers Fund
Helping create meaningful days for people living with dementia and moments of respite for the
families who love them.
The Memory Makers Fund
At HOPE Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care in Chico, California, we believe there are still so many beautiful moments to experience and memories to make after a dementia diagnosis. A familiar song that brings a smile, a walk outside with friends, painting something beautiful, sharing a meal around the table, visiting a place that sparks a memory, dancing when a favorite song comes on, or simply laughing with someone who has become a friend can bring meaning to an ordinary day. These are the moments we work so hard to create at HOPE, because living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia does not change a person’s need for friendship, purpose, connection, joy, and belonging.
A meaningful day at HOPE is about so much more than simply having somewhere to go. Our social adult day program is intentionally small and personal, allowing us to create days around the individual people who walk through our doors. We focus on remaining abilities and provide opportunities for our guests to be social, creative, active, curious, and connected to the community around them. We see firsthand what can happen when someone living with dementia is given the right environment, the right support, and meaningful opportunities to continue experiencing life.
Respite Care Supports the Whole Family
Dementia affects more than the person who receives the diagnosis. It changes daily life for spouses, adult children, relatives, and others who step into the role of caregiver, often providing care around the clock while trying to manage their own health, families, careers, and responsibilities.
A few hours of respite can mean more than most people realize. It may give a caregiver time to attend their own medical appointment, have lunch with a friend, run errands without worry, spend time with their children or grandchildren, or simply rest. Knowing their loved one is safe, cared for, engaged, and genuinely enjoying their day gives caregivers an opportunity to care for themselves too.
We believe respite care is healthcare, and families should not have to reach a point of complete exhaustion before receiving support.
Why We Created the Memory Makers Fund
Unfortunately, some families in our community desperately need dementia respite care but simply cannot afford it. We never want finances to be the reason a person living with dementia misses an opportunity for connection or the reason an exhausted caregiver has to continue carrying everything alone. That is why we created the Memory Makers Fund.
Through the generosity of individuals, families, businesses, and members of our community, the Memory Makers Fund helps make HOPE days possible for people living with dementia whose families may otherwise be unable to afford our program.
A contribution to the Memory Makers Fund helps provide meaningful experiences that may include social connection, creative projects, music, movement, community outings, shared meals, reminiscence, nature, conversation, laughter, and friendship. At the same time, it gives a family caregiver something equally valuable: a few hours to breathe, rest, take care of themselves, and continue caring for the person they love.
Your Gift Helps Make Another HOPE Day Possible
When you contribute to the Memory Makers Fund, you are helping provide much more than a few hours of care. You are helping someone remain connected to life and to the people around them. You are helping create laughter around our table, friendships that may never have formed otherwise, experiences that bring joy and confidence, and moments families may have thought dementia had taken away.
You are also allowing a caregiver to step away without guilt or worry because they know their loved one is spending the day somewhere they are known, valued, supported, and cared for.
Every contribution matters. Whether your gift helps provide part of a HOPE day, a full day, or several days of respite, it becomes part of something much bigger. It becomes connection, friendship, dignity, respite, joy, and another memory waiting to be made.
There is still so much life to live after a dementia diagnosis. Through the Memory Makers Fund, our community can come together to help people living with dementia continue experiencing meaningful days while giving the families who love them the support and respite they deserve.
Help Us Make More Memories Possible
Your generosity can help give a person living with dementia another meaningful day at HOPE and give their caregiver a much-needed opportunity to rest and recharge. Thank you for helping us continue creating meaningful days, supporting caregivers, and bringing HOPE to families living with dementia throughout our community.