Debra Mae Amidon was my step-mother-in-law, and a close friend. Her daughter, Kendra Barthel, thought that a memorial created in our accessible gardens, Rest.Stop.Ranch, will be local to Clint (Debra’s beloved spouse), who visits often and will be comforted from whatever is chosen as a memorial (a planting or alternative). Karl and I will work […]
We did A LOT in 2015, and we also had a record number of individual contributions. We are growing our online and onsite services and our reach. View/Download MaryMac Missions’ Annual Report 2015 Moving forward with a listening heart, vision, inquiry and action, ~ Mary
Now, just past quittin’ time, 5pm EST, and just prior to the 4th of July Independence Weekend (U.S.), I’m pleased to report that we have spent all of our Memory Café seed-funding from the MA State Department of Developmental Services, on April 1, 2016… by June 30, 2016! How did we spend our seed-funds? The […]
Join us on June 16, 6-7pm, at Seasons of Danvers, A Memory-Care Assisted Living Community, for their monthly Caregiver Café support group. I’ll be speaking about my Seven Sustainable Skills for the Long-Term Care Journey, and facilitating some relaxation! Respite-care is available on-site during this program, free-of-charge. For more information or to RSVP: 978.777.0230 or […]
This Monday and Tuesday I attended a wake and funeral for a forty-four-year-old friend, I had not met before, who ended his life. I was present to support the surviving members of the family, to pray for the deceased, and to pray for my contemporaries, in mid-life, who are struggling with personal pain and unremitting […]
We were there, today… we wore purple and listened to speakers speak about their dementia-related stories and the MA legislative priorities: Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Project Act (S.1196/H.2057) Alzheimer’s Public Awareness Campaign Continuing Medical Education for Physicians (H.3384) Alzheimer’s Care Training for Elder Protective Services Workers (S.360/H.516) We also tracked down our local representatives (Topsfield) in the […]
Friends, A mid-life crisis due to most difficult dementia-caregiving is what I experienced in 2007-2008. The crisis caused me to found on April 19,2010, MaryMac Missions LLC, as a single-person social enterprise, to raise awareness, educate and support other caregivers experiencing difficulties with dementia-caregiving. Most of these “other caregivers” are mostly women and mostly middle-age. […]
Karl and I are thrilled to receive a contract from the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services to further develop and implement our inclusive memory café. Please enjoy reading the letter below that we received just yesterday. It appears that we are the only Ma & Pa provider on the list (MaryMac Missions, Topsfield). Learn more […]
The Mass Lifespan Respite Coalition panel discussion on “Caregiving Innovations” in which I participated March 1st may be watched on YouTube now: I spoke about our Rest.Stop.Ranch Sunday Strolls and Memory Café seasonal once-a-month program, and new, available year-round, Respite Retreats for Weary Caregivers. I also shared a bit about “How I got here.” Check […]
The Mass Lifespan Respite Coalition has a new TV series about Respite! I’ll be a panelist for their topic tonight: Caregiving Innovations… I’ll talk about Rest.Stop.Ranch Respite Retreat Center in development, other panelists will share their innovations, and we’ll have an interactive conversation with the audience. The event is happening from 6-8pm at the Belmont […]
