‘Memory Matters’ Collection

‘He Taonga te Pūmahara | Memory Matters’ is a brand-new collection for people with dementia and memory loss, as well as their whānau and caregivers. Currently in New Zealand there are 70,000 people with a diagnosis of dementia | mate wareware. This is expected to increase to 170,000 by 2050. Memory Matters was developed in consultation with groups across NZ, as well as local organisations like Alzheimer’s Society Manawatu. Along with books, the collection includes games, puzzles, jigsaws, activity boards, and tactile fidget widgets. One item that is sure to be popular are the simple music players – preloaded with hundreds of songs and themed to suit the listener e.g. classical, popular hits through the decades, and NZ music. Memory Matters is available at Roslyn Library and Central Library (Fiction Zone, First Floor).