Providing Hope, Help & Guidance for Alzheimer’s

and  Dementia Families

                                             We can help….we have been there.

Compassion

Guidance

Hope

Understanding

 ~Annual Appeal 2019 ~
 
For many of our clients, A Place to Start is their only source of socialization and support. With that being said, it is only through the generosity and kindness from people just like you that we are able to continue our mission of providing hope, help and guidance to families living with dementia.  We have been able to support families with Alzheimer’s and dementia since 2011!
 
We strive to offer caregivers and their loved ones a place to gather, a place to feel supported and give them a sense of belonging during a time that can be so challenging and even lonely at times. Family caregivers experience clinical symptoms of depression and feelings of isolation and loneliness. Support is what leads to less stress, less depression, and better health.We provide this and many other services at no cost to the family or caregiver.
We thank you for your kindness and your continued support!!!

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!  

Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience!

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Scavenger Hunt fundraiser May 12, 2018

The Hunt Is On This Spring!

Get a team together and use the Goosechase app for a fun filled modern day scavenger hunt around the Kennebunks.  Register your team below!

Take pictures! ~ Send video! ~ Win a prize! ~ Have fun!!

  • Saturday, June 15th (rain or shine)

  • Scavenger Hunt: 1pm – 3pm

  • Social Gathering: 3pm – 4pm

  • Rogers Pond, KBK

Connie and her daughters

Connie and her daughters

A Place to Start is a non-profit organization started with a mission of hope, help and guidance for families living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

We help you develop specific and individualized care plans for living with the diagnosis of dementia. And we offer mentorship, navigation, guidance, planning, support and understanding for coping with alzheimer’s disease.

A Place to Start is a way for our family to continue a passionate cause in honor of our dear mother, Connie, who passed away from Alzheimer’s disease in 2011. As a family who has journeyed down the uncertain path of dementia and Alzheimer’s, we hope to help and guide other families living with the disease.

We can help – we’ve been there.

 

 

“This is the power of gathering.

It inspires us–delightfully–to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful:

in a word, more ALIVE.”

~Alice Waters~

What is A Place To Gather?

A Place to Gather continues to carry out A Place to Start’s mission of providing free support for Alzheimer and Dementia families.

A Place to Gather provides community involvement through programming which includes snack & chat social hours, luncheons, music therapy, drop-in hours for caregivers and loved ones, a lending library, support groups and so much more.

Feel free to stop in and say hi!

We are a friendly, safe, and healing “Place to Gather”.