The Bridges Library System has announced that it is one of three recipients of a national Alzheimer’s caregiving award.
According to information released by the system, the Family Caregiver Alliance, in partnership with the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and Bader Philanthropies, Inc., named Bridges Library System as one of three recipients of their 2022 Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Award. The award recognizes model programs that address the needs of caregivers and those they care for living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related condition.
As a recipient of the award, Bridges Library System will receive $20,000 for the Library Memory Project (LMP), an initiative consisting of 21 public libraries across multiple counties and library consortia. The LMP offers rotating monthly social opportunities for those with memory loss and their caregivers, serving more than 200 people annually. Individuals living with memory loss and their care partners can count on finding warm companionship, acceptance to be who they are, and enjoyable discussions and engagement in music, art, theater, poetry, and literature, the release stated.
“It is such an honor to be recognized with an Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Award for the work library staff have done in our community. The Library Memory Project wouldn’t be possible without the passion and dedication of the library staff involved and the relationships they’ve built with those who attend every month,” Angela Meyers, inclusive services coordinator at the Bridges Library System, was quoted as saying in the release.
An award reception will be held in Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday, March 28, during the Aging in America Conference, the release noted.
About the Bridges Library System
According to the release, the Bridges Library System provides individual member libraries, as well as residents of Waukesha and Jefferson counties, benefits in the form of greater fiscal security, increased access to information and services, and progressive, collaborative relationships. For more information visit www.bridgeslibrarysystem.org.
The Dwight Foster Public Library, Fort Atkinson, is one of several libraries included within the Bridges Library System. File photo/Kim McDarison.
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