About
Toys for Alzheimer’s distributes free cognitively stimulating and engaging toys to
persons living with Alzheimer’s for the purpose of improving their quality of life.
Recent studies demonstrate benefits of toys and games include anxiety, decreased agitation, increased happiness level, increased social interaction, increased activity level, improved ability to receive care, fewer negative verbal expressions, improved mood, decrease in wandering, decrease in obsession, and improved food intake.
Toys for Alzheimer’s was created by Landa Clay Gamble, Director or Royal Adult
Day Services, in honor of her mom, Mary Alice Bendolph, who lived with
Alzheimer’s.
Royal Adult Day Initiatives: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, Dignity Community Garden, and Toys for Alzheimer’s
Our Mission
The mission of Toys for Alzheimer’s is to distribute free cognitively stimulating and engaging toys to persons living with Alzheimer’s and related Dementias.
Our Vision
Royal Adult Day envisions a community that fully embraces the needs of persons living with Alzheimer’s and allows them to continue living a life they love.
“People with dementia have a right to continue living a life they love.”
(Dr. Dough Brown, Chief Policy and Research Officer at Alzheimer’s Society).