Connect With Joy
The Alzheimer’s journey is difficult, but your journey can be filled with love and joy.
All of our resources are designed to keep families connected during Alzheimer’s. We’ve filled this site with practical tips, ideas, and encouragement.
Connect with joy through our singalong videos and Joyful Memories, our dementia-friendly magazine.
A mother and her two daughters share a moment of joy at a Songs & Smiles event.
Learn how Songs & Smiles brings joy to people during the Alzheimer’s journey. Featuring interviews with co-founders Eric and Sheryl Kolb, as well as with residents and staff members at local care facilities. Hear how the organization’s interactive singalongs and dementia-friendly magazines are helping people living with dementia connect with their memories and emotions, as well as with their family and friends.
Media
Read the article about Songs & Smiles published by The Dallas Morning News.
Joyful Memories Magazine named a GDUSA Health+Wellness Design Awards Winner.
Podcast/Radio Appearances by Eric Kolb:
Alzheimer’s Speaks Podcast (April 14, 2024)
Prime Life Podcast (Dec. 19, 2023)
The ‘D’ Word (June 12, 2023) on UK Health Radio
Music Helps (July 2, 2023)
A Season of Caring (Dec. 3, 2020)
News & Events
3 pm on Tuesday, April 23 – Singalong at Flower Mound Senior Center
3 pm on Tuesday, April 30 – Singalong at Flower Mound Senior Center
3 pm on Tuesday, May 7 – Singalong at Flower Mound Senior Center
3 pm on Tuesday, June 4 – Singalong at Flower Mound Senior Center
11 am on Thursday, June 13 – Singalong at Haltom City Senior Center
For more dementia-friendly events in north Texas, visit: Dementia Friendly Denton County, Dementia Friendly Fort Worth, or Dementia Friendly Dallas.
Community Singalong in Grapevine, Texas
Songs & Smiles co-founders Eric and Sheryl Kolb with Sheryl’s mom, Trish, in 2017, sharing a moment of joy during the Alzheimer’s journey. Eric and Sheryl helped care for Trish from the time of her diagnosis in 2008 until Alzheimer’s took her life in 2019.
Celebrate Life
We support caregivers and families during the Alzheimer’s journey, encouraging them to celebrate life with love and laughter. We know how hard it can be to connect with someone who has Alzheimer’s, but we also know the tremendous value of each person and every shared moment of joy.
So, we sing and we smile. We rethink how we have conversations, and we look for creative ways to connect.
READ “OUR STORY”
Keep Your Family Connected
Caring for a loved one living with Alzheimer’s presents unique challenges, and the journey can last for many years. Sadly, many caregivers get worn out and families often drift apart.
Everything we do is about keeping families connected during the journey. Join us in encouraging and supporting caregivers and families.
Trish, whose maiden name was Beeson, celebrated her 78th birthday in 2017 together with the other “Beeson Ladies.” From left, Trish’s grandniece Sydney, niece Stacey, grandniece Emma, sister Mary, Trish, daughter Sheryl, niece Terri, and grandniece Grace.
New Singalong Videos
Magazine
Funding
- Songs & Smiles is primarily supported by generous individual donors.
- Additional program funding by grants provided by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA), the AWARE Fund at The Dallas Foundation, the Waxahachie Foundation, and The Pollination Project.
- 2024 Platinum Seal of Transparency from GuideStar by Candid.
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Care Tips
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