Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging

Second Saturday for Caregivers
2027-01-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-12 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-11-14 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness, 6100 Normandale Road, 2nd Floor, Edina, Minnesota, 55436, United States
Join Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness for their free Second Saturday program each month which includes a 90 minute education session beginning at 9:00 am and a support group meeting directly afterwards at 10:30 am. The morning education session provides powerful tools and coping skills for you the caregiver.
Respite is available for your loved one from 9 am – 12pm with advanced registration.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers
2027-01-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-12-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-12-21 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-12-14 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-12-07 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-11-30 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-11-23 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-11-16 10:00 - 11:30 and 4 more dates | Lenox Community Center, 6715 Minnetonka Blvd., Saint Louis Park, 55426
JFCS, will host a six-week class, “Powerful Tools for Caregivers.”
If you have picked up a prescription, brought over dinner, given a ride
to the doctor, taken care of an errand or made decisions big or small on
behalf of a senior, you are a caregiver. The class is designed to provide
you with a wealth of self-care tools that will help you take care of yourself
while taking care of others. You will learn to reduce stress, improve your
self-confidence, bring more balance to your life, better communicate your feelings, and increase your ability to make tough decisions. The class is open to people from the Jewish and broader community.

Memory Loss Caregiver Support Group
2026-12-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-11-24 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-10-27 10:30 - 11:30 | Lyngblomsten at Lino Lakes, 6070 Blanchard Blvd., Lino Lakes, 55014
Caring for someone with dementia can be a long and exhausting journey—but you don’t have to walk it alone.
Join a Memory Loss Caregiver Support Group offered by Lyngblomsten Community Services. This group provide a safe, supportive space to share your caregiving experiences with others while receiving encouragement, understanding, and helpful resources.
Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.For questions or to register, contact: Lisa Brown, MSW, LISW Caregiver Services Coordinator at (651) 632-5320 or caregiving@lyngblomsten.org

Hugo Memory Cafe
2026-12-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-11-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Blue Heron Grill, 14725 Victor Hugo Blvd N, Hugo, MN, 55038, United States
A welcoming place for those with memory loss and their caregivers to come together, socialize, and connect with each month.
Cafés will include facilitated conversation and community resources.
Join us each month to share, support and connect with others in your community.

Memory Cafe: Woodbury
2026-12-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-11-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-10-13 13:00 - 14:00 | R.H. Stafford Library, 8595 Central Park Place, Woodbury, 55125
A welcoming place for those with memory loss and their caregivers to come together each month.
Cafés will include facilitated conversation and community resources.
Join us each month to share, support and connect with others in your community.
Lemonade and pastries hosted by Kowalski’s.
Sign up by contacting Jenny West at 651.789.4015 or jwest@familymeans.org

Virtual Memory Loss Caregiver Support Group
2026-12-08 10:30 - 23:30, 2026-11-10 10:30 - 23:30, 2026-10-13 10:30 - 23:30 | Zoom, MN, United States
Family and friends who are caring for someone experiencing Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia are welcome to participate. Groups are facilitated by Lisa Brown, MSW, LISW, Caregiver Services Program Coordinator. This virtual group meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month, and lasts about one hour.
If you are interested in participating in the group, please contact us at: (651) 632-5320 or caregiving@lyngblomsten.org to sign up.

First Friday Caregiver Support Group
2026-12-04 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-11-06 09:00 - 10:30 | Wilder Center, 451 Lexington Parkway, St Paul, Minnesota, 55104, United States
Join us for coffee, treats, and conversations with fellow caregivers for an opportunity to connect and share experiences about caring for someone with a chronic health condition.

Spirituality & Dementia
2026-11-09 13:00 - 15:00
Faith Community Nurse Network and Lyngblomsten
Community Services collaborated to bring you this
session where attendees will learn from experts in
spiritualty and dementia regarding their work and
research (theological practice and lived experience)
with people living with dementia in a neuropalliative
setting and their caregivers. Presenters:
Rev. Kelly Spahr, M.Div., AC-Clinical Bioethics, BCC
Chaplain, Neurology Supportive & Palliative Care Service
Judy Long, Palliative Care Chaplain
University of California – San Franciso’s Symptom Management Service and UCSF’s Parkinson’s Disease Supportive Care Clinic.
Rev. Judy Long is an ordained minister and Board-Certified Chaplain. She served as outpatient chaplain in grant-funded neuropalliative care clinics for people living with advanced Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders (PDRD) as well as with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). She developed and teaches a course in sustainable caregiving (emotional resilience) for caregivers of those living with neurologic illnesses and other serious illnesses. She also adapted it and taught it as resilience for patients including for those with neurologic illnesses and dementias. MERI Center for Education in Palliative Care, UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine. On a personal note, she is also the caregiver for her husband who lives with Alzheimer’s disease.
Rev. Kelly Spahr is an ordained minister and a Board-Certified Chaplain, serving in the Rochester, N.Y. Area since 2012. She is an outpatient chaplain at the University of Rochester Medical Center Neuropalliative and ALS Clinics, and a co-facilitator in the Palliative Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy clinic. She also serves on the Crossroads of Caring Clinical Pastoral Education Professional Advisory Board, and on the URMC Ethics Committee.
Both have worked with Dr. Benzi Kluger, Professor of Neurology and Medicine, founding director of the Palliative Care Research center and Neuropalliative Care Service at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York.
