The National Comedy Center has begun hosting regular "Memory Cafes,” inviting people with conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's through the western New York museum to share laughs and ...

Even before the formal memory cafes began, a visitor told the center’s staff that his wife with dementia seldom spoke — but would become more verbal while walking through the museum and ...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Side by side on a sofa inside the National Comedy Center, Gail and Mario Cirasunda chuckled at a clip from the 1980s sitcom “Family Ties” that was playing on a TV ...

The monthly events invite people with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other memory loss, and their caregivers, to spend time at the interactive museum. For visitors like Mario, who has dementia, and his ...

The National Comedy Center has begun hosting regular "Memory Cafes,” inviting people with conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's through the western New York museum to share laughs and connection.