Some dementia cafes run virtual dementia cafe meetings. Virtual cafes generally last an hour and have the same format as the regular cafe. They are easy to join and the café organiser can help if you are unfamiliar with online video chatting.
The Irish Dementia Cafe Network is directly hosts a monthly Virtual Dementia Café on the first Friday of each month at 11am. Email virtualcafe@engagingdementia.ie to join.
We also run a monthly Rainbow Virtual Café on the last Friday of each month at 11am. This is a welcoming space for older persons within the LGBT+ community , as well as family supporters, healthcare workers and proactive allies. Our guest speakers are specialists in the LGBT+ community and we are delighted at the support we have received for this event.
Further details about both of the above can be found be clicking this link: Click Here for Info
See below a list of dementia cafes that currently have virtual meetings. To attend, just email or phone the co-ordinator and they will send you the details.
Cafes that currently have virtual cafe meetings
| Name Of Cafe | Coordinator name | Phone Number | Date and Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nenagh & Ballina -Killaloe Virtual Dementia Café | Aifric Devane | 087 1098716 | ballinakillaloe.dementiacafe@gmail.com | Second Tuesday morning of every alternative month at 11am and the following month on the third Thursday at 7pm |
| Dementia Cafe Donnybrook | Niamh Bruce | 086 8288864 | info@alzheimercafe.ie | Second Thursday of every month |
| Dementia Cafe Kildare | Mary Roach | N/A | dementiacafekildare@gmail.com | This virtual cafe will re-open in Autumn 2022 |
| Donegal Virtual Memory Cafe | Patricia McMonagle | 087-3586714 | Patricia.mcmonagle@alzheimer.ie | 2pm on the last Monday of each month |
| Louth Monaghan VirtualCafe | Maeve Montgomery | 087 7489258 – on Summer Break | mmontgomery@alzheimer.ie louthmonaghanvirtualcafe@alzheimer.ie | Third Wednesday of the month |
| Nenagh Dementia Café | Noelle Clancy | 0830178006 | noelle.clancy@silverarchfrc.ie | Second Tuesday of the month - virtual cafe |
| Rainbow Virtual Cafe | Danielle Keogh | 085-2691025 | dkeogh@engagingdementia.ie | 11 am - 12 noon on the last Friday of each month |
| Roscommon Dementia Alliance Cafe | Ciaran Mullooly | 086-0836720 | ciaranmullooly@ridc.ie | 2.30 p.m. 2nd Wednesday of each month. |
| St Josephs Shankill Virtual Dementia Cafe | Nicola Yau | 01 2823000 | Nicola.yau@sjog.ie | 2pm first Tuesday of every month Virtual Cafe |
| The Kingdom Virtual Dementia Cafe. | Catherine Murphy | 086-7809989 | catherine@bailemhuire.ie | 11am - 12 pm on the second Tuesday of each month. |
| The Virtual Dementia Cafe | Danielle Keogh | 085-2691025 | dkeogh@engagingdementia.ie | 11am on the first Friday of each month |