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
| Dementia Cafe Kildare | Mary Roach | N/A | dementiacafekildare@gmail.com | This virtual cafe will re-open in Autumn 2022 |
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| Donegal Virtual Memory Cafe | Patricia McMonagle | 087-3586714 | Patricia.mcmonagle@alzheimer.ie | 2pm on the last Monday of each month |
| 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. |