Where Arts and Imagination Fuel the Mind

Our mission is to empower, engage, and educate individuals, care partners, and families living with dementia or other brain health issues to live a more fulfilling life through the arts, social interaction and community outreach.

“Isolation is a large contributing factor to increasing the pain and difficulty of having dementia. Our programs are designed to decrease isolation and increase socialization with community support.”
– Dr. Charlie Farrell

Employment Opportunities

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Administrative Assistant

What We Do

We welcome you to the Carolyn L. Farrell Foundation for Brain Health. Below is a video which will give you an overview of our Center for Artful Living and many of it’s enrichment and wellness programs for individuals impacted by dementia/Alzheimer’s and other cognitive health issues.

SHARE for Dementia is an evidence-based care-planning program that empowers adults with early-stage dementia and their families to get the most out of today while planning for tomorrow. Below is a video that will introduce you to the SHARE program. The Farrell Foundation provides this program at no cost to the community through the collaboration with Benjamin Rose.

For further information:
Contact the Farrell Foundation
Phone: 440-414-0434
Email: info@farrellfoundation.com

About Us

The Farrell Family

The Carolyn L. Farrell Foundation for Brain Health was established in 2011 when the Farrell Family saw a need in the community. In caring for Carol, wife and mother, we found that there are few activity based programs for people living at home with dementia/Alzheimer’s. We wanted to bring programming to the community in order to help support people’s treatment plan and management of their illness. Our programs are largely arts based and focus on multi-sensory elements. The human senses centered in the brain preserve abilities well into the disease process.

It is often assumed that people with dementia can not participate in daily life activities anymore, and that is not true. When we create activities that are accessible, individuals thrive and find joy in the experience. People with dementia can create, imagine, and have fun.

Most importantly, isolation is a large contributing factor to increasing the pain and difficulty of having dementia. Our programs are designed to decrease isolation and increase socialization with community support.

AL & Jill Breton – Participant Spotlight

By Jill Breton

The Farrell Foundation has been a wonderful place of welcome, caring, support and social interaction for my father-in-law, Al Breton. My mother-in-law Terry learned about the Farrell Foundation from a doctor’s recommendation. We started attending programs in October, 2024. Al has been married to Terry for 58 years and has two wonderful children, Michael and Colette, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren (one of whom is on the way). Al’s first language is French as he was born and raised in Canada on a dairy farm and is the youngest of 13 children. He came to the United States when he was 18 years old. He then served in the U.S. Army for two years. He worked as a cabinet maker until his retirement and was known for his precise and beautiful work. He was always able to fix anything and had resourceful ways of doing so! He loves being around all of the people at the Center. All of the staff, volunteers, and care partners are so kind, positive, encouraging and supportive. He enjoys interacting with the other participants during and after the sessions. We have enjoyed many laughs during the programs. He also has met a couple of people here who also speak French. He always leaves the Center saying, “The people are so nice there. That’s a good place to go. I like going to the “club.” I see that it uplifts him every time we are there. He has participated in the many different group activities and programs offered by the Center: the art, music, dance, storytelling, walking, etc. I encourage anyone to try the different programs even if you never danced or played music or painted much in the past. Your family member and you will have fun and meet and laugh with many kind people every time and will leave refreshed. A new activity we started attending due to the nicer weather is the Walk & Roll on Thursdays in Clague Park. Al loves walking and loves being outside with a group. It’s another opportunity to socialize, to get some exercise at the pace you want to walk or roll, and to hear sounds of nature and to see beautiful trees, flowers and birds all around and perhaps pet a dog or two along the way. We are very grateful to all of the Farrell Foundation staff and volunteers who have created such a joyful and helpful place and resource for us and everyone who participates in the programs. It is a much needed and valuable resource for families in our community.