Learning Center for Alzheimer's & Dementia

Dementia care professionals have only a limited amount of time for each patient. Learn how to best allocate a limited resource.

We often hear about “Person Centered Care” in the media and from healthcare professionals, but what does it actually mean? What is person centered care in dementia? Learn what a person centered approach to dementia and Alzheimer care is, and the mindset needed to implement it in this article.

Adult coloring is a popular activity, but is it suitable for people with Alzheimer's or dementia? This article explains how it can be.

Many articles have been written over the years about choosing gifts for people with dementia. Most focus on “activities of daily living” ideas, such as adaptive clothing, large size clocks and the like. Choosing a meaningful and appropriate gift for someone with Alzheimer's or dementia is not easy. Learn how to do it.

What is "Montessori"? That's a good question. Try searching the internet and see what you find. You'll find a lot of talk about the Montessori environment, about the benefits of the approach, about nurturing and independence. But you probably won't find a succinct definition of the Montessori approach.