Dementia and LEGO Serious Play for improved engagement
By
Loretta Veney
Sep 12, 2022
I’ve loved LEGO bricks since receiving my first box from my mom when I was just five years old. Many of you have likely played with the bricks with your own kids or grandkids at least once in your lives....
Taking it to the streets: Reimagining dementia
By
Mary Fridley
Charles de Vilmorin
Oct 30, 2023
When Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice launched “Taking It to the Streets,” a global campaign that took place during the week of Sept. 18 to 24, 2023, one of the first people to...
An invitation to decode dementia
By
David Troxel
Aug 29, 2023
The famed British dementia researcher Dr. Tom Kitwood once said that caregivers are “physicians of the human spirit.” I would argue that life enrichment and activity professionals in senior living...
Engaging residents with the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle
By
Cameron Camp, Ph.D.
Charles de Vilmorin
Sep 27, 2023
The Montessori Inspired Lifestyle is, first and foremost, a person-centered approach to life. Based on the fundamental human values of respect, dignity, equality and trust it can be applied to any setting...
A Montessori approach to dementia care
By
Cameron Camp, Ph.D.
Charles de Vilmorin
Dec 21, 2022
A fundamental shift is necessary in the way we view dementia and care provided for persons living with dementia. By any objective measure, the medical approach to dementia has been a monumental failure....
Living with dementia: ‘Nothing about us without us’
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Feb 29, 2024
We can talk endlessly about people living with dementia, but the conversation only becomes meaningful when they are active participants in the conversation. During the recent 2024 Validation World...