Guidance from the Authors on Using Validation Are you currently using the Validation method in your care setting? Do you have questions? Authors of The Validation Breakthrough, Fourth Edition, Naomi Feil and Vicki de Klerk-Rubin, answer some frequently asked questions from people using Validation. New to Validation?…

What is the Validation method? Validation is a method for communicating with older adults who are diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. It is based on an attitude of respect and empathy for older adults with Alzheimer’s-type dementia who are struggling to resolve unfinished business before they die.

The Namaste Care™ program is a holistic end-of-life care program for people with advanced dementia. This approach affirms the individuality and enduring spirit of each person through comforting and meaningful sensory-based experiences. Namaste Care ensures that people receive specialized services and activities that are meaningful at this stage of their…

Given a choice between care in a family setting and care in a nursing home, most older people prefer to maintain control and independence and choose to remain in their own home. And when it is time to decide among a variety of interventions, most will opt for approaches that…

Our cultural understanding of the nature of disease is still based on the belief that acute disease is the fundamental culprit that affects most lives. Until around 100 years ago, widespread infectious diseases like smallpox or tuberculosis that could kill people at any age were the primary threat to human…

Whether it’s a fear of nursing homes, worry about money running out, or the political crisis of the future of Medicaid and Medicare, the uncertainty of aging is on the minds of many Americans. Author of Aging Forward: A New Path for Health, Technology, and Community, David Dunkelman talks…