Category: memory care

5 Inspiring Stories of Meaningful Person-Centered Memory Care

Small Ways Care Partners Have Improved Quality of Life and Made a Difference This post was excerpted from Getting Dementia Care Right: What’s Not Working and How It Can Change by Anne Ellett, M.S.N., NP. Copyright © 2023 by Health Professions Press. I have had so many meaningful experiences over the years working in memory care. I have worked with countless wonderful support partners and leaders, people who took the time to listen to an individual resident, advocated for him or her, and provided a gentle touch at just the needed moment to improve that person’s day. The following stories…

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What is Spaced Retrieval?

Learn how this proven memory-training strategy works: Read the book! Spaced Retrieval Step by Step An Evidence-Based Memory Intervention By Jeanette Benigas, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Jennifer Brush, M.A., CCC-SLP, and Gail Elliot, BASc, M.A. Copyright © 2016 by Health Professions Press, Inc. Help your clients with memory loss remember important information or actions with the proven memory training strategy of spaced retrieval (SR). Learn more…

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