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Greetings!
We hope you and your loved ones are staying healthy and hopeful amidst the challenges of the pandemic. Here at CARD, we continue to work to bring tools and support to those of you caring for people with dementia, individuals in long-term care, or loved ones at home. In this edition of our newsletter, we are sharing information about upcoming events, news from our shop, resources to support care partners, and inspiration from a Montessori community.
If you know someone that would benefit from additional memory care support, please forward freely. If you received this message from a friend or colleagues and want to be added to our mailing list, click here to sign up, and be sure to add info@cen4ard.com to your safe senders list.
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World Kindness Day Sale Extended
50% off select items through 11/30
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New at CARD! ChooseMyViews®
We are pleased to announce the release of ChooseMyViews® Visual Communication Tool, simple and effective tool to let persons with dementia or other cognitive deficits respond without the need to speak. It is designed to be used by anyone that provides care in this field, and is especially useful when the caregiver and the person do not speak the same primary language, or when there are challenges with verbal expression. Watch the demo video to see how it works, then place your order at www.cen4ard.com/product/choosemyviews/
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Upcoming Events
The events listed below are open to the public and we encourage you to share these links with anyone who provides memory care to a loved one or client. Internal training sessions for communities and companies are also available. Reach out to vince@cen4ard.com to discuss training opportunities for your team.
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Person-Centered Supports for People with Dementia Living in the Community
Monday, November 30
2:00-3:30pm EST
Dr. Cameron Camp, along with other panelists, will discuss their personal and professional experiences with dementia, along with individual, community, and system level approaches to make supports for people with dementia more person-centered. Click here to read about the panelists and the event hosted by NCAPPS.
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How To Prepare For The Holidays With Your Loved One Living With Dementia
Wednesday, December 9
10:00 am CST / 11:00 am EST
Sundance Memory Care will be hosting a holiday webinar entitled: “How To Prepare For The Holidays With Your Loved One Living With Dementia”. Tune in to learn helpful ways to visit and communicate with your loved one living with dementia during the holidays.
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Activity Professionals Week 2021
Together with our partners at NCCDP, ICCDP, and NAAP, we are recognizing the contribution that Activity Professionals and Recreation Therapists make on a daily basis to the quality of life for all they serve by holding a contest for Activity Professionals to submit their ideas for a chance to win cash prizes and free certification and training for their entire department. Submission deadline is December 23rd, 2020.
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These resources from our colleagues are available on our Free Resources page, along with many other tools to support care communities and care partners through Covid-19.
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Dementia Isolation Toolkit
Our friends at Dementia Advocacy Canada have created a free DEMENTIA ISOLATION TOOLKIT with guidance and tools supporting best practices in the compassionate, safe and effective care of people with dementia in isolation. Download your copy of the toolkit at dementiaisolationtoolkit.com.
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Responding to Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia [Handout]
The REACH team at Florida State University College of Medicine Department of Geriatrics has created another valuable handout designed to be stored in your phone or tablet for easy reference for anyone providing care to someone with dementia who seems agitated or refuses help, this guide offers some ideas to try and help someone experiencing frustration or having a hard time communicating. [Download here]
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Sundance University
Course Catalog now available
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Browse the list of courses designed to help you learn more about Montessori methods for cognitive care alongside industry experts and researchers, and be sure to sign up for their mailing list before 11/30 to be the first to find out when course registration opens and to qualify for discount enrollment fees.
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In a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Community, resident committees are a way to give the residents of a community the opportunity to have a voice and a purpose in their environment. This month as we celebrated Veterans Day here in the US, we found inspiration in the story of a VA Community Living Center in Coatesville, PA, who's veterans formed a committee to bring new technology to their home.to be particularly inspirational. Jennie Kelleher of the Department of Veteran’s Affair's MapVA project (Montessori Approaches to Patient-Centered Care) shared the story in this video:
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As we approach a holiday season like no other, we hope you find moments of joy and many reasons to be grateful amidst adversity. We will keep looking for ways to share best practices and valuable ideas to support you, and invite you to reach out to us anytime to share your thoughts and ideas.
No matter how you celebrate, all of us here at CARD wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving,
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Cameron Camp, Vince Antenucci, Nelly Jane Selby,
and the team at Center for Applied Research in Dementia
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The Original Montessori for Dementia Training®
It's a Human Thing®
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