Cognitive Ramps – Seeing Dementia as a Disability, Not Just a Disease: When someone uses a wheelchair, we don’t expect them to “overcome” stairs. We build a ramp. Yet when someone lives with dementia, too often the burden is placed on the person to compensate for memory loss, confusion, or language difficulties. What if we treated dementia the same…
Seeing is remembering. You can unlock the magic of visual cues. In the world of Montessori for dementia, visual cues, or “signs,” are much more than simple labels. We say ‘the magic of visual cues’ because they are powerful tools that tap into the unique ways the brain processes and retains information, especially when facing cognitive challenges. But why…
We always encourage caregivers to say “yes” as often as possible. And there’s a…
Polypharmacy — the use of multiple medications at the same time, often five or…
