For the first time, Hearthstone Alzheimer Care is offering training in our award winning I’m Still Here TM approach to persons caring for their loved one at home. Backed by over twenty years of research, this approach is taught and utilized in state-of-the-art memory care programs
I’m Still Here
The I’m Still Here TM philosophy provides a proven method for increasing quality-of-life while reducing the behaviors that caregivers often find challenging. In this four hour innovative training session, caregivers will learn how to use Hearthstone’s time-tested methods to create strategies for successfully caring for and engaging their loved one at home.
Participants in this training session will learn valuable strategies for:
Reducing repetitive question asking
Reducing resistance to bathing
Dining out with your loved one
Successful communication techniques
Making your home “dementia friendly”
Activities you can do with your loved one
Maintaining relationships with family members and friends
Creating memory cues that can help maintain independence
This training is free for people caring for their loved one at home, but seating is limited. Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to 781-305-7107 or wecare@thehearth.org