Best Practices for Curating a Dementia-Friendly Environment

General Course
2 CE credits
LIVE, Interactive Webinar

Course Description: Curating a multi-faceted dementia friendly environment is a foundational principle of providing well rounded memory care for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The environmental design of a living space can support or hinder either professional or personal care partners’ ability to facilitate meaningful living. Participants will be enlightened and even surprised how design and technology choices, as well as staff training, affect an individual’s personal independence, comfort, and safety in their daily lives. In this course, participants will learn about the importance of providing a dementia friendly environment for their loved ones or residents—whether it be in a residential community, day program, respite care, or other location providing memory care. We explore different adaptations and design elements that can improve someone’s quality of life while keeping their space comfortable and homey. This course is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions, as well as case vignette discussions, and a Q&A session at the end.

From this course you will be able to:
1. Adapt or design a living environment that is dementia friendly.
2. Implement safety measures in interior and exterior spaces.
3. Employ strategies to promote independence and implement adaptive technology.
4. Creatively facilitate meaningful living, through the environmental design of a living space.