Given dementia’s affect on the brain to take an individual “back in time”, making them believe they are 19 years old again, the “Dementia Village” concept was originally piloted in European countries as a therapeutic method to provide a safe and secure environment for residents to live meaningful lives without the feel of an institutional facility.  After numerous research studies of the dementia village concept, residents living in these environments showed improved cognitive response rates, fewer pharmaceutical interventions needed, and improved overall quality of life. 

 

In this closing keynote session, join Scott Tarde, CEO of the George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Centers- a San Diego-based center which is the first functioning Dementia Village concept in the United States.  Tarde, who has been featured as an international speaker and through Forbes and other nationally recognized publications, will demonstrate some of the therapeutic techniques used in this unique environment, why the dementia village approach works, and how the Glenner Centers staff and train personnel specifically for this care paradigm.