Right at Home Haverhill Offers Inside View of Dementia to Andover, MA
Right at Home Boston and North recently hosted a unique opportunity for care professionals and family caregivers to experience the challenges and struggles of a person living with dementia at the Andover Council on Aging in Andover, MA. A total of twenty care professionals and family caregivers attended the two-hour training.
Dementia Live™ is an innovative program designed by a team of dementia, sensitivity and awareness, and professional development experts from the nationally recognized AGE-u-cate® Training Institute headquartered in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Dementia Live™ training is led by Celeste Begley, Community Relations Director for Right at Home Boston and North and Victoria Guskiewicz, Community Relations Coordinator for Right at Home Boston and North. Celeste and Victoria are certified Dementia Live™ facilitators and have put hundreds of care professionals through the training throughout the Merrimack Valley.
Using specialized gear within a safe, experiential setting, Dementia Live™ provides gives participants a real-life simulation of what it must be like to live with dementia. Dementia is a brain disorder that diminishes memory, thinking and communication, making daily self-care and activities a challenge. Participants gain greater awareness and understanding of the constant struggles (24/7) affecting persons with dementia. Greater understanding leads to more sensitive care partnering.
The Dementia Live™ program is the newest tool in the powerful arena of sensitivity awareness training being used for the booming number of direct care staff, family caregivers, healthcare professionals and college and university students.
"Dementia Live™ is an outstanding in-depth training for professionals. Dementia Live™ provided the most up to date information and tools to incorporate when caring for those who present various stages of dementia. The sensitivity portion of the training was very eye opening and gave us all a real understanding of the day to day challenges those affected encounter. Dementia Live™ presented insight to "Person Centered Care" and how to achieve positive outcomes. Celeste Begley and Victoria Guskiewicz did a great job facilitating the training, Right at Home Boston and North continues to be on the forefront of Dementia care”, said by Annmary, Director of Elder Services in Andover, Massachusetts.
For information about Dementia Live™ and questions about hosting a training for your community, please email us at info@rightathomemass.com or call 978-744-5151 and ask to speak with Celeste Begley, Community Relations Director for Right at Home Boston and North.
In photo left to right: Victoria Guskiewicz Community Relations Coordinator Right at Home Boston and North, Annmary, Director of Elder Services Andover, Massachusetts, Celeste Begley Community Relations Director Right at Home Boston and North.