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3 Purposeful Activities to Engage People Living with Dementia

By Teepa Snows Positive Approach to Care

Engaging with a resident living with dementia can sometimes be difficult. Residents they can be restless, easily distracted, or even agitated. It’s therefore important to identify their needs when engaging with them, and adjust any activities to their capabilities. Read more...

3 Strategies for Creating Meaningful Moments in Dementia Care

By Teepa Snows Positive Approach to Care

Have you ever wondered how to create more meaningful moments for you to share with your person living with dementia? Read more...

Dementia Care: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

By Teepa Snows Positive Approach to Care

Have you ever seen the movie The Notebook? The storyline follows a couple’s love story from early years through older age when the wife is diagnosed with dementia, presenting with severe memory decline. Read more...

3 Considerations to Improve Life When Dementia Is Involved

By Teepa Snows Positive Approach to Care

Have you ever found yourself asking How did I get here? or What am I going to do now? Whether you are living with dementia yourself or caring for someone living with dementia, it can be easy to get lost in the moment and simply try to make it through. Read more...

How to Respond More Positively During Surprising Events in Dementia Care

By Teepa Snows Positive Approach to Care

Have you ever been surprised by a person living with dementia? Chances are, if you are a care partner, you answered yes. And even more likely, you thought something like Once? I get surprised all the time. Read more...

How to Help a Person Continue to Feel Competent As Their Dementia Progresses

By Teepa Snows Positive Approach to Care

Have you noticed bills piling up in the home of your person living with dementia? Are you worried that some important aspects of daily life, such as their finances, are not being managed well anymore? Read more...

5 Tips for Helping A Person Living with Dementia Understand the Need to Move to a Care Community

By Teepa Snows Positive Approach to Care

Have you had a difficult conversation with your loved one, such as about them moving to a care facility, only for them not to remember a thing about it a short while later? This happens frequently when a loved one is living with dementia, and can leave families distressed and unsure how to respond. Read more...