Would you trust/hire someone to build you and your family a SAFE home if they hand’t even picked up a hammer in a few years? Like everyone else, I have shifted my consulting services to be virtual (because I have to due to a pandemic, COVID-19). However, in order to provide the quality of recommendations, […]
If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? This question is commonly suggested as an icebreaker. But most recently, this question helped me develop a way to explain the importance of a basic engagement activity for people with dementia that can be implemented any time, anywhere, with anyone, especially […]
If you’re caring for someone with dementia in the home, you’ve probably found some activities that they enjoy and they probably involve things outside of the home. If you’re like most of our clients, creativity for dementia-appropriate activities isn’t your expertise and now that COVID-19 (Corona Virus) has us all home-bound, you may be frustrated […]
Hey guys! My name is Mikki Firor. I am the President of Trovato Dementia Services. I’m also a gerontologist and dementia consultant. I’ve been getting a lot of questions about activities to do with somebody who has dementia in the home now that we are practicing social distancing. So, I have five tips that I […]
It’s Mikki! I am the president of Trovato Dementia Services and a dementia consultant. I know that a lot of communities are really making some strides to keep people who are living in their community is connected to their friends and family outside of the community while we are all exercising special precautions but […]
We all know that older adults are not only at a higher risk of developing illness, whether it be the flu or a common cold, but also more likely to develop complications and at an increase risk of death due to these complications. Corona Virus is no different. Whether you believe the media is over-hyping […]
We all know that older adults are not only at a higher risk of developing illness, whether it be the flu or a common cold, but also more likely to develop complications and at an increase risk of death due to these complications. Corona Virus is no different. Whether you believe the media is over-hyping […]
Today we’re gonna talk about two common dementia techniques: Embracing somebody’s reality and lying to somebody with dementia. The difference is that when you join somebody’s reality, you are meeting them where they’re at based off of what they believe. When you lie to somebody with dementia, you are telling them something that is […]
During an intake call the other day, my client’s daughter said “Well, my mom yells and hits, refuses to take her medication, and she’s afraid all of her caregivers are trying to hurt her. You know, the normal dementia stuff.” My client’s daughter believes this is normal because that’s the perception professionals and others who […]
Whether it’s a client, a resident, a patient, or a family member with dementia: they’re all people first and black and white thinking in dementia care is putting the dementia symptoms in front of the person. I remember when LinkedIn was strictly a professional platform. Since opening Trovato, I have spent more time on LinkedIn […]