Valentine’s Day and Dementia Care
Posted on: Feb 02, 2021
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Johnson Christian Village is a Dementia Friendly Ministry™ committed to fighting stigma surrounding dementia, offering community education, and providing contemporary residential, home, and hospice services focused on dignity, engagement, and quality of life. We support Christian values by advocating for the highest quality of life for people with dementia.
Developed in partnership with David Troxel, MPH, co-creator of the life-affirming and acclaimed Best Friends™ Approach to Dementia Care, Johnson Christian Village's Pathway Memory Support® program responds to the experience of dementia by embracing contemporary best-practices along with enhanced staff training, creative approaches to care, and a focus on activity and engagement. A person living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia faces a progressive decline in memory and cognition that can lead to moments of sadness, frustration, and worry. This path can be a lonely one, but at Johnson Christian Village the path is taken with friends and family.
Making the decision to move a family member to memory care is never easy, but the safety and socialization of a special care neighborhood like Pathway Memory Support® at Johnson Christian Village can provide the person with dementia with a supportive environment, rich in activities and engagement delivered by a well-trained and caring staff. Understanding every family situation is different, it's important to know primary triggers for memory care.
Touch the Spirit® is an activities and engagement program connecting persons living with dementia with their religious and spiritual traditions, along with activities including exercise, music, arts, and life-long learning. In these short moments of connection talented Johnson Christian Village associates provide words of comfort, offer a compliment, spend time outdoors, talk about special moments in a resident’s life story, have a meaningful discussion, enjoy music or a hymn together, or share a favorite Bible story or religious passage.
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