Educator
Training in Dementia for Professional Care Staff
Mostly In-Person and sometimes VIRTUAl
Training that is Engaged, Innovative, and Impactful. Rooted in Relationship.
From your 8-hour Dementia training to the Connect + Create Institute. From 1:1 coaching for emerging eldercare professionals to Life Enrichment Team development, how the world views dementia, starts with us, the trusted experts, the professionals supporting families and those living with a diagnosis.
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Here’s the thing…
Education is mandatory. Knowledge is transformative.
How many brain images can one look at before it becomes impersonal? How much longer can we sit behind a computer screen to gain education hours yet see little impact? Can we truly transform how we care for those living with dementia and their families with the current education model?
Yes, the neuroscience of dementia is important to know. Yes, the medical and clinical knowledge one gains through education is necessary. But how does the education you receive truly inform your care practices, helping you become better at your job? Not just better, but great, less likely to burn out, more engaged with those you serve, and able to see your day to day tasks, not as a to-do item, but as a moment to love another.
Elements of Quality Education
What you Can Expect FRom Me
In-Person
While there is place for pre-recorded and virtual training, I believe we learn best when we are in the same room together. (Connect + Create Institute is an exception.)
Flexible
There is a core we must adhere to, regulations and mandates to follow, tailoring is always offered to meet your needs and learning goals.
Minimal Slides
Slides and Handouts are used, but with intention. No one needs to spend more time than necessary hearing someone read a slideshow one could read themselves.
Relational
If we are to become relational with our residents and clients, we also must be relational with each other. Training is engaging, experiential, and offers time for team development.
Ongoing Partnership
Our training time may only be a blip on the calendar, but I believe in accompanying you post education to help you with implementation and sustainability.
Printed Materials
You will always receive handouts and handbooks for each training so that you can refer back to what was said, look into the referenced used, that also allow you to be fully precent during the training.
Our ability to care for another relies on our understanding and the curiosity of one’s life.
Grow in Community
Grow in KNowledge
Grow in Confidence
Grow in Leadership
Your Educator and Mentor
Meet Kate
Creative work in Eldercare is what I believe I was uniquely created to do with my time and talent. I am part artist, part educator, and I find joy in accompanying others along this dementia journey.
I continue to dedicate my life to accompanying those living with dementia. I believe dementia is not a death sentence, a reason to squash dignity, purpose, and joy, nor an eraser that eliminates the beauty of your life. But it is also not a reason to fear suffering, and “shush” conversations about the real trials of dementia. Whether you have the diagnosis yourself or are a care partner, I seek to walk with you through the trials and triumphs of this life.
