Making Signage in Dementia Care Work: Short Course
Signage can increase independence and joy and decrease challenging behaviors
Course Summary
This self-paced short course includes our ebook, Using Signage in Dementia Care, a Canva tempate to our signs so you can edit and make your own, and over 70 printable signs.
In this short course, you will learn:
- What signage is and why these signage memory aids and cues works in dementia care
- How to make effective signs
- How to use signs with people with dementia so they actually work
- Troubleshooting common issues with signs like tearing signs down, refusing to use them, and not being able to use them
- This course has about 1.5 hours of short videos to watch, and some activities for you to do ranging from 5 minutes to a half hour so you can practice what you learned.
Please note, as this is a digital product delivered to you immediately, there are no returns. Thank you for understanding.
Signs can help improve everything from repetitive questions and behaviors to wandering, they can increase independence and comfort with hygiene, and can engaging people in meaningful activities.
Making Signage in Dementia Care Work
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This short course will teach you about how to make and use signs for people with dementia to decrease behaviors and increase joy.
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- 7 Video Modules with Activities for Learning ($250 value)
- Ebook "Using Signage in Dementia Care" & printable signs ($9.99 value)
- Canva template of dementia signs ($50 value)
People with dementia often have what is called "challenging" or "responsive" behaviors such as repeatedly asking where people are or what is happening during the day. They may constantly touch things and move items around the house or they may take other residents items and hide them, or hide their own belongings. They may struggle to remember how to take a shower or use the toilet, and they may not be engaging in any activities. These behaviors are not "just dementia." They can be improved or fixed by creating an environment that supports their brain, and signs are one of the best ways to make an environment and/or task accessible again for a person with dementia. But you can't just put a sign up and think it will work.There is a process to making, placement, guidance, repetition, timing, and usage of signs that is needed to make them work well. We will teach you these principles inside this short course.
Rev. Katie Norris
Rev. Katie Norris, MDiv, is an AMI Montessori for Aging and Dementia Practitioner and has working in dementia care for 13 years. She was a live-in care partner for her mother who had Lewy Body Dementia and is now a long-distance care partner for her father who has Alzheimer's disease. She has spent the past 13 years helping teach families and healthcare professionals about dementia care. She was on the teaching staff for the AMI Practitioners program. Her book, Creative Connections in Dementia Care®, is based on the Montessori based program she ran by the same name in the non-profit she co-founded in 2011.
She is also a OMA (Opening Minds Through Art) Facilitator, Certified Brain Health Coach, Fitness and Mobility Coach, and Z-Health Practitioner (neurology of movement.)
