Live Webinar

Therapeutic Lying in Dementia Care

with Rev. Katie Norris

This is a 1.5 hour interactive webinar. If you need a certificate of attendance, please see the FAQ section below.

The webinar will be recorded and available for replay.

    Friday June 13 , 2025

    At 12:00 PM CDT

    Webinar Session has ended now.

What you will learn:

The most common response I see when people give dementia care advice to deal with "challenging behaviors" like wanting to drive, asking for a dead loved one, or trying to escape the home or care community is to lie to the person with dementia. This is often called Therapeutic Lying.

But there are many questions about the ethics, efficacy, and use of Therapeutic Lying in dementia care. Let's look at what the research actually says about Therapeutic Lying, what people living with dementia have to say about it, and what we consider when doing Montessori based dementia care. 

What actually is Therapeutic Lying? (TL)

Hint: It's not telling a person with dementia that their car is in the shop in order to get them to stop driving.

What does the actual research on TL show us about the ethics and efficacy of using it?
The prerequisites you need to evaluate before even considering using Therapeutic Lying.
The questions you need to think about in regards to honoring capacity and informed consent. 

It's a myth that most people with dementia do not have capacity to make decisions and can not have informed consent.
(This webinar is NOT legal advice. It is for educational and informational purposes only. All legal and medical decisions around capacity must be made with your persons lawyer and medical staff.)

How does Montessori dementia care handles these situations?

Learn the guiding principles we use in our Creative Connections in Dementia Care® trauma-informed Montessori care program.  Do we even use TL?

Terms and Conditions: This session will be recorded so by purchasing and participating live, you are consenting to being recorded. The recording will be shared with all participants and may be used on social media, in teaching, other videos, or in any other medium or way in which the presenter chooses.

Please know that when you purchase this course, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions that will be linked on the purchasing page. This is a reminder that all courses and webinars and content is under copyright of Creative Connections in Dementia Care dba: Recourse Coaching, LLC. As per the terms and conditions, the courses and materials are for personal use only. You may not copy, make edits to, repurpose, or otherwise use the content in this webinar for business or professional use.

This webinar covers an aspect of non-medical care for people with dementia and is not medical or legal advice. Any medical or legal questions should be discussed with your/ your persons medical and/or legal teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can obtain a certificate of attendance. You MUST participate in the webinar to obtain your certificate as a certificate certifies that you were present. The only way I can know if you are present is if you participate. Please email us (info@recoursecoaching.com) prior to the webinar to let us know that you will need a certificate. You will need to be sure your name on Zoom matches your registration. Names on screens will show up in the recording, so if you don't want your name to show, but you need a certificate, just use your initials for your name and send me an email with the initials you used.  If you are a professional that needs  CEU's, you can ask your governing body if this webinar will count towards your hours. This webinar can give you a certification of attendance, which is NOT a certification in the topic of TL or Montessori dementia care.

This webinar is appropriate for professional and family/friend care partners. It is also helpful for support care partners such as ministers, chaplains, pastoral care teams, emergency workers, and more. It is a great webinar for you if you want to know the research behind TL, the risks and benefits, and other options to handle "challening behaviors."

This webinar is not a course in Montessori dementia care. If you are a professional and are interested in learning about our Certification program, please join our Professionals Newsletter. If you are a family care partner, please consider checking out our Care Partners House membership. 

As this is a digital product- a live webinar that is recorded and delivered to participants, there are no refunds. Thank you for understanding. 

Meet the Speaker:

Katie has been working as a Montessori dementia educator for 14 years. She is the primary author of the book, Creative Connections in Dementia Care® and teaches dementia care to care communities, home health care agencies, and family care partners. Katie was also one of the main care partners for her mother who had Lewy Body Dementia, and is now a long-distance care partner for her father living with Alzheimer's Disease. She is an AMI Montessori for Aging and Dementia Care Practitioner, a Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach.

You can find Katie on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at @creativeconnectionsdementia and on TikTok at @creativeconnectdementia

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Rev. Katie Norris

Live Webinar Pricing

Therapeutic Lying in Dementia Care

$25 USD

  • Learn what TL is, what the research shows about it, and what are the considerations to think about before considering using it.

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