Dementia Training for Family Members (HomeCare)
Membership includes dementia training for family members course (36 online videos), access to monthly group calls with Judy Cornish, and a care partner online community (ask questions, discuss specific situations).
What you get:
This course is the key to less frustration and feelings of hopelessness. – DAWN HomeCare subscriber
- ✓Dementia training for family members caring for their loved ones at home
- ✓Recognize and strengthen the super-skills your loved one will not lose
- ✓Resolve emotional needs before difficult behaviors appear
- ✓Learn simple techniques to enhance cooperation and make day-to-day tasks easier
- ✓Enjoy more companionship and less stress
- ✓See your loved one relax and feel more at peace.
What you gain:
- ✓All the tools and techniques of the DAWN Method
- ✓Real life examples of successful application of strength-based dementia care.
- ✓Updated content for post-pandemic dementia care at home (2024).
What is included:
Dementia Care Course
One-year access to dementia training for family members course (36 videos, 10-20 minutes each) detailing tools and techniques for responding to the emotional needs and cognitive changes that occur with dementia
Monthly Group Coaching Call
Monthly group calls with Judy Cornish (author of Dementia With Dignity & The Dementia Handbook) and other DAWN HomeCare members where you can bring your concerns and questions
Private Online Community
Membership to the Private Online HomeCare Community (not in Facebook) where you can ask questions and connect with other people providing dementia care at home
Bring your questions to an expert
Monthly group coaching calls
(second Thursday of the month, 4pm PT)
Live group calls with Judy Cornish
Seek answers and feel less alone
Join Judy Cornish and your fellow HomeCare members for creative problem-solving and application of the tools and techniques of DAWN’s strength-based approach to dementia. Judy is a retired elder law attorney, founder of the Dementia & Alzheimer’s Wellbeing Network, and creator of the strength-based approach to dementia known as the DAWN Method. She has spent over a decade helping families support their loved ones at home, with dementia.
Ask questions about your situation
Get targeted advice and listen in on examples from others dealing with similar issues
Learn to recognize the cognitive skills a loved one is using and the ones they no longer can. Become skilled at identifying the underlying emotional need derailing interactions at home. See the tools of the DAWN Method put to use in real life problems encountered with dementia in the home. Make friends and find companions also providing care to a loved one at home.
How the group coaching calls will work
(Next Call – Jan. 9, 2025 at 4:00pm PST)
We will meet together privately for an hour over video once a month on the second Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time (days and times may change in the future). Calls are open to DAWN HomeCare Membership subscribers. You will be able to ask Judy Cornish questions about your specific situation and listen in on her conversations with other members as well.
Join us at the next group coaching call!
We know it’s daunting, but we also know that we can make the journey less stressful for both of you. Sign up today.
Price: $300.00 for one year subscription (renews at $240.00)
Purchase the DAWN HomeCare Membership Purchase a One-Year Membership as a Gift**The DAWN HomeCare One-Year Gift Membership includes everything in the regular membership but does not auto-renew. If recipients want to purchase a second year, they may request a coupon for $60.00 that may be used to sign up for a second year at the $240.00 price like the regular membership.
Reviews:
“I was the primary caregiver for my grandfather who had dementia and have worked as a hospice volunteer in memory care facilities. And I am a career educator and life coach. I have a deep understanding of researched best practices in learning and positive psychology. The DAWN Method brilliantly blends Judy’s deep experience in dementia care with principles and practices from a variety of disciplines. She has created a paradigm-shifting vision for dementia care that affirms the best in each of us – the person with dementia AND their caregivers. Additionally, the DAWN Method is presented within a conceptual framework that is easy to understand. It offers practical step-by-step tools that will immediately improve care and the quality of life for all involved. This approach is dignified, respectful, compassionate, and hopeful. I wholeheartedly recommend this program. It is an inspired gift to us all. Thank you, Judy Cornish!”
Teri Ashley, Fort Collins, CO
“I am so glad I was introduced to the Dawn method! I read both of Judy’s books and am half way through the course. It has helped so much in caring for my mother! I recommend this course for all care givers!”
Jane Mench
“The DAWN Method training and tools are a valuable lifeline for those involved in caring for someone with dementia. The information provided in the coursework is excellent. And the ability to share the training with family members is a great idea. I am encouraged and empowered. Thank you, Judy and the DAWN team!”
Betsy G.
“The DAWN Method training and tools are a valuable lifeline for those involved in caring for someone with dementia. The information provided in the coursework is excellent. And the ability to share the training with family members is a great idea. I am encouraged and empowered. Thank you, Judy and the DAWN team!”
Elizbeth Graves
“I am only half-way through this course, and have already learned so much that will be of tremendous value in helping my companions with dementia. I am grateful for the opportunity to have been offered access to this course, and I know that it will make me a more compassionate and informed caregiver for my clients and their families.”
Kathleen Cruz
“Judy’s DAWN Method is an extraordinary training program. Our entire extended families all accessed the program training videos and read both of Judy’s books. She and her staff were always available, helpful and encouraging. The information, guidance and real-life experiences presented in the course opened our eyes and minds to the realities of dementia. It gave us insightful, effective tools we could learn to become effective, loving and caring partners for our wife, mother, friend. With this approach, we were able to coalesce our support for my wife and become a family “team” with a common game plan. We started this program one year ago in the midst of the COVID pandemic and it was a miraculous blessing for all of us. Thank you!”
The Snell and Knowles Families
“I am only half way thru the course and already I find so much more understanding and patience for the things my husband says and does. I also have been able to get support from Jill Couch who provides DAWN dementia care in our area. I am so grateful!! Thank you so much.”
Charla Riggs
“This course is so comprehensive, I feel like I have been given the tools to bring joy and security and much more to my friend with dementia. The website is easy to navigate and I am part of a care team trying to encourage other friends and family to take the course. It is definitely a unique situation for a person to be in and you cannot just apply parenting or relationship skills to it– this course is the key to less frustration and feelings of hopelessness for both caregiver and person with dementia. Thank you!”
Ele Santoro
“This training has been worth every penny and so much more. It has helped to put more structure and knowledge behind the sense our family was developing that we needed to find a way to “meet mom where she is.” It provides such a wealth of knowledge, but, even better, a wealth of practical solutions for dealing with the many situations one encounters when a loved one moves through dementia. I have already been recommending this program to everyone I encounter who’s dealing with a friend or loved one with dementia, and I will continue to do so whole-heartedly!!!”
Marcia Formica
“I am so glad I found the DAWN HomeCare Dementia Training. I learned so many things that have made my care for my husband more sensitive and understanding. I am much more relaxed and focused on creating a pleasant environment and life for him. Now that I understand what he has lost or is losing (rational thought) and what he retains (intuitive thought), I concentrate on the skills he has left. I am conscious of what is important, helpful, and enjoyable, while letting go of unrealistic expectations. This training will help me as we need to hire outside caregivers…we all will be able to provide my husband the best, most compassionate care we know how. (Review from previous version of DAWN HomeCare course)”
Barbara Campbell
“I will not offer a review until I’ve completed the entire course. Thus far it is more than fulfilling expectations after my reading both DAWN books.”
William Galbraith
