Free Dementia Training Materials
If you believe that your loved one is experiencing dementia, you are probably overwhelmed. We have put together this list of free dementia care resources to help you keep your loved one at home as long as possible. Providing dementia care at home can create a healthier environment for both of you, as well as delay the need for costly, full-time memory care.
Free Dementia Training Materials
If you believe that your loved one is experiencing dementia, you are probably overwhelmed. We have put together this list of free dementia care resources to help you keep your loved one at home as long as possible. Providing dementia care at home can create a healthier environment for both of you, as well as delay the need for costly, full-time memory care.
How to help someone with dementia
How to help someone with dementia
We can experience many more happy times together. Meet Judy Cornish and listen as she explains the mind shift needed to provide kind, person-centered, strength-based dementia care at home. (TEDx Talk: “The Dawn of Dementia Care”)
Where to begin?
Where to begin?
- Sign up for our newsletter and get our Free 3 Part Video Series–“Preparing for Dementia” (45 minutes)
Sign up for Newsletter & Free Video Series - Read about the stages of dementia so that you are able to recognize its progression and be ready to provide appropriate and increased support as needed.
Written Resources
Written Resources
- BLOG articles (tips and thoughts on dementia care) – Explore our blog topics for helpful tips and stories on how to approach dementia care.
Most popular blogs:
- Dementia and the telephone
- Dementia and the calendar
- Behaviors aren’t the problem, it’s the emotions that cause them
- Shaping the mood in dementia
- There is a roadmap for dementia
- Be demented happily–live in the intuitive world
- How to enable choice, not restrict it
- Let’s talk about ABILITIES and dementia
Videos / Online Classes
Videos / Online Classes
Free sample video from our DAWN dementia courses
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel – free video webinars and interviews (more videos coming–click the bell in YouTube to be notified)
- 90-minute webinar with Judy Cornish and Brianne Grebil discussing how to get through the stages of dementia with significantly less fear, anger and frustration.
Audio Interviews / Podcasts with Judy Cornish
Audio Interviews / Podcasts with Judy Cornish
- The Proactive Caregiver podcast with Jessica Lizel Cannon: Jessica and Judy have a discussion about caregiver family dynamics in this podcast. [1 hour and 27 minutes; aired on March 26, 2021]
- Move or Improve podcast with Debbie Miller: In this interview Debbie Miller talks with Judy Cornish about how to tell if your loved one is being forgetful, or is showing signs of dementia (podcast website). Forgetfulness can be a sign of aging. Progressive forgetfulness may signal the beginning of dementia.
[27 minutes; aired on March 14, 2021] - The Hospice Chaplaincy Show with Saul Ebema: Saul Ebema and guest host Marie Conlin talk to Judy about her journey to dementia care and about the creation of the DAWN Method.
[50 minutes; aired on March 8, 2021] - Boomer Living Podcast with Hanh Brown: Listen as Judy and Hanh Brown discuss how Judy got involved with dementia and dementia care as well as taking person-centered care from theory to practice. They also cover the strengths of dementia, the DAWN Method, and the most important thing for families to know when a loved one begins to experience dementia.
[aired on November 15, 2020] - The ‘D’ Word podcast with Pete Hill: Pete and Judy chat about the importance of rational and intuitive thought in light of dementia. [on UK Health Radio, aired in 2020]
- Daughterhood The Podcast: Host, Rosanne Corcoran and Judy discuss the challenge of changing your expectations and detaching from your emotions, especially as the child or spouse of a person experiencing dementia. (Daughterhood The Podcast web page)
[aired April 23, 2020] - Interview with Rafiq Punjani on All Things Seniors podcast:
Listen to Judy’s interview with Rafiq Punjani on All Things Seniors. They discuss what she meant by preserving dignity in dementia as well as the DAWN approach to strength-based dementia care.
[aired January 16, 2020] - Interview with Jenny Trott: Watch Jenny Trott's interview with Judy (on YouTube) as they discuss her book, Dementia With Dignity, and her approach to dementia care. [19:29 minutes; aired April 17, 2019]
- Interview with Lori La Bey on Alzheimer’s Speaks about Dementia with Dignity: Listen to Judy’s interview with Lori La Bey on Alzheimer’s Speaks during which she describes her reasons for writing Dementia with Dignity: Living Well with Alzheimer’s or Dementia Using the DAWN Method and how it differs from The Dementia Handbook: How to Provide Dementia Care at Home.
[aired March 5, 2019] - Writers & Authors on Fire: Listen to the interview at Writers & Authors on Fire website.
[Episode 97, aired April 25, 2017] - Interview with Lori La Bey on Alzheimer’s Speaks about The Dementia Handbook: Listen to Judy’s interview with Lori La Bey on Alzheimer’s Speaks.
[aired April 11, 2017] - The Inner Game of Aging podcast: Listen to the interview at The Inner Game of Aging website.
[aired March 27, 2017]
Seek Support
Providing care for a loved one with dementia can be exhausting as well as isolating. If at all possible, don’t do it alone.
Research what help is available in your area. Seek out a local support group if one exists or start one of your own. Ask friends and family for help and contact organizations in your area. You might explore the following resources:
- Memory Café Directory
- Daughterhood (Circles) support groups
- Lori La Bey’s Alzheimer's Speaks Podcast
- daughterhood, The Podcast with Rosanne Corcoran
- A Cup of Comfort™ podcast with Trish Laub: CareHero™—Interview with Judy Cornish of The DAWN Method, keeping those living with dementia at home longer [aired July 13, 2021].
Other Resources
- Legal help for suspected nursing home abuse: Nursing Home Abuse Justice