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Honoring the Memory of Edward R. Feil

The Validation community is saddened by the death of Edward R. Feil. Ed’s films and videos made sharing Validation with the…

Workshop „Validation für orientierte Mitbewohner/innen von Menschen mit Demenz in der stationären Altenhilfe“

by Hedwig Neu

Workshop: Validation for oriented co-residents of people with dementia in long-term care for the elderly

by Hedwig Neu

Damit Menschen mit Demenz miteinander in Verbindung kommen

Fachzeitschrift fur Palliative Geriatrie by Petra Fercher

The Myth of the Therapeutic Lie

by Naomi Feil and Rita Altman

Why Validation is not a Therapy

by Naomi Feil, M.S., A.C.S.W. Director of VTI

Teaching People to Talk to Elders

« by Karen McNally Bensing Originally appeared in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, November 7, 1993 »

In Their Old World

« by Naomi Feil, M.S., A.C.S.W. Director of VTI Originally appeared in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY »

How do I validation when I am….

by Naomi Feil

It is Never Good to Lie to a Person Who Has Dementia

by Naomi Feil, M.S., A.C.S.W. Director of VTI

Communicating with Cognitively Impaired Elderly: Validation with Verbal “Alzheimer-type” Populations

by Naomi Feil, M.S., A.C.S.W. Founder and Director in Chief of VTI

Desorientiert mit Würde

(Being Disoriented with Dignity) by Hedwig Neu, 2016

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