Learn basic Validation techniques that will help you better communicate with your aging parents and with older adults living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. […]
VTI Launches New Skill Building Course for Families and Caregivers
Is Your Community Truly ‘Person-Centered’?
Many residential care and memory care communities for older adults say that they work in a ‘person-centered’ way. But how do you measure that? In this time where everything should be evidence based and measured, here’s a tool you can use to evaluate the whole organization. The Validation Training Institute (VTI) developed a survey that […]
August 2021 Newsletter: New Validation Training Available!
We have a wide range of Validation training opportunities currently available to meet your unique needs.
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For Our Dutch and Flemish Speakers
Graag deel ik informatie van deze opleiding tot gecertificeerde Validationwerker die start in het najaar in Nederland. Inschrijven kan vanaf nu. […]
Maintaining Pedagogic Excellence in Family Carer Training Using Online Learning
Validation is a way of connecting and communicating with older adults living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. While the method has been proven to be effective in numbers of studies, we investigated the effectiveness of our pedagogy. Our Family Caregiver Course set out to change the way family members view their relatives as well […]
Time to Say Goodbye
Have you heard of The Human Library (HLO)? This nonprofit organization was created by a Dane named Ronni Abergel in Copenhagen in 2000 to address issues of prejudice and stereotyping through honest personal dialogues in safe spaces. He saw the potential of people with atypical experiences to act as “books” who could be “borrowed” for […]