The VTI Board is made up of volunteers who love and support the Validation method and Naomi Feil, its founder. We come from Washington, Oregon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, District of Columbia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. We usually meet digitally using video conferencing but once a year we actually meet in person to strategize the […]
Casa San Giorgio Awarded the Validation Certificate of Quality by VTI.
Validation was first introduced in 2004 by one of the great pioneers in Validation, Maria Grossenbacher. Since then, certification courses have been given in-house, Validation has been integrated into all departments, communication improved among staff and they report the following results of this long experience working with Validation: there are no more residents in a […]
“What Should We Do With Jack?”
Editor’s note: I’d like to thank Naomi Feil, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., the developer of Validation for writing this months blog. If there is a topic you would like to have addressed in the VTI blog or clinical article of the newsletter, please feel free to leave a reply at the end of the blog or drop […]
The Power of Empathy
By Vicki de Klerk-Rubin I knock on Mrs. Fowler’s apartment door, knowing that she hates me. Well, not me but she hates that she needs help. Mrs. Fowler is 87 years old and what I would call, Maloriented. She’s oriented to time and place; she knows who I am (most of the time), but she […]
Exemplary Care for People with Dementia
The Geriatric Unit in the Evangelical Hospital in Bad Dürkheim (Germany) is the first hospital geriatric unit to receive a VTI Certificate of Quality in the world. Senior Care facilities Paul-Gerhardt-Haus in Neustadt and House on Leininger Unterhof in Grünstadt also received VTI Certificates of Quality. The Evangelical Hospital of Bad Dürkheim received the Validation […]
Meet New Board Members Rudolf and Mariska
Editor’s Note: The Validation Training Institute (VTI) Board is comprised of 12 people. The VTI would not be where it is today without the support of our hardworking board members. We will be spotlighting our members in our monthly blogs. This month’s spotlight will be on Rudolf Rodenburg and Mariska Praktiek VTI: Thank you for […]