Caremark Richmond adopts The Montessori Method

Caremark Richmond adopts The Montessori Method for customers living with Dementia

Using best practice methodologies and drawing from our own experience of caring for loved ones with dementia, Caremark has developed an innovative and personalised approach to dementia care designed specifically for people living at home. We focus on each customer’s individual strengths, needs and potential. We support each of our customers living with dementia within their own home where associated memory and recall is at its strongest.

The Montessori Method

Our Dementia Care approach is based on the principles of the Montessori Method, which involve working with every customer’s strengths, supporting memory loss to create an environment that promotes independence and the best possible quality of life for people living with dementia.

Activities based on hobbies that our customers were engaged in and enjoyed when they were younger can unlock memory, cognition and verbal skills. Being engaged in environments and locations that hold historical significance for individuals including the sights, sounds and scents can also increase recall.

As part of our assessment, we take time to find the unique interests and history of each customer and build activities, puzzles, games and short day trips designed to engage them in their day-to-day life.