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The total solutions we offer can help transform staff capabilities and quality of care.

CPI Dementia Care Specialists is dedicated to advancing person-centered care for those living with Alzheimer’s or other dementias , and to creating a Dementia Capable Society built on the knowledge that persons with dementia can feel joy, fulfillment, and love.

10/28/2026

"Dementia Capable" isn't a certificate on the wall — it's what happens in the small moments of daily care:

✔️ Slowing down instead of rushing a task
✔️ Adjusting the environment before assuming it's "the disease"
✔️ Responding to behavior as communication, not defiance
✔️ Supporting independence, even when it's slower

This is what Dementia Capable Care looks like in practice — and it's teachable.

10/27/2026

We're here in Washington, DC at the National Alliance for Care at Home Annual Conference! Come find the Dementia Care Specialists team — we're talking with home care and hospice professionals about building dementia-capable teams, one caregiver at a time.

Didn't make it to DC this year? Send us a message — we'd love to connect.

10/23/2026

We're heading to Washington, DC for the National Alliance for Care at Home Annual Conference! Dementia Care Specialists will be on-site connecting with home care and hospice leaders from across the country who are working to bring Dementia Capable Care to the people they serve.

BOOTH #1024!!!

If you'll be there, stop by and say hello — we'd love to talk about what Dementia Capable Care could look like for your organization.

10/21/2026

New on the blog: we're unpacking Kim Warchol's upcoming SAGE white paper and what it means for how we understand functional cognition in dementia care.

If you work with people living with dementia, this is essential reading on connecting cognition to real-world function — and why that connection changes everything about how we support independence.

Read the full breakdown: https://www.crisisprevention.com/blog/dementia-care/the-just-right-balance-autonomy-and-safety-in-dementia-care/

The contents of this blog will also be featured in a white paper from the Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments (SAGE). Visit SAGE to learn more about the post-occupancy evaluation of the LiveWell community:

https://sagefederation.org/

10/19/2026

Every Dementia Capable Care learner has a choice: build your own skills, or build your organization's capacity to teach those skills to others.

📘 DCC Specialist Credential: Build your knowledge. Strengthen your practice. Best for direct care staff and clinicians deepening their own dementia-care expertise.

🎓 DCC Certified Instructor: Invest in your staff. Learn it. Teach it. Scale it. Best for organizations that want in-house capacity to train their own teams, again and again.

Neither path is "better" — they solve different problems. Which one solves yours?

Learn more: https://dementiacarespecialists.com/dementia-care-training

10/15/2026

MYTH: A person with dementia who can't finish a sentence has "lost" their ability to communicate.

REALITY: Communication ability changes — it doesn't disappear. A person may lose words but keep tone, emotion, gesture, and connection. Dementia Capable Care trains staff to communicate in ways that meet a person where they are, not where the disease has taken away.

Learn more in our Resource Center: https://dementiacarespecialists.com/resource-center

10/14/2026

Imagine sitting down to a meal, and the object in your hand no longer makes sense. You know you're hungry. You know something is expected of you. But the connection between the fork and the act of eating has quietly disappeared.

This is the reality for many people living with dementia — not a loss of desire to eat, but a loss of the ability to interpret and sequence a familiar object. Dementia Capable Care teaches caregivers to recognize functional loss like this and adapt the environment and approach — so a person can keep doing as much for themselves as possible, for as long as possible.

Learn more: https://dementiacarespecialists.com/

10/12/2026

Two more chances to become a DCC Certified Instructor this month:

🗓️ October 20 | 8:30 AM–4:30 PM PST
🗓️ October 22 | 8:30 AM–4:30 PM CST

Invest in your staff. Learn it. Teach it. Scale it. Prepare to bring Dementia Capable Care education directly to your organization.

Not ready for the instructor track yet? The Dementia Capable Care Specialist Credential is a great place to build your own foundation first.

Click this link to learn more! https://dementiacarespecialists.com/dementia-care-online-training-classes

10/10/2026

Pacing. Repeating questions. Refusing care. It's tempting to label these as "difficult behaviors" — but in dementia care, behavior is communication.

A person who can no longer explain that they're in pain, overstimulated, or afraid will often show us instead of tell us. Dementia Capable Care trains staff to pause and ask: What is this behavior trying to tell me?

When we look past the behavior to the need underneath it, we can respond with more compassion — and far more effectiveness.

10/07/2026

What does it actually mean to be "Dementia Capable"?

It means an organization — and every person in it — understands how dementia affects the brain, and adjusts approach, environment, and communication accordingly. It's not a job title. It's a mindset that shows up in how care is delivered every single day.

Is your team Dementia Capable? Follow this link to learn more: https://dementiacarespecialists.com/dementia-care-training

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Milwaukee, WI
53224

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Tuesday	7:30am - 6pm
Friday	7:30am - 6pm

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https://dementiacarespecialists.com/

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