Our Unique Approach to Dementia Training
The Hearthstone Institute trains caregivers and staff working in memory care how to be aware, skilled, effective and confident.
Our mission is to teach our clients and partners how to create “A Life Worth Living” for older people with cognitive challenges by enriching their lives and offering hope.
Find out more about our innovative training programs that transform care services to persons with progressive memory loss. Our evidence-based training has proven its value by increasing care quality while lowering the costs of care.
Invest in Hearthstone Institute training and transform your staff’s and your company’s dementia care – increasing staff job satisfaction, resident quality of life, and support and acclaim from families and the community.

What Makes the Hearthstone Institute Different?
- Hearthstone has over 25 years of hands-on experience caring for people living with dementia and training staff on dementia care.
- We share with our clients all the ways we have found to make aging with a memory challenge a happier, more hopeful process.
- Institute staff are extensively experienced in what are now considered industry best practices that were pioneered at Hearthstone Alzheimer Care Residences.
- Our approach is evidence-based: we know better than anyone else what works based on empirical research, data and outcomes.
- Our training teaches your staff how to keep residents healthy and engaged and overcome the limitations imposed by memory loss, thereby increasing staff job satisfaction and commitment.
Centers of Excellence
The Hearthstone Institute presents I’m Still Here® certification to organizations that have completed comprehensive training in the I’m Still Here® approach by Hearthstone’s team of professionals.
These organizations utilize our transformational, evidence-based training programs to create opportunities for true engagement and increased quality of life for residents living with memory challenges.