The Hearthstone Institute provides comprehensive, evidence-based memory care training solutions for providers of all sizes and types, including:
- Assisted Living and Continuing Care
- Skilled Nursing and Long-Term Care
- Hospitals
- Home Care Agencies
- Hospice
Training in the I’m Still Here® approach will impress customers and clients and help your company stand out as a high quality dementia care provider.
Program Elements and Options
Our innovative training programs for your care staff and management team can be customized to fit your organization’s unique circumstances, priorities and budget. Our basic training implementation schedule can also be modified to accommodate startup projects to meet your construction, staffing and occupancy objectives.
Basic on-site training encompasses the following key program elements:
- Overview of I’m Still Here®
- Communication
- Personal Care
- Dining
- Reactive Behaviors
- Engagement Activities
Post-training embedding on-the-floor visits by our memory care experts – conducted with your care staff to observe and trial – both support and reinforce the evidence-based approaches taught in the classroom phase of training.
The Hearthstone Institute offers two options for certification in the I’m Still Here® approach: Gold and Silver. While our renowned Gold package for those who want the best quality for the most people, our well-received and effective Silver package includes all basic training modules and embedding.
The Institute also offers the I’m Still Here® Engagement Training, which provides an efficient and highly effective introductory training based on the application of Hearthstone’s field-tested I’m Still Here® techniques. Completion of this program can be applied to the full I’m Still Here® certification training at a future date.
Institute staff can also visit your organization to facilitate presentations that can help to energize and inspire your staff.
For our complete Course Catalog, click here.
Successful Outcomes
Care staff love the I’m Still Here® approach because of the measurably positive improvements in resident involvement in community life, including:
- More positive resident-to-resident interactions
- Greater social engagement, leading to less depression
- Reduced need for behavior-altering medications
- Greater physical engagement, leading to improved strength, balance, and flexibility for more secure gait and fewer falls
In addition, our training program has demonstrably been shown to:
- Improve family member satisfaction and trust
- Engage team members and reduce staff turnover
- Elicit positive “word of mouth” support for the organization and its staff
- Create significant market differentiation
Community Dementia Training
Hearthstone has an international reputation for innovative program development and care philosophies. Find out more about our innovative Pathways ™ program, which supports the complete Continuum of Cognitive Health™ from Early Onset and Mild Cognitive Impairment all the way through to Late Stage and Hospice care using elements of the I’m Still Here® approach.
Our new Learning For Life™ day program – based on the I’m Still Here® Continuum of Cognitive Health™ — uses Montessori-inspired learning tools in a classroom environment to stimulate mental processes and new learning for those at risk.
The Hearthstone Institute provides comprehensive, evidence-based memory care training solutions for providers of all sizes and types, including:
- Assisted Living and Continuing Care
- Skilled Nursing and Long-Term Care
- Hospitals
- Home Care Agencies
- Hospice
Training in the I’m Still Here® approach will impress customers and clients and help your company stand out as a high quality dementia care provider.
Program Elements and Options
Our innovative training programs for your care staff and management team can be customized to fit your organization’s unique circumstances, priorities and budget. Our basic training implementation schedule can also be modified to accommodate startup projects to meet your construction, staffing and occupancy objectives.
Basic on-site training encompasses the following key program elements:
- Overview of I’m Still Here®
- Communication
- Personal Care
- Dining
- Reactive Behaviors
- Engagement Activities
Post-training embedding on-the-floor visits by our memory care experts – conducted with your care staff to observe and trial – both support and reinforce the evidence-based approaches taught in the classroom phase of training.
The Hearthstone Institute offers two options for certification in the I’m Still Here® approach: Gold and Silver. While our renowned Gold package for those who want the best quality for the most people, our well-received and effective Silver package includes all basic training modules and embedding.
The Institute also offers the I’m Still Here® Engagement Training, which provides an efficient and highly effective introductory training based on the application of Hearthstone’s field-tested I’m Still Here® techniques. Completion of this program can be applied to the full I’m Still Here® certification training at a future date.
Institute staff can also visit your organization to facilitate presentations that can help to energize and inspire your staff.
For our complete Course Catalog, click here.
Successful Outcomes
Care staff love the I’m Still Here approach because of the measurably positive improvements in resident involvement in community life, including:
- More positive resident-to-resident interactions
- Greater social engagement, leading to less depression
- Reduced need for behavior-altering medications
- Greater physical engagement, leading to improved strength, balance, and flexibility for more secure gait and fewer falls
In addition, our training program has demonstrably been shown to:
- Improve family member satisfaction and trust
- Engage team members and reduce staff turnover
- Elicit positive “word of mouth” support for the organization and its staff
- Create significant market differentiation
To watch public presentations of examples of the positive impact of I’m Still Here training, click here [link here]
Community Dementia Training
Hearthstone has an international reputation for innovative program development and care philosophies. Find out more about our innovative Pathways ™ program, which addresses a complete Continuum of Cognitive Health™ and support from Early Onset and Mild Cognitive Impairment all the way through to Late Stage and Hospice care using elements of the I’m Still Here® approach.
Our new Learning For Life ™ day program – based on the I’m Still Here Continuum of Cognitive Health™ — uses Montessori-inspired learning tools in a classroom environment to stimulate mental processes and new learning for those at risk.
