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How the Montessori for Ageing and Dementia Movement is Changing Care for Elders
Mandy Cheskis and Margaret Jarrell joined Greenspring Center for Lifelong Learning on their Voices of Montessori podcast to discuss Montessori for Aging and Dementia and how this movement is changing care for elders. After painting a picture of the current state of longterm care, Mandy and Margaret ...
Jennifer Brush Fulbright Specialist
Jennifer Brush Awarded Fulbright Specialist for Norway Montessori Project
Jennifer Brush
| 15 February 2022
Reading time: 1 minute
Limiting Antipsychotic Drugs in Dementia
Antipsychotic drugs are often prescribed for people with dementia as an answer to the changes in their behaviour, despite the lack of evidence to support their ...
AMI Staff
| 22 July 2021
Reading time: 1 minute
Intergenerational Montessori Program for Adults With Memory Concerns
A recent study published by Michelle Bourgeois and Jennifer Brush showed success in improving engagement and affect in older adults with mild memory concerns wh...
AMI Staff
| 20 May 2021
Reading time: 2 minutes
Positive Transformation in a Montessori Long-Term Care Household
Dr. Maria Montessori wrote that “joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors o...
Jennifer Brush
| 28 October 2019
Reading time: 5 minutes