Montessori Based Dementia Care

WindSong at Rock Creek is a Memory Care Community that has adopted the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® as their signature method for delivering exceptionally high quality of life for their residents. The programs focus on activities and everyday interactions as a means to reconnect persons with dementia to the outside world. The components of the Montessori environment include signage and cue cards that display schedules and directions. The goal is to create an environment that supports independence and functioning at the highest possible level.

The staff at WindSong at Rock Creek provide purposeful experiences where these individuals are able to use their hands and their five senses to engage and stimulate their minds. They have developed a community that is reflective of the people who live within it. This is done through group activities that residents create, plan and implement. This is also done through individual self-care activities. They provide the opportunity for residents to actively participate in what happens in their own lives.

It is often assumed that a person with a dementia diagnosis is unable to have new experiences, maintain relationships, or to care for themselves at all. This is simply untrue. They have been told that they “can’t” and have been defined by their limitations. The staff at WindSong at Rock Creek works to defy these misconceptions by enabling their residents rather than further disabling them. They consider what the individual “can” do, and then provide them the opportunity to do it. When an individual with dementia is able to actively participate in experiences and enjoy their successes, their self-esteem increases, and they enjoy a sense of accomplishment. This allows residents to reconnect with a world they’re losing access to and is a source of comfort to them and their loved ones.

Please join WindSong at Rock Creek in celebrating the opening of their community. Their Housewarming Celebration will be on January 21, 1-4 p.m. at 3150 Rock Creek Drive Fort Collins CO 80528. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Becky Lepinski at 970.372.5838 or email to blepinski@windsongmemorycare.com.

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