Dementia Resource Network
Offering Family Consultation, Coaching, and Supports
Helping you better support yourself - and those you love
Dementia Resource Network - identifying resources and developing skills and strategies.
We can help you, your family, and other caregivers/care partners navigate often difficult and confusing decisions by identifying resources and supports and discovering innovative ways to maintain and further develop your relationships with your loved one living with dementia and each other.
The Dementia Resource Network provides consultations, coaching, and support in person or by phone to individuals and groups using a “care team” approach. The individual experiencing memory loss is not the only one living with dementia. We all are - as partners, spouses, families, and communities. Our approach is to promote and support the well-being of all involved, creating a web to “care partner” together.
Working together we can help you and your care team by increasing your:
knowledge about memory loss and related changes in experiencing mental, physical, and spiritual well-being
understanding the emotional, psychological, and physical impact of these changes on all involved in your care team including: yourself, your loved one living with dementia, family, friends, and community
critical skills required to respond to these changes so that you and your care team can continue to create and sustain meaningful relationships and connection
ability to use a person-centered care team approach — meaning that the individual living with dementia is at the center of, and actively participating in, developing responsive care support strategies
Our Team: Emily Kearns, PhD, MBA; Toby O’Leary, LICSW (See Our Team page for our bios.)
Our team has personal and professional experience and expertise as caregivers/care partners with persons living with dementia and their families and communities.
Our consultation and coaching includes:
assessing the support needs of the care team including: 1) the individual living with dementia; and 2) their care team including formal and informal caregivers/care partners
setting individual and group goals together with, and for, the care team
identifying resources and supports to help the care team track, revise, and meet their goals growing resiliency and flexibility
cultivating an environment to maximize independence of all involved, within a framework of interdependence based on ongoing and changing relationships
discovering innovative ways to maintain and further develop your care team members’ relationships with one another and the loved one living with dementia. Innovations include evidence-supported programming such as Music and Memory, Timeslips (storytelling), and more.
For more information, contact Emily Kearns, PhD, at reviveandthriveprograms@gmail.com or call 978-604-0830.