Dementia Changes Everything. We Help You Understand What Comes Next.
We teach dementia care two ways in Colorado. Families get free guidance, a beginner class, and monthly support groups. Care staff get Certified Dementia Practitioner training from a CADDCT trainer. Both are led by people who ran memory care communities.
For families
Early signs, what the stages actually mean, when memory care makes sense, monthly support groups, and the free Dementia 101 class.
For professionals
CDP certification for individuals, on-site or virtual training for your whole team, and why the credential matters when you are hiring.
Why do we teach this?
Because we watched families get handed a diagnosis and nothing else. Two of our founders hold dementia credentials and both of them worked inside memory care before they taught a single class.
Cory Strauch
Certified Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Trainer (CADDCT), licensed Assisted Living Administrator. Cory started as a QMAP and spent more than ten years inside communities before he taught this material to anyone.
Read Cory's full background
Michele Strauch
Certified Dementia Practitioner and LPN with more than thirty years across assisted living, home health, hospice, and long-term care, including years as a Regional Vice President and Community Administrator.
Read Michele's full background
Which program is right for you?
Three different rooms with three different purposes. Start wherever your week actually is.
Dementia 101
- Who it is for
- Families, spouses, church and volunteer groups
- Length
- About ninety minutes
- Cost
- Free
- What you leave with
- Plain-language understanding of the disease, communication, and safety at home
CDP certification
- Who it is for
- Nursing, caregiving, and community staff
- Length
- A full training day
- Cost
- Per seat, or invoiced for teams
- What you leave with
- Eligibility for the Certified Dementia Practitioner credential
Support groups
- Who it is for
- Family caregivers who need ongoing help
- Length
- Ninety minutes, monthly
- Cost
- Free
- What you leave with
- A room of people who understand the week you just had
Where can families read more about dementia?
Start with the guide closest to the question you have today.
- Early signs of dementia in an aging parent
- The stages of dementia and what care each one needs
- How dementia care needs change over time
- Memory care activities and daily engagement
- Assisted living compared with memory care
- When a parent refuses assisted living
Everything we publish on memory loss sits in the dementia and memory care hub. If you are already weighing a move, read what memory care includes in Colorado or use the care level finder.