Dementia Capable Care Certified Instructors (DCC-CI)Credential
Earners can apply Dementia Care Specialists at Crisis Prevention Institute’s (CPI) Dementia Capable Care Model to implement person-centered and cognitively supportive approaches using Allen Cognitive Levels and Model and prevent and de-escalate distress behaviors using CPI’s Crisis Development Model℠. Earners train others using approved training materials in accordance with the Certified Instructor agreement to help create a dementia capable workforce.
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Dementia Capable Care Specialist (DCCS) Credential
Earners can apply specialized approaches using Dementia Care Specialists at Crisis Prevention Institute’s (CPI) Dementia Capable Care Model to: (a) optimize function, safety, and quality of life through person-centered and cognitively supportive approaches using Allen Cognitive Levels and Model; (b) apply CPI’s Crisis Development Model℠ to prevent and de-escalate distress behaviors; and (c) support families. Earners of this designation are leaders in a dementia capable workforce and advocates of a Dementia Capable Society.
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Dementia Capable Care Workforce Leader (DCC-WL) Credential
Earners of this credential are organizations who demonstrated their commitment to providing Dementia Capable Care training and thereby demonstrate leadership in preparing a Dementia Capable Care workforce. Dementia Capable Care training prepares the workforce to be able to: Optimize the independence, safety, and quality of life of those at all stages of dementia; identify, prevent, and de-escalate distress behaviors, non-pharmacologically; support loved ones; and incorporate person-centered care.
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Dementia Capable Care Society Leaders
It has never been more essential to create a Dementia Capable Society—a community in which everyone from all walks of life has the skills to help people with dementia feel valued, secure, and loved. We are proud of the contributions of these organizations and/or individuals in helping to make the world a better place for those living with dementia and/or their loved ones and caregivers.
Therefore, they have earned our Dementia Capable Society Leader Recognition:
- Dayna Roe Streng, MSW (Detroit, MI) June 24, 2022
- Louisiana Healthcare Consultants, LLC (Baton Rouge, LA) July 10, 2018
- Mary Goss Nursing Home (Monroe, LA) July 10, 2018
- CareOne (Fort Lee, NJ) December 6, 2017
The below organizations received their award on or before November of 2017
- The Arbor Company (Atlanta, GA)
- Therapy Management Corporation (Homosassa, FL)
- Wellington Health and Rehab (Wellington, KS)
- Winston-Salem State University (Winston-Salem, NC)
- GreenTree at Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon, IL)
- GreenTree at Post Road (Indianapolis, IN)
- Provision Living at St. Louis Hills (St. Louis, MO)
- VA Tennessee Valley Health System, Alvin C. York Campus (Murfreesboro, TN)
Retired Recognitions:
Dementia Care Specialists is no longer actively issuing the below recognitions. However, we wanted to identify
recipients of past recognitions and thank them for their commitment and contributions at the time.
Distinguished Providers (Retired Recognition)
Exemplary dementia care deserves to be recognized. We awarded the following Distinguished Provider recognitions to facilities that demonstrated exceptional dedication to:
- Delivering the Warchol Best-Abilities Care Model℠
- Hiring and/or training person-centered, dementia capable partners
- Creating dementia-friendly spaces
- Honoring the best abilities and personhood of every resident
Dementia Capable Care Therapists (DCCT) – (Retired Recognition)
The Dementia Capable Care Therapist recipient successfully completed our “Dementia Therapy: Achieving Positive Outcomes for Persons with Dementia” and our “Dementia Therapy: Intermediate” training programs. In addition, they demonstrated their commitment to what they learned by contributing outcomes related to the implementation of functional cognitive assessment and intervention.
Past Recipients: The below individuals earned Dementia Capable Care Therapists (DCCT) recognition.
- Lora Alonzo, COTA, DCCT (Greenfield, IN)
- Donna Arnett, SLP, DCCT (Panama City Beach, FL)
- Joel Bove, OT, DCCT (Chicago, IL)
- Lori Coleman, PT, WCC, RAC-CT, DCCT (Nashville, TN)
- Caroline Copeland, OTR/L, DCCT
- Myrtyce Courtright, MOTR/L, DCCT (Elk River, MN)
- Heather DiFonzo, M.S. CCC-SLP, DCCT
- April Doebert-Fischer, OT, DCCT (Waukesha, WI)
- Archana Doshi, OTR/L, DCCT (Monmouth Junction, NJ)
- Erin DuPrae, OTR/L, DCCT (Toledo, OH)
- Chris Ebell, OT/L, DCCT (Lake Worth, FL)
- Tanya Feddern-Bekcan, MLIS, MOT, OTR/L, DCCT (St. Augustine, FL)
- Jennifer Finnin, PT
- Mary Gennerman, OTR/L, DCCT
- Elizabeth Gomes, OTR/L, DCCT
- Molly Harrigan, OTR/L, DCCT (Greater Boston, MA)
- Allison Homan, OTR/L, MOT, CLWT, DCCT
- Sharon Host, OTR/L, DCCT (Birmingham, AL)
- Marsha Jacobson-Wit, DCCT (Cincinnati, OH)
- Serena Jones, COTA/L, DCCT (Mount Vernon, IL)
- Kate Keefe, OTD, OTR/L, DCCT (Portland, CT)
- Ike Kent, PT, DCCT (Thomasville, GA)
- Hannah Lanstrum, PT, DPT, DCCT (Portland, OR)
- Clinton Leavell, PTA, DCCT
- Stephanie Lowenstein, COTA/L, DCCT
- Colleen R. Marchese, MA, CCC, SLP, DCCT
- Denise Martin, MS, CCC/SLP, DCCT (Ocean Springs, MS)
- Brenda McCarroll, OTR/L, DCCT (Durham, NC)
- Katie McCormick, SLP, DCCT
- Maria Miller, OT, DCCT (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Amanda Miller, OT, DCCT (St. Louis, MO)
- Ian Oppel, Occupational Therapist, DCCT (New York City, NY)
- Kathryn Park, OTR/L, DCCT (Greenport, NY)
- Elizabeth Peterson, OT, DCCT (Detroit Lakes, MN)
- Cortney Place, SLP DCCT
- Michelle Reale, MS OTR/L, DCCT (Evesham, NJ)
- Liana Romano, MS, CCC-SLP, DCCT (Hawthorne, NJ)
- Laura Scroggins, PT, DCCT
- Jennifer Thomas, OTR/L, DCCT (Southington, CT)
- Paty Trujillo, OT, DCCT
- Barbara Van Nortwick, OTR/L, DCCT (Newton, NJ)
- Sharon Varns, OTR/L, DCCT
- Sarah Viola, OT, DCCT (Detroit Lakes, MN)
- Kim Warchol, OTR/L, DCCT (Cornelius, NC)