Creating Environments
where People
with Dementia Thrive

Redesigning Dementia Care

Don’t allow your community to be anything less than extraordinary! It’s time for everyone to live life to its fullest. We help dementia care communities to overcome obstacles, achieve success, and create a meaningful, fulfilling life for all older adults.

We provide personalized training and coaching in person-centered care and Montessori for Dementia that enables you to create a supportive memory care environment where everyone thrives.

Our work centers on one thing
and only one thing —
focusing on what individuals with dementia

CAN do!

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with Brush Development

Learn, grow, and transform your care practices with us! We teach proven strategies that will help you to create excellence in your long-term care community. You will be amazed at just how much is possible with the right guidance and support. Don’t wait another day to take this critical step toward creating a community that stands out from the rest!

Can Do! Dementia
Care Certification
Cutting-edge dementia care strategies and techniques that will make an enormous difference in your ability to be a professional or family care partner. If you care for people with dementia, you need this information.
 
 
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Courses: Montessori
for Aging & Dementia
The course that’s helped countless care providers around the world improve elder engagement and independence, increase staff and family satisfaction, and transform the physical and social environment into a community that flourishes. The result is the care community where everyone wants to live and work!
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Personalized
Consulting
Stop surviving and start thriving! We have solutions to fit your time, community and budget. Our process has a proven track record of success. Our team will guide you in transforming your community through interactive staff training and coaching that supports you through every single step of the journey to reach your goals.
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Our multidisciplinary team of experts serve older adults and their care partners by providing education and consulting services virtually and in person anywhere in the world.

Montessori Practitioner
Certification Course

REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED. CERTIFICATION COURSE IS FULL. Next registration will be in December 2024.

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Montessori Practitioner
Certification Course

Class begins Jan. 28 (English) & Jan. 25 (Spanish)

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN through JANUARY 14, 2025.

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Montessori Practitioner Certification Course (ENGLISH) (LIVE VIRTUAL) **SEE MANDATORY PREREQUISITE**
Certified Montessori Elder Care Practitioner (CMECP) Course (ENGLISH) (LIVE VIRTUAL) **SEE MANDATORY PREREQUISITE**

January 28, 2025 – June 24, 2025

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Certificación de Montessori (ESPAÑOL) (VIRTUAL EN VIVO) **VER REQUISITO PREVIO OBLIGATORIO**
Certificación de Montessori (ESPAÑOL) (VIRTUAL EN VIVO) **VER REQUISITO PREVIO OBLIGATORIO**
25 de enero al 28 de junio, 2025
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News & Events

EFOHCA Activities & Life Enrichment Conference 2025
February 10–12, 2025
Jennifer Brush will be speaking at EFOHCA Activities & Life Enrichment Conference 2025
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Montessori for Aging & Dementia Introductory Workshop at MINT
March 21–22, 2025
9am – 4pm CT
On-Site at Montessori Institute of North Texas (MINT Dallas)
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From Surviving to Thriving: 10-Day Toolkit for Care Partners
From Surviving to Thriving
10-Day Toolkit for Care Partners
Self-Paced Online Course

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Montessori for Aging and Dementia Introductory Workshop (LIVE VIRTUAL)
March 3–6, 2025
6pm – 9pm EST (New York)
12-Hour Live Virtual Workshop
Taught using Microsoft Teams
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"¡De no poder... a lograrlo!" Montessori para el Envejecimiento y la Demencia (EN LÍNEA – AUTOGESTIONADO)
¡De no poder… a lograrlo!
Montessori para el Envejecimiento
y la Demencia
EN LÍNEA – AUTOGESTIONADO
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Montessori for Aging and Dementia Introductory Workshop (ONLINE)
From Can’t to Can Do!
Montessori for Aging and Dementia Introductory Workshop
12-Hour Self-Paced Online
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“Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.”

Dr. Maria Montessori