Our Partners

Validation Training Institute

The Validation Training Institute’s mission is to nurture respect, dignity and well-being in the lives of older adults living with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD) and their caregivers by advancing education in the Validation method.

VTI’s vision for the future is that every caregiver and older adult experiencing age-related, cognitive decline will feel the joy and love of meaningful communication.

Naomi Feil is the developer of Validation. She developed this in response to dissatisfaction with traditional methods for working with the severely disoriented people who were her clients.

Vicki de Klerk-Rubin, Naomi’s daughter, continues her legacy as executive director of VTI, who like her mother has authored numerous books pertaining to the Validation method.

https://vfvalidation.org

Care Vision

Care Vision is a cloud-based care home management system, made by carers, for carers. Created by NCI’s Founder, Rishi, after having been dissatisfied with existing care management systems, pioneering in the field with the introduction of Care Vision AI. Care Vision is constantly growing and improving with its willingness to take on feedback to grow and iterate.

https://carevisioncms.co.uk

PainChek

PainChek® is the world’s first regulatory cleared medical device for the assessment of pain, enabling best-practice pain management for people living with pain in any environment, including those who cannot reliably self-report their pain, those who can, and those who fluctuate between the two.

https://www.painchek.com

University of Lancaster

Professor Catherine Walshe, Professor of Palliative Care and Co-Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care, part of the Division of Health Research at Lancaster University, said: “People with advanced dementia living in care homes sometimes spend long hours alone in their rooms, and care home staff can ﬁnd it hard to engage them with the day to day activities in the care home. Namaste Care provides a structured way of engaging with people with advanced dementia, with indications that this increases social engagement and promotes greater calm.”

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/how-the-namaste-care-programme-could-improve-the-lives-of-people-with-advanced-dementia

University of Worcester

The Association for Dementia Studies is an active research and education centre at the University of Worcester

https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academic-schools/school-of-allied-health-and-community/allied-health-research/association-for-dementia-studies/home.aspx

Memory Bridge

Memory Bridge is a growing community around the world committed to being companions of people with dementia. Learn more in our new free webinar series.

https://www.memorybridge.org/

Dance Network Association (Karen Pratt, 2024 speaker)

Dancing with DNA provides opportunities for people to improve their confidence and physical well-being, nurtures creativity and independent thinking and enhances friendships through social interaction.

www.dancenetworkassociation.org.uk