Many people with memory loss and cognitive impairment feel ignored. Sometimes they feel invisible in social settings. They can perceive others discomfort with their disability which makes them want to retract from their company. Sometimes the issue is with the person talking with the person with memory loss. Our own biases, past experiences or naivety about the disease shrouds as an avoidance or discomfort; our self-imposed barrier effectively screens out opportunities for continued relationships for person who has Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other types of dementia.

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Summit Resilience Training was created for families and professional caregivers who have patients and family with dementia and other associated diseases. Summit offers Dementia coping strategies for Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body, and Frontal Temporal through Resilience Training techniques. We teach you how to strategize and develop coping techniques to effectively navigate through the stresses of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s Dementia. Resilience is the ability to adapt to adversity and look for solutions to improve outcomes. These courses are designed to help caregivers and individuals with Alzheimer’s Dementia learn and utilize the best methods to be able to interact with their environments and with any issues caused by health and dementia related behaviors which can produce hardship. In turn, to also create the processes that either promote well-being or protect them against the overwhelming influence of risk factors which could negatively affect their own health as well.