Montessori for Elder and Dementia Care Book
$120.00 inc. GST
A practical guide to applying Montessori principles in aged care, this 96-page book helps lifestyle coordinators and care teams support independence, identity, and daily engagement for older adults, including people living with dementia. Written by an international expert, it covers environment design, team implementation, and ready-to-use activities.
This dementia activity manual applies montessori principles to aged care practice
Written by Jennifer Brush, an internationally recognised Montessori and dementia expert, this 96-page book gives lifestyle coordinators and care teams a clear, practical framework for bringing Montessori philosophy into residential aged care and community programs. It’s grounded in years of clinical research and real-world implementation, so the guidance is specific rather than theoretical.
What’s covered
The book works through the core concepts of person-centred Montessori care, with practical guidance on how to put them into practice across a care setting:
- How to build and sustain a team that integrates Montessori principles into daily routines
- Creating a prepared environment that supports functional skills and independence
- Increasing life engagement for older adults, including people living with dementia
- Ready-to-use activities, forms, and planning tools for coordinators
How to use this resource
Coordinators can use this book as a session-planning, a staff training guide, or a foundation document when reviewing activity programs. It suits both individual and group session planning across residential aged care and day programs.
- Environment audit: Use the prepared-environment guidelines to walk through your facility and identify changes that better support residents’ independence and daily participation.
- Team training reference: Work through the Montessori principles chapter by chapter when the approach to new care staff or volunteers, using the included forms as discussion prompts.
- Individual engagement planning: Apply the identity and functional-skills framework to build personalised activity plans for residents, particularly those living with dementia.
- Group session structure: Draw on the ready-to-use activities to run structured group sessions that reflect Montessori values, such as purposeful tasks and self-directed participation.
- Program review tool: Use the book as a benchmark when reviewing existing activity programs, comparing current practice against the engagement and environment principles outlined by Brush.
- Format: Printed book
- Page count: 96 pages
- Author: Jennifer Brush
