I know many of you are teachers and scholars, and that some of you are caring for people with dementia.
As part of a spiritual path, I started looking into the Montessori method, which is child-led teaching. (Long story short.) I've noticed the most successful trainers of "difficult" dogs also use dog-led training. I believe I even wondered aloud here if dementia patient-led treatment existed -- noting duly that my intelligent mother was still inside the dementia patient she became.
And, voila, a brilliant Australian woman has seen the connection and is teaching Montessori method for dementia patient carers.
The approach has had positive results in the US, Canada and Australia and is now being introduced in the UK
www.theguardian.com