Montessori-Based Activities for Persons with Dementia, Volume 2

Montessori-Based Activities for Persons with Dementia, Volume 2 is the follow-up companion to Myers Research Institute’s first volume. This manual represents the culmination of years of effort involving a large number of people. In preparing Volume 2, the authors incorporated reader feedback into the development of new activities programming for individuals with dementia and other cognitive disorders (such as adults with developmental disabilities).

The manual contains all new Montessori-Based activities, including:
• Activities for individuals and groups,
• Intergenerational activities,
• Activities for men,
• Subject-based activities, and
• Activities for restorative care/nursing rehabilitation practices.

This manual provides step-by-step instructions and guidance for creating and conducting each activity. Also provided are tips for extending activities, making them more or less difficult and addressing challenges that may occur.

About the Authors: Lead author Cameron J. Camp, Ph.D. is a research psychologist specializing in applied gerontology. He is Director and Senior Research Scientist at the Myers Research Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, where he and his staff develop cognitive and behavioral interventions for use with persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. He has co-authored three college textbooks and published over 100 articles. Numerous staff of the Myers Research Institute, past and present, assisted in the creation of activities for this manual or in their refinement and presentation.