We’re excited to announce that a new on-demand webinar is now available in the AIG Learning Center for long-term care administrators seeking to deepen their approach to person-centered dementia care.This session explores the vital role spirituality and faith can play in supporting residents’ well-being, offering insight into why spiritual support matters and how meaningful faith …
As we celebrate “Catholic Sisters Week,” it’s an opportune moment to reflect on the profound impact the Avila Institute of Gerontology (AIG) has had on the lives of aging Sisters within religious communities. Since 1987, AIG has stood as a beacon of education and support, particularly for the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, …
Education and Dementia Care Training programs for long-term care staff and caregivers are vital to ensure progress and quality in care for those residents with Dementia and other memory impairments. Dementia isn’t just a challenge for individuals; it’s a call to transform the way we care. Education holds the key to unlocking empathy, patience, and effective …
Our director, Sr. M. Peter Lillian Di Maria, O. Carm., and our head of education, Shane Cooney, wrote an article for the Spring 2021 Issue of Health Progress, published by the Catholic Heath Association of America (CHA.) Their article is titled “Long-Term Care Homes Bravely Respond to COVID.”
...The Catholic Health Association of the United States asked AIG’s own Sr. M. Peter Lillian Di Maria, O. Carm., BA, LNHA and Alf Norwood, BS, MBA to present back in January 2021 on the latest studies in long-term care about dementia in the time of COVID. An article was written about their presentation, titled “Pandemic adds to stress of patients with dementia and their caregivers.”
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