Reading The Elderwise Way did exactly what the best books do: it handed back my own half-formed thoughts, more clearly worded than I could have managed myself. Sandy Sabersky and Ruth Neuwald Falcon have written something that is now one of the deepest influences on the community we're building at EngAGE Beverly.

Most of what families read after a dementia diagnosis lands in one of two unsatisfying categories: prevention strategies that came too late, or a language of inevitability. The evidence tells a more useful story. Here's what the research says actually helps, and how EngAGE Beverly is designed around it.

Wellness across six interconnected dimensions, occupational, social, intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual, may be one of the most powerful tools we have for supporting cognitive health in older adults. Here is what a 2012 review of the research literature says, and how EngAGE Beverly is being designed around it.

The environment is not a neutral backdrop to care. It is part of the care itself. Drawing on a landmark review of 169 studies, this post summarizes what the research says about how physical space shapes people living with dementia, and how EngAGE Beverly is designed around the evidence.