Dementia

Making moments matter.

Dementia is now the fourth-leading cause of death in Arizona. There has never been a more critical time to expand services to care for patients at all stages of the disease and support stressed family caregivers.

Hospice of the Valley helps improve quality of life for people with all stages of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias—from those who are just starting to show signs—to those who are quite advanced and nearing the end of their lives.

Our Dementia Programs are directed by Maribeth Gallagher, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with a doctoral degree in nursing practice who has won national and international awards.

Maribeth is a featured speaker at professional conferences and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She's also been a family caregiver herself.

Reach the Dementia Program office at (602) 636-6363.

Your Home or Gardiner Home

We primarily provide comfort and dignity to dementia patients in their homes. But patients needing round-the-clock care can stay at Gardiner Home, the Valley’s only inpatient home that specializes in caring for people with dementia. It is staffed with loving caregivers and volunteers, who have special training in dementia care.

Gardiner Home

Dementia Care and Education Campus

The innovative Dementia Care and Education Campus, set to open mid 2021, will support patients, their caregivers, healthcare providers and our community. It will care for people at all stages of dementia and also will feature an intergenerational adult and child care center and an education venue that brings people together to share best practices in dementia care.

Dementia Campus

Our Dementia Care Programs

Palliative Care for Dementia

This program is a national model—one of the first programs of its kind in the country, and the only in-home medical and emotional dementia care program in Arizona.

Families stay on the program as long as needed to get support and learn to care for a loved one with dementia.

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Dementia Hospice Care

Late-stage dementia patients cannot communicate with words, but our staff knows how to meet their needs. We customize our care to the person’s lifelong preferences, using sensory activities to stimulate and calm.

We manage pain and depression. Family caregivers are supported by our compassionate team of specialists—doctor, nurse practitioner, nurse, nurse’s aide, social worker, chaplain and volunteer. Medicare covers the cost of dementia hospice care.

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Learn About Dementia

Stages of Dementia

Understand changes in memory, thinking and function in individuals with dementia.

Understanding Dementia Behaviors

Learn about what can cause challenging behaviors, and how to deal with them.

Dementia FAQs

The top questions that caregivers ask when learning about dementia.

Education Videos

Personal stories and educational videos for caregivers.

Communication Tips

Important strategies to help you communicate with someone who has dementia.

Supporting Caregivers

Ways to care for a loved one with dementia.

Serving Central Arizona

Dementia

Making moments matter.

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