Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center to Host Virtual Dementia Tour® Event!

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Sept. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alzheimer's disease affects millions nationwide and many more worldwide. SecondWind Dreams^® has created a Virtual Dementia Tour^® experience where participants meet with certified trainers who guide them through the Tour and outfit them with patented devices that alter their senses. This is meant to simulate what it would be like to be diagnosed with dementia. https://www.secondwind.org/virtual-dementia-tour.

Bridgeway Senior Healthcare staff brings awareness to Alzheimer's through their annual participation in the Walk to End Alzheimer's and fundraising efforts through bake sales and Forget-Me-Not Flowers. The Virtual Dementia Tour^® is the latest addition in our goal to provide awareness. Susan Lanza, LNHA and Administrator of Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center at Bridgewater became a Certified Virtual Dementia Tour^® Trainer this past February and conducted her first Virtual Dementia Tour^® (VDT) on May 12^th. The goal is to bring this immersive technique to all four Bridgeway buildings with training for employees, families, and even the community. After training, the group tried out the techniques by helping to host 38 staff members from Bridgewater through the tour; it was an emotionally rewarding day for all. Staff members had great things to say about the experience:

"Amazing the different responses each staff member had to the training"—Rhonda Brand, Assistant Administrator Bridgeway Bridgewater

"All new staff members need to receive this training"—Laura Cardillo, DON, Avalon Hillsborough

"This training is so insightful.  Although it is only minutes long, it allows one to understand what a person with dementia is going through"—Erin Carlucci, Generations Unit Manager, Bridgeway Hillsborough

Since then, even more of the Bridgeway Senior Healthcare staff members have been trained from all four of our buildings. In July of this year, Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center in Hillsborough had their own training session with another 71 employees who took part in the experience. This fall, we are opening up this event to the community.

On Saturday, September 26^th we will be hosting a community wide event for the Virtual Dementia Tour^® from 12 noon until 4pm at our Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bridgewater. Please call us at 908-722-7022 to reserve your spot! www.BridgewaySeniorCare.com

About Bridgeway Senior Healthcare
Family owned and operated for over 33 years, the four locations offer a complete continuum of care providing assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation, and long term care services. For more information, please visit www.BridgewaySeniorCare.com.

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