With over 40 years of experience in a variety of environments, the Dementia Care Specialists team helps prepare senior living care teams, healthcare professionals and programs. We work alongside owners, developers, architects and designers to help you achieve success in memory care.
For more information about our implementation workshops, memory care programs, and consulting services or to arrange a consultation, please call 877.816.4524 or use our Contact Us form.
Kim Warchol
OTR/L, Senior Consultant, Business Development and Design Specialist
As founder and president of Dementia Care Specialists, Kim is also a member of the consulting team. With more than 30 years of experience as an occupational therapist, she is an expert in dementia care grounded in evidence-based models, including the Allen Cognitive Disabilities Model.
Kim has set up many memory care environments and programs, and has educated thousands of therapists and other health care professionals on implementing the Warchol Best-Abilities Care ModelSM. This philosophy of care is based on her belief that every individual with Alzheimer’s/dementia is unique.
Financial Disclosure(s): Kim is a full-time, salaried Global Professional Instructor, Consultant and President of Dementia Care Specialists (DCS), at Crisis Prevention Institute.
Sharon Host
OTR/L, Senior Consultant and Global Professional Instructor
Sharon earned her B.S. degree in occupational therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sharon began her journey using the Allen Cognitive Disabilities Model in 1999 and completed the Dementia Therapy Master Clinician Program in 2009.
Specializing in geriatrics, she has over 20 years of experience in the long-term care setting, the home health care industry, and as a dementia care consultant.
Sharon is also a CPI Global Professional Instructor, teaching our Dementia Capable Care courses at open enrollment and on-site programs.
Financial Disclosure(s): Sharon is a full-time, salaried Global Professional Instructor and Consultant for Dementia Care Specialists (DCS), at Crisis Prevention Institute.
Sharon Jackson
COTA, Consultant and Implementation Specialist
Sharon specializes in dementia care and geriatrics, with over 20 years of experience in the long-term care settings with varied roles such as Memory Care Household Manager, Activities Designer and Director, Admissions Coordinator and Case Manager, and as a Senior Consultant and GPI for Dementia Care Specialists.
Financial Disclosure(s): Sharon is a full-time, salaried Global Professional Instructor and Consultant for Dementia Care Specialists (DCS), at Crisis Prevention Institute.