I am neither a fan nor a critic of the caregiving philosophy promoted by Teepa Snow. If I am honest, some aspects of the way her training programs package and market caregiving knowledge feel uncomfortable to me. That said, there are genuine insights within her system that many caregivers find helpful, and some of those ideas are worth sharing.
Teepa Snow is an occupational therapist and dementia care educator known for developing the Positive Approach to Care, a widely taught system for helping caregivers communicate with people living with dementia. Two of the most widely used frameworks in her teaching are SENSI, which focuses on sensory communication, and the GEMS model, which describes how the brain changes as dementia progresses.
