Spark of Life Education

Spark of Life Education is grounded in the Spark of Life Philosophy which has as its core to facilitate the most genuine, honest, humanitarian expression of compassion, understanding, and love. When such quality connection is missing, it has a profound damaging effect on the person with dementia, often resulting in expressions of deep despair. However, when the person with dementia is met with kindness and lovingly listened to – it offers the profound promise:
You are still here. You still matter. We are here for you.

**What Makes Spark of Life Education Best Practice?**

Best practice education is characterized by improved overall learning outcomes, student wellbeing, and engagement.

To achieve these outcomes, Dementia CARE International has developed its unique Spark of Life NILE concept that stands for: Nurture, Inspire, Love and Educate (from Latin: educates, meaning to bring forth an individual’s potential, talents, and character from within). This concept underpins every education session.

In addition, the Education is authentic, providing real, rich and original ideas, models, and methods that are shared in purposeful context.

To date, the Spark of Life Education has been delivered and field-tested around the globe in 19 countries in diverse cultures and care settings, proving everywhere to reliably lead to the desired results of heightened staff spirit and improved work practices & quality care.

Since 1993, the Education continues to be further developed through a student and organizational quality improvement feedback loop.

The language used in Spark of Life Education is easy to understand and has been sensitively adjusted to the various cultural needs replacing words or sayings that could otherwise be upsetting for people from various cultural and indigenous backgrounds.

Live via Zoom

Spark of Life Education is provided live via Zoom in an active, student-centered environment, using an effective accelerated learning model that is unique to Dementia CARE International and benefit participants anywhere in the world.

Spark of Life Education is provided as:

To find out more about Spark of Life Education we invite you to email us on: info@dementiacareinternational.com

‘My experience has been that the Spark of Life Education is transformative in shifting perceptions and attitudes in a way where this philosophy becomes a natural way of being for everyone involved and fully encompasses Person Centred Care. I have seen before my own eyes in my hospital the changes that occur to those beautiful people with dementia, I can now see the sparkle in their eyes as they begin to reconnect with their surroundings as they feel that they are having their emotional needs met.’

Chris Boylan EO/Don from Streaky Bay Hospital & Health Services, South Australia

‘Eyre and Far North Local Health Network in South Australia has engaged Dementia CARE International for Spark of Life Education for many years now. I absolutely love the Spark of Life Philosophy as it is the only program that focuses on the person’s emotional wellbeing. It is uplifting and life-changing for staff as it teaches them how small changes in perspective and practice can make huge impacts, not only for the person with dementia, but also for the team. In my experience it is fantastic for the prevention and management of changed behaviours in people living with dementia.’

Tania Hammond Nurse Practitioner, Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Rural and Remote Health, South Australia