Cognitive Disorders

Live in Your Loved One's Reality instead of Challenging it

We would like to share this New York Times Opinion column, “My Mother, Lost and Found” with you because it shares our passion for living in the reality of someone with memory loss, rather than trying to change or challenge it. It was Ellen who taught me how to talk to Mom in this new phase of… …Continue Reading

Pets and Dementia Care

The Vicarage prides itself on incorporating pets and dementia care from the day we opened our doors.  We realize how important furry friends are throughout all changes in life, especially the traumatic transition from home to communal living in later life. For those living with progressive neurological  diseases, loss of the ability to speak, remember,… …Continue Reading

Vicarage Case Study

Case Study by Dr. Peter Whitehouse & Colleagues The Vicarage By The Sea is pleased to announce that it was used as a case study in the article, “From Demedicalisation to Renaturalisation: Dementia and Nature in Harmony”, written by Peter Whitehouse, Danny George, Johanna Wigg (owner of The Vicarage), and Brett Joseph, within this book… …Continue Reading