Today, active programs in the use of the Montessori Method as adapted for persons with dementia can be found in France, Australia, Singapore, Spain, Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Switzerland, and the United States. describing the use of Montessori-based activities when visiting persons with dementia has been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish (see Appendix, page 47, for more information on this and other videos).

Other manuals and publications have followed (e.g., Camp, 2006 2010 2013 Camp, Orsulic-Jeras, Lee, & Judge, 2004 Camp, Schneider, Orsulic-Jeras, Mattern, McGowan, Antenucci, Malone, & Gorzelle, 2006 Elliot, 2012 Giroux, Robichaud, & Paradis, 2010 Jarrott, Gozali, & Gigliotti, 2008 Joltin, Camp, Noble, & Antenucci, 2012 Lin, 2014 Lin, Yang, Kao, Wu, Tang, & Lin, 2009 Lin, Huang, Watson, Wu, & Lee, 2011 Love, 2006 Mahendra, Hopper, Bayles, Azuma, Cleary, & Kim, 2006 Malone & Camp, 2007 Skrajner, Malone, Camp, McGowan, & Gorzelle, 2007 Vance & Johns, 2003 Van der Ploeg, Eppingstall, Camp, Runci, Taffe, & O’Connor, 2013). It has since been published in a variety of languages, including French, Spanish, Greek, Japanese, and Mandarin (e.g., Buiza, Etxeberria, Yangua, & Camp, 2007). In 1999, a manual describing activities based on the Montessori Method that could be used with persons with dementia was published (Camp). It seems timely to review the development and dissemination of this concept, and to discuss plans for its continued evolution. Since that initial article, the use of the Montessori Method with older adults with dementia has taken root on an international scale. At that time, research was just beginning on this topic.

More than 20 years ago, the concept of using the Montessori Method as a treatment for dementia was discussed in the pages of Montessori Life (Vance, Camp, Kabacoff, & Greenwalt, 1996).

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