A Personalized Approach to Dementia Care
The Magnolia Dementia Care Program supports individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive decline. Built on decades of hospice experience, the program expands support for patients and families navigating the emotional, behavioral, and physical challenges of dementia at the end of life.
Magnolia Care combines personalized dementia care kits with supportive, evidence-based interventions, including aromatherapy, tactile stimulation, and reminiscence therapy. Together, these tools help patients experience comfort and connection, while helping families feel more confident in their caregiving roles.
The Dementia Care Tool Kit
Magnolia Care includes a thoughtfully assembled Dementia Care Tool Kit for use at home, in skilled nursing facilities, or in assisted living settings. Each kit is tailored to the individual and designed to help manage symptoms, reduce distress, and support communication, often decreasing the need for medication-based interventions.
These kits can include:
- Therapeutic touch tools
- Distraction and calming devices
- A therapy bear
- A weighted blanket
- Eating aids
- Personal care items
- Reminiscence posters
Each kit also includes an MP3 player pre-loaded with music meaningful to the patient. Music therapy is an evidence-supported intervention shown to unlock memories, spark joy, and encourage engagement, even in advanced dementia. For many families, music creates moments of calm, familiarity, and connection when other forms of communication are no longer possible.
Supporting Patients and Families Together
As with hospice care, Magnolia Care is built around the belief that patients and families are a single unit of care. By combining trained hospice support (nurses, social workers, chaplains, nurse aides, art and music therapists, and volunteers) with practical tools, the program helps families interact naturally with their loved ones through every stage of care.
Licensed, Certified, Accredited Hospital
Our 52-bed waterfront hospital is available to all our home care patients, as well as new patients referred by families or our community partners.
This facility provides 24/7 expert-level symptom management, including infused pain medications and rapid dose adjustments for patients whose symptoms cannot be managed at home.
Licensed, Certified, Accredited Home Care
Our home care services support patients in private homes, assisted living communities, and skilled nursing facilities across all levels of palliative and hospice care.
Care is delivered by interdisciplinary teams focused on comfort, caregiver support, and continuity, allowing patients to remain at home whenever clinically appropriate.
Admissions
Admission to The Connecticut Hospice is a collaborative process guided by each patient’s needs and goals of care.
Our team works closely with patients, families, and referring providers to ensure the right level of support, in the right setting, at the right time.
A Comprehensive Approach
At The Connecticut Hospice, families and caregivers are an essential part of the care experience. That’s why we support patients and the people who love them together.
Care plans are shaped around shared goals, personal needs, and what matters most in daily life. Our interdisciplinary team works across settings and services to ensure care is coordinated, responsive, and attentive to the emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of everyone involved.
We help bring clarity and compassion to serious illness, so patients and loved ones can focus on the moments that matter most.
How Can We Help?
Make a Donation
As a local not-for-profit, The Connecticut Hospice relies on donor support to provide individualized services and therapies not fully covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance.
Your generosity helps ensure that every patient and family receives the care, comfort, and support they need, regardless of circumstances.