Directory of Credentialed Organizations

Care communities and other organizations around the world have discovered the benefits of the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle®. Their credentialing journey shows what is possible with an approach that guides care partners and leadership to instill respect, dignity, and equality as a way of life for themselves and their residents. Find an organization near you on the map, or scroll through the directory below to learn about these cutting-edge communities and service providers.

Become a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Community

We guide communities through achieving Bronze, Silver, and Gold level milestones to build a strong foundation for fostering the Montessori-Inspired Lifestyle®.

Credentialing Tiers

Communities that implement Montessori-based programming tend to see outcomes such as healthier and happier residents, fewer drugs, fewer responsive behaviors, and better staffing and census.

Benefits of Credentialing

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Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credentialed Communities

Memory care has a special meaning for Frontier Senior Living. They understand how dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease or other related forms of dementia may be very distressing. Frontier communities are specifically designed to nurture activity, exercise, dining and restful opportunities as well as engaging and purpose filled activities that stimulate personal abilities. Residents are encouraged to do what they are able, historical knowledge is celebrated and acknowledged and new abilities are recognized and utilized.

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2019 Top-Rated Senior Care in Oregon by SeniorAdvisor.com (Aspen Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care)

2019 Top Assisted Living Facility in Oregon by Assisted Living Today (Aspen Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care)

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The Goodman Group is one of the most respected names in senior living and health care communities nationwide, and defined by the exceptional lifestyles, care and services provided at its managed communities. Their Pearls of Life® memory care neighborhoods recognize the value of each individual and helps residents live dignified, well-rounded lives, discovering the treasures, or pearls, within. Team members at The Goodman Group managed communities deliver on the promise that each resident will have the opportunity to lead a purposeful life.

The Inn on Westport
Sioux Falls, SD

 

Pearl Garden
St. Anthony, MN

Miramont Pointe
Clackamas, OR

Westpark Village
Billings, MT

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2019 Pioneer Network’s Community Commitment Award (Regal Palms)

2019 Quality Improvement and Health Outcome Award from American Medical Directors’ Association / The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (The Residence at Timber Pines)

2019 Bronze Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (The Residence at Timber Pines)

2018 Bronze Award in the Marketing category of the Senior Living track for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards (Regal Palms)

2018 Bronze Award in the Marketing category of the Senior Living track for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards (The Residence at Timber Pines)

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Montessori based dementia care is the signature method that the WindSong Communities have chosen to use when caring for seniors with Alzheimer’s and age-related dementias. Activities and everyday interactions are utilized as a means to reconnect to persons with dementia who may seem unreachable. Their vision for every resident of the WindSong Memory Care Communities is a sense of purpose, independence and comfort.

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2017 Innovative Program & Improvement Award by Oregon Health Care Association (Windsong at Eola Hills)

Windsong at Southridge
Kennewick, WA

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Windsong at Eola Hills was the FIRST residence to become a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credentialed Community.

Windsong Memory Care hosted a Virtual Education Series in the summer of 2020 with Dr. Cameron Camp and Gary Johnson, exploring how to create a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Community and ways to address unique and challenging situations using a Montessori approach. Click here to view recordings from the series, which they have generously offered to share with the public.

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As the first continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) to achieve a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credential, Acts Retirement-Life Communities have created an exclusive kind of lifestyle that lets seniors define retirement on their own terms. A combination of active, resort-style senior living with the assurance of health care, community members at Acts CCRC can pursue their passions, pastimes and hobbies, get involved in the many activities and clubs in the community, or just enjoy the liberation of what maintenance free living brings.

Park Pointe Village
Rock Hill, SC

Indian River Estates

Vero Beach, FL

Spring House Estates
Lower Gwynedd, PA

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ACTS was the FIRST continuing care retirement community to earn a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credentialed.

Sunset Hills, MO

Chesterfield, MO

Friendship Village St. Louis has always been known for its superb amenities & services, and now their new Memory Care programs at each campus are empowering residents to participate in the activities which shape their lives keeps them engaged, happy and healthy. In these communities with a welcoming, neighborhood feel, the focus is on dignity, quality of life, personal growth and safety. Friendship Village is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization that has been setting the standard for senior services in Greater St. Louis for over 45 years. The caring staff has created a culture that fosters friendships and heightens the spiritual, emotional and physical well-being of their residents.

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2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Assisted Living Community, Friendship Village Chesterfield

2022 St. Louis Magazine A+ Readers Choice Award, Best Assisted Living Facility 

2022 Ladue News Platinum List Winner, Assisted Living Category

2022 Ladue News Platinum List Runner Up, Memory Care Category

ArchCare cares for people of all ages and faiths where they are most comfortable and best able to receive it – at home, in the community and in nursing homes. As the Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York, they see enhancing the lives of our elders and others who need extra help to stay healthy and live life to its fullest as more than just a job. Nestled on 36 park-like acres in historic Rhinebeck, New York, ArchCare at Ferncliff Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center serves individuals and families from every corner of the Hudson Valley and beyond, and is home of the Center for Advanced Memory Care.

Nestled in a beautiful residential neighborhood in Old Town, the Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a wonderful place to call home. A steadfast presence of this Staten Island community for many years, Carmel Richmond is known for its welcoming staff that feels like family.

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West Des Moines, IA

West Des Moines, IA

Arbor Springs is Iowa’s only Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) that is dedicated entirely to Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Arbor Springs cares for individuals through all stages of dementia. Located in a residential area, a hallmark of Arbor Springs is its award-winning design that offers residents the comfort, safety, and security of an environment similar to their own home.

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The world’s FIRST Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credential for EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Larksfield Place is a not-for-profit life plan community that has been serving Wichita since 1988. Magnolia Court Memory Support residences within Larksfield Place Assisted Living is now a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® credentialed community, working to fulfill its mission of enriching the lives of discerning older adults by providing distinctive lifestyle, health and wellness services.

Wichita, KS

Residents at The Hickman Friends Senior Community in West Chester, PA, are treated with respect and compassion. Stimulating daily activities, family-style dining, and a beautiful enclosed garden are all designed to enhance engagement with others and quality of life. Guided by Quaker principles and traditions that value all life and welcome diversity, The Hickman offers individualized care allowing older adults the opportunity to enjoy a productive life and to explore the richness of all of life’s possibilities.

West Chester, PA

Featuring all the comforts of home, Rowntree Gardens offers a close-knit community where friendships are formed, people care for each other with compassion and devotion, and every life is cherished. Gardens Memory Care provides compassionate and expert care in a safe, secure and peaceful garden setting.

Stanton, CA

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Rooted in Catholic values, Jennings celebrates and nurtures individuals as they age, through exceptional choices and continuous innovation. Grounded in the belief that every individual deserves to live in an environment he or she can call home, Jennings offers choices in a continuum of residences and services that support the freedom of independent living through the comfort of long-term nursing care. Bringing the outside in, the familiar combination of neighborhood and home is evident in the daily sights and sounds of a community that knows no boundaries.

Chardon, OH

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The Birches in Clarendon Hills offers assisted living and memory care apartments that are cozy, private, and secure, the way a home should be. The freedom and flexibility to live your life the way you want regardless of age, ability, and cognition, with purpose and meaning is the focus of The Birches’ culture. Our team is here to encourage each resident by supporting individual choice, their personal aging journey and aspirations. By focusing on what is possible, we create a successful environment for growth.  The Birches is a certified Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® community for both assisted living and memory care. As one community, we continue to create a great place to live and work.

Clarendon Hills, IL

The Memory Special Care Unit at Loretto Health & Rehabilitation provides a warm and inviting environment with bright modern rooms and a friendly, family atmosphere cultivated by the kind attention of expert staff. As one of the first Memory Care communities in the area, Loretto’s cutting-edge facilities, stimulating environments and comprehensive staff training, enhance the quality of life of its residents.

Syracuse, NY

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Friends Home is a non-profit senior living community that offers a variety of living options to help residents remain independent and active. For more than 100 years, The Friends Home in Kennett has been a special part of historic Kennett Square. It’s a place where life is comfortable, relationships are rewarding, and friends truly become family. Friends Home is dedicated to providing quality care based upon Quaker principles and values in a homelike atmosphere for older men and women of modest means. They encourage independence and respect the individuality and dignity of all.

Kennett Square, PA

Sunnyside Village is a not-for-profit Christian senior living community with a deep-rooted mission of sharing God’s love by serving others with kindness, truth, and respect while providing nurturing support that enhances meaningful living.

Serving their community for over 50 years, Sunnyside offers care services, including outpatient therapy, assisted living, memory care, short-term rehabilitation, long-term comprehensive care, and palliative care, all within a distinctive 35-acre neighborhood.

Sarasota, FL

Villa Palazzo Senior Living Community‘s on-campus memory care community provides high-quality personalized memory care to residents living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Their Montessori-based memory care is a holistic and person-centered care approach with an emphasis on physical and cognitive abilities, which bring dignity and a sense of purpose to each resident, and is designed to foster a community-based experience for the residents, their families, and staff caring for them. Group engagement programs help to establish social roles and create a sense of belonging, while singular care plans encourage personal choice and autonomy. This combination of programs ensures that each resident sustains a sense of purpose and engagement while emphasizing personal independence.

Sandy Springs, GA

The Montecito is an unparalleled, resort-style retirement community located in picturesque Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Montecito Memory Care Community embraces the Montessori approach in a single-story campus, fostering a community-based experience for the residents, their families, and staff caring for them. Group engagement programs establish social roles and a sense of belonging, while singular activity programs cater to the needs of each resident independently. The combination of programs ensures each member sustains a sense of purpose and engagement while maintaining personal independence.

Santa Fe, NM

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2021, 2022 Sante Fe Reporter Best of Santa Fe, Best Senior Living, Montecito Santa Fe

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The Montecito has earned a COMMUNITY-WIDE Gold Level Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credentialed for its Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care neighborhoods!

Fairmont Senior Living of Washington Township is committed to providing quality clinical care, personalizing and humanizing experience for community members and their families and recognition of the needs of the whole person. Residents who live in our Memory Care Neighborhood receive Montessori-Based Memory Care that treats each resident based on their own current level of functioning, empowering them to live an independent lifestyle full of purpose. Their Montessori trained care-professionals focus on each individual resident’s strengths, as opposed to their weaknesses, affording dignity and well-being for all those who call Fairmont of Washington Township home.

Dayton, OH

The memory care services at Fairmont of Farmington Hills focus on a holistic approach to memory care; placing emphasis on physical and cognitive therapy practices designed to deliver a community-based experience for our residents, their families, and the entire staff caring for them. The program focuses on group engagement, establishing meaningful social roles for each resident and creating a sense of belonging, while individualized activities cater to the unique needs of each resident as an individual. This combined approach ensures each member enjoys a sense of engagement and purpose while also maintaining their personal independence.

Farmington Hills, MI

The mission of Fairmont Senior Living of Northville is to provide compassionate care and personalized services so that our community members experience a sense of stability, fulfillment, and well-being in each and every moment. Residents living in the Memory Care Neighborhood receive Montessori-Based Memory Care, focusing on the current level of functioning of each resident, empowering each of them to live a purposeful, independent lifestyle. The care staff focuses primarily on each individual resident’s strengths, rather than their weaknesses, affording a life of dignity and well-being for all those who call Fairmont Senior Living of Northville home.

Northville, MI

Residents of Fairmont Senior Living on Clayton‘s Memory Care Neighborhood enjoy credentialed Montessori-Based Memory Care, a unique program that meets each resident at their current level of need, while promoting a lifestyle of independence and purpose. Their program focuses on a holistic care approach with an emphasis on physical and cognitive therapy practices specifically designed to foster a community-based experience for the residents, their families, and staff caring for them. This, along with group engagement programs that establish social roles and a sense of belonging, ensures each member sustains a sense of purpose and engagement while maintaining personal independence.

Richmond Heights, MO

Fairmont of Westlake believes in a Montessori-based, holistic approach to memory care that places emphasis on both physical and cognitive therapies and is specifically designed to provide a community-based experience for residents, their families, and the entire staff. The Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Program at Fairmont of Westlake focuses on fostering group engagement through the creation of meaningful social roles for each resident. This group approach instills a sense of belonging in each resident while our individually focused activities program caters to their individual needs. This dual care approach works to ensure that each resident enjoys their personal independence while also developing a meaningful sense of purpose within the community.

Westlake, OH

Friends House is a warm, welcoming community where senior adults are esteemed for their experience and wisdom. A nonprofit organization founded in the 1960s on the Quaker values of equality, integrity and simplicity, Friends House is a multicultural and economically inclusive community.

Sandy Spring, MD

Rowan House Memory Care at Friendship Village of Dublin is a place of engaging and stimulating activities that foster physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being, enabling Residents to live life to the fullest and experience meaningful moments. The home-like environment at Rowan House promotes meaningful engagement while encouraging independence in a secured space. Using Montessori-based approaches to care, their community supports independence, choice and self-direction for Residents, enabling them to enjoy visits with family and friends, get to know their neighbors and create friendships, participate in community decision making. Rowan House Residents experience physical and cognitive stimulation through enrichment programs such as art classes, music therapy and horticultural therapy.

Dublin, OH

Pilgrim Place is a community of persons who have dedicated their lives to improving the lives of others and continue to do so in retirement. Woven into daily activities and practices at Pilgrim Place are themes of service to each other, support of local and global peace, advocacy for social justice efforts and a passion for environmental stewardship. Intentional acts of service, friendship and activism are at the core of their ethos. Underpinning all of this is a commitment to racial, sexual and religious diversity.

In Rauch Memory Care at Pilgrim Place, quality of life is important and begins with highly trained and caring staff who understand the core values of a purposeful life. The philosophy there is to provide fully integrated memory care in the least restrictive environment as possible in a dignified, comfortable and intimate setting.

Claremont, CA

Ecumen‘s mission is to advocate for older adults by providing housing choices, compassionate health care and innovative services to support connected, fulfilled lives. Empowering older adults to live the life they choose requires tackling universal challenges in senior care and housing—challenges they happily accept. Innovation has always been at the core of their organization and continues to drive their view and response to the toughest truths they face, including those that directly impact the health and well-being of seniors in our care and across the nation.

Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credentialed Adult Day Programs

GoldenBerry Adult Day Caring Center is a state of the art program in Macomb County for individuals with Alzheimers or dementia related conditions, enhancing quality of life for older adults impacted by dementia. The center provides programs of both social and medical models geared at allowing those with physical and cognitive disabilities to remain in a safe and comfortable environment during the day.

Clinton Township, MI

CaringPlace is a non-profit organization operating an Adult Day Service program for clients with memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease and other related disorders, as well as older adults who are frail and/or functionally impaired without memory loss. Using Montessori Inspired Dementia Programming, CaringPlace staff provide a sense of belonging, build friendships with others, and enhance quality of life for those who might otherwise feel isolated, lonely, or depressed.

Florence, AL

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Goldenberry was the FIRST Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credentialed ADULT DAY CENTER in the World

International Communities

At Home of St. Jožef, care for the elderly is not just a home for the elderly. It is connected to the whole with the Spiritual Education Center and the Organ School, which together provide a wide range of inclusion in the whole life of living and the upgrading of an individual’s spirituality. As the first in Slovenia to systematically introduce the Montessori Method for the elderly and people with dementia, they also deal with the translation of relevant literature, terminology and the organization of training in this field.

The realization that Montessori is not a destination, but a path, has guided the daily work at Home of St. Jožef, discovering new ways of working with residents, involving them in caring for the common good, renouncing stereotypes about the elderly and dementia and renouncing one’s own rights.

Celje, Slovenia

Manoir Soleil Centre D’Accueil located in Quebec, Canada, offers a pleasant living environment, in which care and support are tailored according to the needs of each person. The care team at Manoir Soleil makes the well-being of seniors a priority, while respecting the values ​​and experience of each individual resident.

Credentialing of Manoir Soleil was supported by Montessori Alzheimer Centerthe Authorized Canadian Licensee of the Center for Applied Research in Dementia, through their training in the Montessori Method for the Cognitively Impaired, as adapted by Cameron J. Camp, PhD.

Chambly, Quebec (Canada)

Dom Sv. Jožef is the first in Europe to earn both Resident and Employee Engagement credentials.
Manoir Soleil was the first International Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Credentialed Community.

Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® Certified Home Health Care Providers

Etched Quality Care is devoted to providing 100% high-quality personal care that sustains vitality for aging people in their homes. They seek to enhance the well-being of older adults through professional care to ensure that they live healthier and happier at their homes despite aging and/or disabilities. They respect work ethics, keeping a high ethical level of service to enable an honest deliver to achieve our goal of making the aging people live a normal life as possible at home.

Dallas, TX

Residence Credentialing Tiers

Our tiered residence credential process recognizes initial training and milestones in the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® residence implementation.

Tier 1 – Bronze Level

A residence may qualify for a Bronze Level Credential after the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle®: Montessori Based Dementia Programming® two-day training is attended by a group of staff representing all departments. All attendees must pass an online quiz demonstrating knowledge of key principles. Post training, staff of the residence must create an action plan for MIL implementation and have it approved by CARD, as well as implement and document select MIL elements within 6 months of training, to achieve a Bronze Level Credential.

Tier 2 – Silver Level

A residence may attain a Silver Level Credential when a representative subset of trained staff have earned MIL Trainer Credential. The trainer credential involves a demonstration of the ability to apply knowledge and principles presented in MIL training to specific cases involving residents. Ongoing training/in-servicing of newly hired staff and other internal procedures for ongoing  implementation of MIL must be in place. At least 50% of the Gold Level Credential criteria must be achieved, and an action plan must be in place for achieving the remainder of these criteria. A site visit is required to evaluate the application of MIL related to Mission and Values statement, environmental elements, and resident engagement.

Tier 3 – Gold Level

A residence may achieve a Gold Level Credential after a minimum of 6 months of Silver Level Credentialing. To qualify, a residence must have a group of staff representing all departments attend the 2-day advanced course, Montessori Inspired Lifestyle®: Shaping a Montessori Community. In addition, at least 90% of the Gold Level Criteria must be achieved, with an action plan in place for achieving unmet criteria, as well as sustaining and expanding MIL programming. At least one exemplary and innovative achievement in applying MIL principles must be demonstrated. Gold Level Credential receipt requires a site visit by CARD staff.