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For senior living, memory care, healthcare, home care, and community organizations seeking stronger dementia-care practices.
Explore Organizational TrainingBella Cares™, LLC · Dementia Care Education & Leadership
Advancing Dementia Care Through Education, Leadership & Human Connection
Bella Cares helps organizations, professional caregivers, and families move beyond simply managing dementia to creating environments where people are understood, supported, and treated with dignity.
Dementia Education • Organizational Training • Speaking • Consulting • Caregiver Resources
Gayon Buchanan
Founder · Dementia educator, memory care leader, author, and speaker
10+ Years in Memory Care Leadership
Dementia Care Educator & Trainer
Author & Speaker
Industry Conference Presenter
Alzheimer's Advocacy
Better Dementia Care Begins With Better Understanding.
Dementia changes how a person communicates, processes information, responds to the environment, and experiences the world.
Great dementia care requires more than good intentions.
It requires knowledge, empathy, leadership, and the ability to see the person beyond the diagnosis. Bella Cares translates dementia-care principles into practical strategies that professionals and families can actually use.
“When we understand what a person may be experiencing, we can change how we respond.”
Who we serve
Education That Reaches Every Level of Dementia Care
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Professional Caregivers
Practical education that helps frontline teams communicate, respond, connect, and provide more person-centered support.
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Leaders
Education and consulting for leaders responsible for culture, staff development, family experience, and dementia-care quality.
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Families
Practical education, encouragement, and resources for families navigating dementia.
Caregiver ResourcesOrganizational training
Build a More Dementia-Capable Organization
Bella Cares works with organizations to help teams move from knowing about dementia to understanding how that knowledge translates into everyday care. Training can support professionals across disciplines and roles.
- Understanding Dementia
- Communication & Connection
- Responding to Behavioral Expressions
- Person-Centered Dementia Care
- Family Engagement
- Dementia Care Leadership
- Meaningful Engagement
- Dining & Dementia
- Caregiver Resilience
- Building Dementia-Capable Teams
Available for professional development, workshops, leadership education, conferences, and customized organizational training.
Founder & thought leader
Meet Gayon Buchanan
Dementia Educator. Memory Care Leader. Author. Speaker. Advocate.
Gayon Buchanan brings more than a decade of experience in geriatric leadership and memory care to her work as an educator, trainer, speaker, and founder of Bella Cares.
Her perspective is grounded in the realities of dementia care — supporting residents, caregivers, families, teams, and leaders through the complex human experiences surrounding dementia.
Through Bella Cares, Gayon helps translate that experience into education that is practical, compassionate, and relevant to real-world care environments.
- Certified Dementia Practitioner
- Memory care program leadership
- Author
- Professional trainer
- Support group facilitator
- Alzheimer's advocacy
- Regional & national speaking
Speaking
A Voice for Better Dementia Care
Bring a practical, compassionate, and real-world perspective on dementia care to your next conference, leadership meeting, professional development event, or caregiver program.
- Conferences
- Keynotes
- Workshops
- Panels
- Leadership Sessions
- Caregiver Events
- Professional Education
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Impact
Education That Creates Better Conversations, Stronger Teams & More Human Care
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Books & resources
Extending the Conversation Beyond the Training Room
Books and resources that carry the Bella Cares philosophy into homes, care communities, and professional practice.
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Grace for the Caregiver's Heart
Scriptures and Affirmations for Every Stage of Dementia Care
Encouragement and reflection for caregivers navigating the emotional realities of caregiving — a steady companion through every stage of the dementia journey.
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Beyond the Diagnosis
Dignity First Dementia Care for Families and Professionals
An extension of the Bella Cares educational mission — looking past the label to the person still present, with practical perspective for families and care professionals.
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In development: workbooks, caregiver guides, digital resources, online training, courses, webinars, and toolkits.
Thought leadership
Insights From Bella Cares
Articles, videos, interviews, and professional education building an ongoing body of dementia-care knowledge.
Dementia CareComing soon
Seeing the person before the diagnosis
Articles and practical explainers on how dementia changes experience — and what care teams can do differently.
LeadershipComing soon
Building a dementia-capable culture
Perspectives for leaders on staff development, accountability, and sustaining quality memory care.
CommunicationComing soon
Language that lowers resistance
Short, usable guidance on tone, cueing, and timing for everyday care interactions.
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Sustaining the people who care
Encouragement and resilience tools for professional and family caregivers.
Memory CareComing soon
Environments that support understanding
Practical observations on engagement, dining, wayfinding, and daily rhythm.
Person-Centered PracticesComing soon
From principle to daily practice
How person-centered care becomes observable, coachable behavior across a team.
Stay Connected to Better Dementia Care
Receive practical dementia-care insights, caregiver encouragement, professional education, new resources, and upcoming Bella Cares programs.
Let's Raise the Standard of Dementia Care.
Whether you are educating a team, planning an event, supporting caregivers, or strengthening a dementia-care program, Bella Cares can help move the conversation forward.