Silverado’s NEXUS dementia program will be in a pilot study for a Danish professor, the company announced.

Mette Andresen, Ph.D., a professor at the University College Absalon, Denmark, will be implementing a brain-health program based on the six pillars of NEXUS in Danish long-term care facilities. She had previously studied how the NEXUS program can improve cognition and function in participating residents. All 38 Silverado Memory Care Communities in the U.S. offer the 20-hour-a-week program, comprised of six brain-health pillars

“Over time, this program has significantly improved participating residents’ ADL, the number-one driver for quality of life,” said Kim Butrum, MS, RN, GNP, Silverado’s Senior Vice President of Clinical Services. “When NEXUS is provided within our strength-based therapeutic model of care, we can truly change the expected trajectory of decline seen in those living with dementia.”

The program’s pillars are Purposeful Social Activities, Physical Activity, Stress Reduction, Cognitive Exercise, Support Groups and Specialized Digital Programs.