About the work
Guidance that keeps the person at the center.
Dementia care asks a lot of people. Better understanding can make the work feel more possible.
Foster Senior Services brings together education, practical training, and independent dementia consultation for the people supporting someone living with dementia.
As a Certified Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Care Trainer, Foster Senior Services teaches the seminar that is the first step toward becoming a Certified Dementia Practitioner. The work also extends to facilitating other trainings and offering guidance to professional and family care partners.
Regina Foster's signature framework, The Brain to Heart Connection™, brings that guidance into a clear, six-step path. See the framework.
Meet Regina
Experience shaped by care.
Regina Foster is a gerontologist who practiced as a Physician Associate for 20 years. She completed her first master's degree at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2003, followed by a second master's degree in Gerontology at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018.
She is a Licensed Assisted Living Administrator, Certified Dementia Practitioner, Certified Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Care Trainer through NCCDP, and Certified Independent Consultant using Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care. Regina is also a Professional Facilitator & Trainer who partners with Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Gerontology and Virginia Center on Aging, as well as The Span Center, Greater Richmond's Area Agency on Aging.
Regina's passion for person-centered education is personal. Her family cared for her grandmother, who lived with dementia for about 10 years. That experience deepened her commitment to helping healthcare professionals and family care partners understand the person behind the diagnosis and feel more prepared for the road ahead.
Through Foster Senior Services, Regina provides seminars, training, and consultation for professionals and family care partners.
What guides us
Care is a partnership, not a performance.
Stay curious
Ask what the person may be communicating, not only what the diagnosis says.
Keep learning
Build useful skills that support better decisions on ordinary days.
Who this work is for
Training and guidance are shaped for people who show up in different ways: long-term care, memory care, home care, and health care teams; family care partners; local, state, and federal agencies on aging; and first responders.
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