Dementia Simulation House Stories & News

Students in the kitchen in the Dementia Simulation House

UNI Dementia Simulation House marks two-year anniversary

Two mark the two-year anniversary of the house, a UNI student reflects on her experiences with the Dementia Simulation House.
Dementia simulation participant wearing glasses and headphones looking in the mirror

Cedar Valley community learns about dementia through UNI dementia simulation house

The University of Northern Iowa is raising awareness and increasing empathy through a unique dementia simulation which takes place in a house on campus
Student helps dementia simulation attendee put on gloves

UNI gerontology program helps educate community in state’s only dementia simulation house

Student helps dementia simulation house attendee put on gloves

Student puts on headphones to get ready to go through dementia simulation house

Iowa’s only dementia simulation house, run by UNI gerontology, helps increase empathy

UNI gerontology and the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging have united to create a dementia simulation house that reduces stigma and increases empathy.
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