Michael Skrajner Director, Research and Program Development
As a senior member of the Hearthstone Institute Faculty, Mike trains professionals and care providers on many of Hearhstone's innovative methodologies including Montessori-Based Activity Programming (MAP) ® and Procedural Interval Learning (PIL) ® . He has also co-authored more than seven peer-reviewed articles on these topics.
Throughout his career Mike has managed federally and privately funded research projects. He has conducted
research on a wide variety of dementia related topics including:
• Medication adherence intervention delivered via videophone to HIV positive persons in rural, urban,
and suburban areas of the United States.
• The implementation of Montessori-Based Activities in nursing homes, assisted living facilities,
and adult day centers.
• Programming that allows persons with early stage dementia to lead Montessori-based activities.
Cameron J. Camp, PhD, is a noted psychologist specializing in applied research in gerontology. Dr. Camp received his doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of Houston in 1979. For 16 years he served in academic settings, teaching coursework in adult development and aging while rising to the rank of Research Professor of Psychology at the University of New Orleans. Later, as Director and Senior Research Scientist at the Myers Research Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, his work involved research into non-pharmacologic interventions for behaviors associated with dementia.
His current position as Senior Researcher at Hearthstone enables him to continue his work in translational research
and application of interventions to alleviate challenging behaviors and increase the level of functioning of persons living with dementia. It centers on the development of two major lines of research: Montessori-Based Activity Programming (MAP) ®, which focuses on developing engaging activities for persons with dementia; and a technique called
Procedural Interval Learning (PIL) ®, which enables persons with memory deficits to successfully remember
information over days, weeks, months, or longer.
