Episode 19: The Case For Lying To Your Mother With Dr. Catherine Madison

In this episode, we embrace the gray areas of dementia care with help from Dr. Catherine Madison, author of Navigating Memory Loss: Essential Questions And Answers On Alzheimer's And Dementia. Dr Madison introduces us to anosognosia - when we don't remember what we don't remember - and how to cope with it. We discuss the challenge and necessity of unlearning things we were taught as children, and how Hogeweyk - an innovative dementia village in the Netherlands is letting things happen. There’s a bittersweet update on Mom’s new penchant for solo musical numbers and tips for the tough work of crafting end of life instructions while you still can.  Links: https://www.amazon.com/Navigating-Memory-Loss-Essential-Alzheimers/dp/B0FMGR232F https://www.mdmemorycare.com/ https://hogeweyk.dementiavillage.com/ Chapters (00:00:00) - Interview(00:02:58) - Dementia Care: Unreasonably Irrational Events(00:04:27) - Mom's Singing Ditties(00:06:16) - Dr. Katherine Madison on Alzheimer's and Dementia(00:07:40) - Dr. Remington Dolby on Alzheimer's and dementia(00:09:58) - Dementia and the Alzheimer's Association(00:12:39) - Anosognosia and the evaluation of it(00:15:02) - Dementia: Different Realities(00:21:18) - How to Deal with Behavioural Dementia(00:27:13) - Is There a Premonition of Death in the Final Months of(00:30:41) - Decisions about end of life for people with dementia(00:39:00) - Talking About Death and Dying(00:39:58) - The social model for dementia care(00:48:50) - Dr. Catherine Madison on Alzheimer's and Dementia(00:50:10) - A caregiver's concerns about her dementia village(00:53:56) - How to Care for a Parent With Dementia(00:58:09) - Joanna: Thanks for listening to our podcast. You're already listening, so we appreciate you