Managing Symptoms: Communication

Welcome to From Care to Cure, a podcast from the Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit.  This episode features a conversation between Dr. Brad Dickerson, Director of the MGH FTD Unit, and Katie Brandt, the Director of Caregiver Support Services and Public Relations in the Unit, about treatments for the communication challenges that come with primary progressive aphasia and other forms of FTD.  Theydiscuss the importance of treatment, compensatory communication strategies and tools as well as support and educational resources for living with PPA.Learn more about the MGH FTD Unit’s PPA program at https://ftdboston.org/diagnosis/primary-progressive-aphasia/.Learn more about aphasia from the National AphasiaAssociation at https://aphasia.org/.Learn more about AFTD’s resources for people living with PPA and FTD at https://www.theaftd.org/living-with-ftd/support-for-people-with-ftd/.Find the MGH FTD Unit’s YouTube playlist for PPA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiJvR5ijMhg&list=PLVKGfYzi1DDq9FxXGzabXetnjLTi6iFvM&pp=gAQB.Learn more about habilitation therapy with the MGH FTDUnit’s webinar with Dr. Paul Raia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9gTyp4XGj4&t=99s.The MGH FTD Unit clinical research program is committed toproviding the highest quality of care while we work tirelessly for a cure for FTD, atypical and young-onset forms of Alzheimer’s Disease and related neurological disorders. You can learn more about the MGH FTD Unit at www.FTDBoston.org.We would like to thank Bernie Metzger for our beautifulmusic, an excerpt from Bernie’s composition Ramblings An FTD Journey, inspired by his wife Karen Zander’s journey with FTD.Amy Almeida is our producer.From Care to Cure is made possible by generous contributions from donors to the MGH FTD Unit.  If you would like to support our work, visit www.FTDBoston.org/Donate.  Please follow, like and share From Care to Cure so that we can raise awareness, funds and hope that the cure of tomorrow is not so far from the care of today.