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The Empowered Caregiver: Practical Insights with Brenda Gurung

Dementia education for personal and professional caregivers.Brenda Gurung (she hers) is a credentialed dementia specialist. She leads the memory care program for a senior living operator (views are her own and may not necessarily represent her employer). She specializes in proactive interventions for behavioral expressions, communication strategies, direct-caregiving methods and purposeful engagements. She holds a number of specialized certifications in dementia care and aging. She has held various leadership roles in senior living for 16 years, served on the Forbes Health Advisory Board for 2 years and has volunteered as a community educator for the Alzheimer’s Association for over 7 years. She is an organic gardener and beekeeper. She founded Be Growth Dementia Education as a way to share original, empowering content for professional and personal caregivers. DISCLAIMER: This site does not provide medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prev

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    Dementia and the holidays 3 1/2 simple tips

    Dementia and the holidays 3 1/2 simple tips

  2. 8

    Storytime Reading 3 great books for kids about people living with dementia

    Storytime Reading 3 great books for kids about people living with dementia

  3. 7

    Connecting with your person when theyre later in their journey

    Connecting with your person when theyre later in their journey

  4. 6

    3 methods for caregivers to help your person do more for themselves

    3 methods for caregivers to help your person do more for themselves

  5. 5

    4 caregiving best practices

    4 caregiving best practices

  6. 4

    Common experiences that could be related to dementia or another cognitive impact

    Common experiences that could be related to dementia or another cognitive impact

  7. 3

    Tips for successful holiday traditions

    Tips for successful holiday traditions

  8. 2

    "Finding the Root"

    "Finding the Root"

  9. 1

    If youre seeing some changes... Or, Am I overreacting

    If youre seeing some changes... Or, Am I overreacting

  10. 0

    Tips for traveling with your person whos living with dementia

    Tips for traveling with your person whos living with dementia

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    3 1/2 products to engage connect converse with your person

    3 1/2 products to engage connect converse with your person.

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    Lessons from Memories in the Making

    Lessons from Memories in the Making

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    Power of music

    Power of music

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    Sexual expression and dementia

    Sexual expression and dementia

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    Signs to watch for

    Signs to watch for

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    3 tips for traveling with your person

    3 tips for traveling with your person

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    Best practices from Memories in the Making

    Best practices from Memories in the Making

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    Communication and connection with your person in the latter part of their journey

    Communication and connection with your person in the latter part of their journey

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    Reintroducing The Empowered Caregiver Podcast

    Reintroducing The Empowered Caregiver Podcast, with previous videos not previously available on many platforms.

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    Communication and connection with your person in the middle part of their journey

    Communication and connection with your person in the middle part of their journey

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    Communication and connection with your person in the early part of their journey

    Communication and connection with your person in the early part of their journey

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    Creating a "Memory Book" for your person

    Creating a Memory Book for your person

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    You’ve just received a diagnosis of mci or dementia

    You’ve just received a diagnosis of mci or dementia

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    Tips for the dark time of the year

    Tips for the dark time of the year

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    Go Slow to Go Fast

    Go Slow to Go Fast

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    Response to the Chevy ad 4 tips to connect

    Response to the Chevy ad 4 tips to connect

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    6 tips for meaningful engagement activities

    6 tips for meaningful engagement activities

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    5 questions for behavioral expressions

    Behavioral expressions are common in the dementia journey. But they are not the problem. They are the symbol or the flag that there is a deeper emotional or physical need that the person is having difficulty conveying in other ways.

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    The Empowered Caregiver: intro to the podcast

    This is the intro to The Empowered Caregiver podcast.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Dementia education for personal and professional caregivers.Brenda Gurung (she hers) is a credentialed dementia specialist. She leads the memory care program for a senior living operator (views are her own and may not necessarily represent her employer). She specializes in proactive interventions for behavioral expressions, communication strategies, direct-caregiving methods and purposeful engagements. She holds a number of specialized certifications in dementia care and aging. She has held various leadership roles in senior living for 16 years, served on the Forbes Health Advisory Board for 2 years and has volunteered as a community educator for the Alzheimer’s Association for over 7 years. She is an organic gardener and beekeeper. She founded Be Growth Dementia Education as a way to share original, empowering content for professional and personal caregivers. DISCLAIMER: This site does not provide medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prev

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