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Dementia Discussions — 101 episodes

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The Long Goodbye: 15 Years of Loving My Husband Through Dementia

2

How Music Unlocks Memories in Dementia Patients

3

A 50-Year Marriage Rewritten by Dementia

4

Letting Go of the Plan: Accepting Memory Care for a Parent

5

Reimagining Dementia Care: How the Hummingbird Project Sparks Joy, Connection, and Purpose

6

Navigating Dementia From Afar: Lisa Jo on Caregiving, Grief & Unexpected Blessings

7

The Soul Doesn’t Get Dementia: Connecting Beyond Words in Caregiving

8

When Words Fade: Christine's Story of Love, Loss, and Adaptation

9

Dementia, Caregiving & Exit Strategies: A Conversation with Madeline Jaye

10

A Son’s Devotion — Steve Lavapies on Navigating Caregiving, Decline, and Connection

11

Caring Through Chaos: Lorena Llamas' Journey as a Daughter and Caregiver

12

Navigating Dementia with Compassion and Clarity: A Candid Talk with Dr. Miriam Winthrop

13

Alzheimer’s Caregiving: A Journey of Love, Patience, and Resilience

14

Navigating Love and Loss: A Caregiver's Tale of Resilience with Andrew Bloomenthal

15

Until There’s a Cure, There’s Community: Wine, Women, and Dementia

16

Navigating Changes with Lewy Body Dementia

17

Rebuilding Relationships Through Dementia

18

Love and Resilience while Caregiving for Multiple System Atrophy and Dementia

19

A Daughter's Journey Through Dementia Caregiving

20

Supporting a Parent with Dementia in Your Twenties

21

Cannabis for Dementia: An Introduction with Dr. Sherry Yafai

22

Bringing Dental Care Home with Gabrielle Mahler, DDS

23

A Comprehensive Look at Dementia with Kevin Jameson, Founder of The Dementia Society of America

24

Believing in Yourself as a Caregiver with Tami Anastasia

25

Creating a Meaningful Holiday Season with Tami Anastasia

26

Placing My Wife With Alzheimer's in Memory Care with Jay Swerdlow

27

Supporting Your Loved One Through the Journey of Lewy Body Dementia

28

Navigating Caregiver Stress and Guilt with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Genifer Goldsmith

29

Finding Balance: Self-Care and Compassion in Dementia Caregiving with Beth Lanie

30

Finding Joy in the Present: Embracing Dementia's Silver Lining with Valerie Rennert

31

Bringing Care Home: The Dos and Don'ts of Hiring a Caregiver for Your Loved One with Dementia

32

The Power of Music, Yoga, and Seizing the Day in Caregiving

33

Balancing Caregiving and Self-Care: Tips and Tricks for Caregivers

34

I Need You To Know That I’m There, with James Savage

35

It’s a Family Affair: How the dynamics of aging impact the entire family

36

Caregiving by default and why it's so easy to lose yourself

37

Lessons in Caregiving Education

38

"Learning from other Caregivers"

39

A Crash-Course in Caregiving: “It’s been a rollercoaster of figuring things out”

40

Laughter is the Best Medicine

41

Learning Caregiving from a Distance

42

Daily Money Managers as part of the caregiving team

43

Diagnosing Dementia with a Pre-existing Brain Condition

44

The Sad Relief of Getting the Diagnosis

45

A gertiatric caregiver’s mission to give back

46

Caregiving when both your parents have Alzheimer’s Disease

47

My wife is taking care of her mom – and we have young kids!

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Memory care facilities don't always want your feedback – no matter how much you’re paying

49

Caregiving from afar: The importance of building a local team for your loved ones

50

Caring for a loved one who doesn’t know who you are

51

Young Onset Alzheimer’s: The diagnosis neurologists don’t know how to deal with

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The dynamics of caregiving for different family members

53

7 years into Alzheimer’s: His imaginary life is all day long now

54

How Senior Move Managers tackle the complex logistics of moving a loved one

55

When we were listening to music, everyone else got a break

56

Cutting-edge technology designed to help people with dementia and their families

57

Caregivers vs. the healthcare system: An unbelievable story of perseverance and hope

58

Remembering a remarkable woman

59

What Happens Next? Lewy Body Dementia and the confusing stages of decline

60

Gratitude

61

What’s going on?

62

Advanced Care Planning: How to get started and why it’s so important

63

Taking over tasks for her husband- Step up or step back?

64

Dealing with the Denial of Dementia

65

Caretaking from a Distance

66

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

67

Alzheimer’s: The devil we know

68

Phases and transitions of debilitation

69

My mother became the daughter I never had

70

A wife’s crash-course in taking care of her husband

71

Things can become too much really quickly

72

The Cruelest Disease You’ve Never Heard Of

73

When an Alzheimer’s diagnosis leads to a whole new life

74

Diagnosed at 56: Younger-onset Alzheimer’s

75

Caring for the person who’s always been your mom

76

Beyond BINGO: Creative Brain Games and Virtual Programs from the Alzheimer’s Association

77

He was the master of ceremony of our life

78

How to build brain health to prevent Alzheimer’s

79

I don’t know who I’m gonna wake up with

80

Growing up while losing half of you

81

My Dad Doesn’t Remember my Childhood

82

When You’re Too Close to Notice

83

It’s like they regress to childhood

84

A Daughter on the Alzheimer’s Journey

85

I was looking for a miracle

86

I wanted him to be as happy as he could be

87

The inequality of power between the caretaker and their loved one

88

Get a dog!

89

You’re Not Alone

90

It’s been an adjustment for all of us

91

That’s why I’m here!

92

Letting Go of Him Little by Little

93

Take the journey the way the journey takes you

94

My Mother's Been Through a Lot and Now She Has Dementia

95

It's the little things

96

How Opica Adult Care Care Continues to Support it's Members

97

Tips & Life Lessons from an “Un-natural” Caregiver

98

Daddy's Little Girl

99

Take Care of Yourself - Do Whatever it Takes to Find Help

100

Barbara talks to Susan Howland, Program Director of the Alzheimer's Association

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