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Dementia Discussions — 100 episodes

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How Music Unlocks Memories in Dementia Patients

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A 50-Year Marriage Rewritten by Dementia

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

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

Navigating Changes with Lewy Body Dementia

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Rebuilding Relationships Through Dementia

17

Love and Resilience while Caregiving for Multiple System Atrophy and Dementia

18

A Daughter's Journey Through Dementia Caregiving

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Supporting a Parent with Dementia in Your Twenties

20

Cannabis for Dementia: An Introduction with Dr. Sherry Yafai

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Bringing Dental Care Home with Gabrielle Mahler, DDS

22

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

23

Believing in Yourself as a Caregiver with Tami Anastasia

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Creating a Meaningful Holiday Season with Tami Anastasia

25

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

26

Supporting Your Loved One Through the Journey of Lewy Body Dementia

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

Lessons in Caregiving Education

37

"Learning from other Caregivers"

38

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

39

Laughter is the Best Medicine

40

Learning Caregiving from a Distance

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Daily Money Managers as part of the caregiving team

42

Diagnosing Dementia with a Pre-existing Brain Condition

43

The Sad Relief of Getting the Diagnosis

44

A gertiatric caregiver’s mission to give back

45

Caregiving when both your parents have Alzheimer’s Disease

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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

48

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

49

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

50

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

Remembering a remarkable woman

58

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

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Gratitude

60

What’s going on?

61

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

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

63

Dealing with the Denial of Dementia

64

Caretaking from a Distance

65

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

66

Alzheimer’s: The devil we know

67

Phases and transitions of debilitation

68

My mother became the daughter I never had

69

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

70

Things can become too much really quickly

71

The Cruelest Disease You’ve Never Heard Of

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

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Diagnosed at 56: Younger-onset Alzheimer’s

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Caring for the person who’s always been your mom

75

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

76

He was the master of ceremony of our life

77

How to build brain health to prevent Alzheimer’s

78

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

79

Growing up while losing half of you

80

My Dad Doesn’t Remember my Childhood

81

When You’re Too Close to Notice

82

It’s like they regress to childhood

83

A Daughter on the Alzheimer’s Journey

84

I was looking for a miracle

85

I wanted him to be as happy as he could be

86

The inequality of power between the caretaker and their loved one

87

Get a dog!

88

You’re Not Alone

89

It’s been an adjustment for all of us

90

That’s why I’m here!

91

Letting Go of Him Little by Little

92

Take the journey the way the journey takes you

93

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

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It's the little things

95

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

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

97

Daddy's Little Girl

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

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

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