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Dementia Discussions — 103 episodes

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Love, Guilt, and the Limits of Caregiving

2

When a Trusted Helper Becomes a Caregiver

3

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

4

How Music Unlocks Memories in Dementia Patients

5

A 50-Year Marriage Rewritten by Dementia

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

Navigating Changes with Lewy Body Dementia

19

Rebuilding Relationships Through Dementia

20

Love and Resilience while Caregiving for Multiple System Atrophy and Dementia

21

A Daughter's Journey Through Dementia Caregiving

22

Supporting a Parent with Dementia in Your Twenties

23

Cannabis for Dementia: An Introduction with Dr. Sherry Yafai

24

Bringing Dental Care Home with Gabrielle Mahler, DDS

25

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

26

Believing in Yourself as a Caregiver with Tami Anastasia

27

Creating a Meaningful Holiday Season with Tami Anastasia

28

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

29

Supporting Your Loved One Through the Journey of Lewy Body Dementia

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

Lessons in Caregiving Education

40

"Learning from other Caregivers"

41

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

42

Laughter is the Best Medicine

43

Learning Caregiving from a Distance

44

Daily Money Managers as part of the caregiving team

45

Diagnosing Dementia with a Pre-existing Brain Condition

46

The Sad Relief of Getting the Diagnosis

47

A gertiatric caregiver’s mission to give back

48

Caregiving when both your parents have Alzheimer’s Disease

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

The dynamics of caregiving for different family members

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

Remembering a remarkable woman

61

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

62

Gratitude

63

What’s going on?

64

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

65

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

66

Dealing with the Denial of Dementia

67

Caretaking from a Distance

68

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

69

Alzheimer’s: The devil we know

70

Phases and transitions of debilitation

71

My mother became the daughter I never had

72

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

73

Things can become too much really quickly

74

The Cruelest Disease You’ve Never Heard Of

75

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

76

Diagnosed at 56: Younger-onset Alzheimer’s

77

Caring for the person who’s always been your mom

78

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

79

He was the master of ceremony of our life

80

How to build brain health to prevent Alzheimer’s

81

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

82

Growing up while losing half of you

83

My Dad Doesn’t Remember my Childhood

84

When You’re Too Close to Notice

85

It’s like they regress to childhood

86

A Daughter on the Alzheimer’s Journey

87

I was looking for a miracle

88

I wanted him to be as happy as he could be

89

The inequality of power between the caretaker and their loved one

90

Get a dog!

91

You’re Not Alone

92

It’s been an adjustment for all of us

93

That’s why I’m here!

94

Letting Go of Him Little by Little

95

Take the journey the way the journey takes you

96

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

97

It's the little things

98

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

99

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

100

Daddy's Little Girl

101

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

102

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

103

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