All Episodes
Think Dementia — 132 episodes
What is White Matter Disease?
Afterthoughts with Amy: UTI Test Kits
Listen Up: Urinary Track Infections
Should I Share My Diagnosis?
Husband Wants To Go To Work
Is There A Blood Test for Alzheimer's?
Precious Pearls
Ready for Rubies?
All Thing Ambers
Everything Emeralds
Deep Dive Into Diamonds (Early stage dementia)
Part 2:Understanding the Stages of Dementia: Teepa Snow’s the Living Gems
Part 1 Understanding the Stages of Dementia: Teepa Snow's Living Gems
What Happens If You Run Out of Money (Medicaid)
Does Hearing Loss Lead To Dementia?
Trouble with Stairs
A Stubborn Caregiver?
Should I Visit the Memory Care?
Memory Care Concern: Why Is He Not Dressed?
Considering Heart Surgery
Games to Play This Winter
What Is Vascular Dementia?
Does Medicare Cover Care?
Re-Think Dementia: Norovirus (Archived episode from Jan. 2025)
Should I Get My Mom A Pet?
Does A Head Injury Cause Dementia? (Falls, Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries)
Caregiver Stress: Delegating to Others, and Caregiver Burnout
Caregiver Stress-Reducing the Stress When Getting Paid Help and Delegation
Caregiver Stress: Why Is Caregiving So Challenging with Dementia?
Why Think Dementia?
Avoiding Money Scams Part 2
Avoiding Money Scams Part 1
Celebrating Caregivers Doing Great Things
This Is The First I Am Hearing Of This
Vision Changes with Dementia
Break It Down
Confusion or Delusion? How could I respond?
Bathroom Cares Are Upsetting Us Both
Is There More Dementia In The World Today?
Memory Care Resident Is Taking Things and They Ask Family to Provide Oversight
How Can We Prevent Dementia?
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus- What Is It and What It The Prognosis?
Do I have to keep all these specialist appointments?
Sharing great ideas from caregivers and Amy's experiences
Understanding End of Life and Hospice
How can I stop picking?
Summertime Safety
Afterthoughts with Amy: Should we go to the cabin?
Should we go to the cabin?
Afterthoughts with Amy: Let's Talk About Sex
Let's Talk About Sex
Afterthoughts with Amy: Late Stage Dementia
Reminiscing On The Go
Understanding Late Stage Dementia
Does Someone's Sensor of Humor Go Away?
Do I Really Need a Hospital Bed?
Afterthoughts with Amy: Talking to Mom About In-home Care
Talking to Mom About In Home Care
Well Meaning Family Members with Opinions
Afterthoughts with Amy: A Gain in Artistic Abilities?
What Should I Be Doing? Part 3 Household Tasks and Going Places
What Should I Be Doing? Part 2 Sensory and Creative
What Should I Be Doing? Part 1 Reminiscing and Spiritual Activities
Bring it Hollywood! Dementia Themes on TV
Afterthoughts with Amy: Everything Incontinence
"Refusals" in Assisted Living
Norovirus
Early, Middle and Late Stage Incontinence
Why Should I Draw That Clock?
Should We Tell Him?
What is LATE disorder?
Cold Weather Tips
Afterthoughts with Amy: Brain Donation
Brain Donation
Afterthoughts with Amy: Denial
Denial
FTD and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
FTD and Corticobasal Syndrome
FTD and ALS (Lous Gehrig's Disease)
nfvPPA FTD: Non-fluent aggramatic primary progressive aphasia
FTD Semantic Variant
FTD: Frontotemporal Degeneration
AfterThoughts with Amy: How to Make a Graceful Exit
A Graceful Exit
Where is My Husband?
NEW FREE Medicare GUIDE Dementia Program
Afterthoughts with Amy: What to Expect When Grandma is Dying
What to Expect When Grandma Is Passing
Afterthoughts with Amy: Home Alone & Missing Meals and Medications
Home Alone & Missing Meals and Medications
Afterthoughts with Amy: Boiling Over Anger and Aggression
Boiling Over: Aggression and Anger
Taking Medications
Can a Feeding Tube Make Someone's Life Better?
Afterthoughts with Amy: The Joy of Talking About the Past
Is it Just the Elderly That Get Dementia?
The Joy of Talking About the Past
Afterthoughts with Amy: The Power of a Dementia Support Group
The Power of a Dementia Support Group
Afterthoughts with Amy: Possible Dementia Related Emergencies
Possible Dementia Related Emergencies
Afterthoughts with Amy: Keeping Things at a Simmer
Keeping Things At A Simmer
Eating Pizza and Drinking Beer
Bringing Up Concerns About Cognition
Connecting with Grandma After Transitioning
What If He Just Won't Move?
Calculating the Length of the Journey
Nothing Tastes Good To My Husband
Repeating the Same Question Over and Over
Overnight Incontinence Troubleshooting
Considering a Move, When Is the Right Time?
Showers and Hygiene Part 3
Showers and Hygiene Part 2
Showers and Hygiene Part 1
Why Was My Mom Angry?
Troubles with Eating
Caregiver Burnout
More Technology Bonus Episode
Cameras and other Technologies
LBD vs. ALZ
Part 3: Working Together with Your Memory Care Staff
Part 2: Working Together with Your Memory Care Staff
Part 1: Working Together with Your Memory Care Staff
How Has Your Perspective Changed on Life and Aging?
How Can I Get My Husband Active Again?
Traumatic Changes/Situations in End Stage Dementia
Think Dementia: Mom Wants To Leave Family Gatherings
Think Dementia: My Mother Has Been Having Some Falls
Think Dementia: How to Talk to Your Loved One About Moving
When Someone Doesn't Think They Have Dementia
Think Dementia: Concerns About Grandma