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Think Dementia — 123 episodes

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Everything Emeralds

2

Deep Dive Into Diamonds (Early stage dementia)

3

Part 2:Understanding the Stages of Dementia: Teepa Snow’s the Living Gems

4

Part 1 Understanding the Stages of Dementia: Teepa Snow's Living Gems

5

What Happens If You Run Out of Money (Medicaid)

6

Does Hearing Loss Lead To Dementia?

7

Trouble with Stairs

8

A Stubborn Caregiver?

9

Should I Visit the Memory Care?

10

Memory Care Concern: Why Is He Not Dressed?

11

Considering Heart Surgery

12

Games to Play This Winter

13

What Is Vascular Dementia?

14

Does Medicare Cover Care?

15

Re-Think Dementia: Norovirus (Archived episode from Jan. 2025)

16

Should I Get My Mom A Pet?

17

Does A Head Injury Cause Dementia? (Falls, Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries)

18

Caregiver Stress: Delegating to Others, and Caregiver Burnout

19

Caregiver Stress-Reducing the Stress When Getting Paid Help and Delegation

20

Caregiver Stress: Why Is Caregiving So Challenging with Dementia?

21

Why Think Dementia?

22

Avoiding Money Scams Part 2

23

Avoiding Money Scams Part 1

24

Celebrating Caregivers Doing Great Things

25

This Is The First I Am Hearing Of This

26

Vision Changes with Dementia

27

Break It Down

28

Confusion or Delusion? How could I respond?

29

Bathroom Cares Are Upsetting Us Both

30

Is There More Dementia In The World Today?

31

Memory Care Resident Is Taking Things and They Ask Family to Provide Oversight

32

How Can We Prevent Dementia?

33

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus- What Is It and What It The Prognosis?

34

Do I have to keep all these specialist appointments?

35

Sharing great ideas from caregivers and Amy's experiences

36

Understanding End of Life and Hospice

37

How can I stop picking?

38

Summertime Safety

39

Afterthoughts with Amy: Should we go to the cabin?

40

Should we go to the cabin?

41

Afterthoughts with Amy: Let's Talk About Sex

42

Let's Talk About Sex

43

Afterthoughts with Amy: Late Stage Dementia

44

Reminiscing On The Go

45

Understanding Late Stage Dementia

46

Does Someone's Sensor of Humor Go Away?

47

Do I Really Need a Hospital Bed?

48

Afterthoughts with Amy: Talking to Mom About In-home Care

49

Talking to Mom About In Home Care

50

Well Meaning Family Members with Opinions

51

Afterthoughts with Amy: A Gain in Artistic Abilities?

52

What Should I Be Doing? Part 3 Household Tasks and Going Places

53

What Should I Be Doing? Part 2 Sensory and Creative

54

What Should I Be Doing? Part 1 Reminiscing and Spiritual Activities

55

Bring it Hollywood! Dementia Themes on TV

56

Afterthoughts with Amy: Everything Incontinence

57

"Refusals" in Assisted Living

58

Norovirus

59

Early, Middle and Late Stage Incontinence

60

Why Should I Draw That Clock?

61

Should We Tell Him?

62

What is LATE disorder?

63

Cold Weather Tips

64

Afterthoughts with Amy: Brain Donation

65

Brain Donation

66

Afterthoughts with Amy: Denial

67

Denial

68

FTD and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

69

FTD and Corticobasal Syndrome

70

FTD and ALS (Lous Gehrig's Disease)

71

nfvPPA FTD: Non-fluent aggramatic primary progressive aphasia

72

FTD Semantic Variant

73

FTD: Frontotemporal Degeneration

74

AfterThoughts with Amy: How to Make a Graceful Exit

75

A Graceful Exit

76

Where is My Husband?

77

NEW FREE Medicare GUIDE Dementia Program

78

Afterthoughts with Amy: What to Expect When Grandma is Dying

79

What to Expect When Grandma Is Passing

80

Afterthoughts with Amy: Home Alone & Missing Meals and Medications

81

Home Alone & Missing Meals and Medications

82

Afterthoughts with Amy: Boiling Over Anger and Aggression

83

Boiling Over: Aggression and Anger

84

Taking Medications

85

Can a Feeding Tube Make Someone's Life Better?

86

Afterthoughts with Amy: The Joy of Talking About the Past

87

Is it Just the Elderly That Get Dementia?

88

The Joy of Talking About the Past

89

Afterthoughts with Amy: The Power of a Dementia Support Group

90

The Power of a Dementia Support Group

91

Afterthoughts with Amy: Possible Dementia Related Emergencies

92

Possible Dementia Related Emergencies

93

Afterthoughts with Amy: Keeping Things at a Simmer

94

Keeping Things At A Simmer

95

Eating Pizza and Drinking Beer

96

Bringing Up Concerns About Cognition

97

Connecting with Grandma After Transitioning

98

What If He Just Won't Move?

99

Calculating the Length of the Journey

100

Nothing Tastes Good To My Husband

101

Repeating the Same Question Over and Over

102

Overnight Incontinence Troubleshooting

103

Considering a Move, When Is the Right Time?

104

Showers and Hygiene Part 3

105

Showers and Hygiene Part 2

106

Showers and Hygiene Part 1

107

Why Was My Mom Angry?

108

Troubles with Eating

109

Caregiver Burnout

110

More Technology Bonus Episode

111

Cameras and other Technologies

112

LBD vs. ALZ

113

Part 3: Working Together with Your Memory Care Staff

114

Part 2: Working Together with Your Memory Care Staff

115

Part 1: Working Together with Your Memory Care Staff

116

How Has Your Perspective Changed on Life and Aging?

117

How Can I Get My Husband Active Again?

118

Traumatic Changes/Situations in End Stage Dementia

119

Think Dementia: Mom Wants To Leave Family Gatherings

120

Think Dementia: My Mother Has Been Having Some Falls

121

Think Dementia: How to Talk to Your Loved One About Moving

122

When Someone Doesn't Think They Have Dementia

123

Think Dementia: Concerns About Grandma