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What The Dementia — 174 episodes

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174 | Q&A: Personality Change in Dementia — Will It Get Worse?

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173 | When Family Is in Denial About Dementia

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172 | Why Dementia Progression Isn't Linear

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171 | Managing Food Pocketing in Dementia

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170 | Understanding Food Pocketing in Dementia

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169 | 5 Simple Ways to Make Your Home Safer for Someone with Dementia

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168 | Bed Rails for People with Dementia

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167 | "I Yelled at My Partner with Dementia — Oops!"

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166 | "Am I a Bad Person if I Put My Partner with Dementia in a Nursing Home?"

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165 | What If You’re Hospitalized? A Dementia Caregiver’s Plan

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164 | "I'm Failing as a Dementia Caregiver — My Partner Fell!"

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163 | "They Forgot My Birthday, Our Anniversary" — Special Days Erased By Dementia

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162 | The Day No One Will Have Dementia! Does it Exist?

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161 | Reversing Alzheimer's: Join Our Book Club!

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160 | Can Activities Really Slow Dementia Progression?

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159 | Supporting Dementia Caregivers: New Resources, Treehouse Releases, & Book Club

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158 | Navigating Curiosity vs. Worry in Dementia Care

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157 | Are people with dementia suffering?

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156 | 4 Things I Would Do After A Dementia Diagnosis

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155 | Should you tell others about a dementia diagnosis?

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154 | What Scares Me About Getting Dementia

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153 | 2025: Dementia Care in the New Year with Bambu

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152 | 2024: A Year in Dementia Care with Bambu

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151 | The Ugly Side of Hallucinations and Delusion in Dementia

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150 | Housekeeping: Hallucinations Webinar, Holiday Gift Guide, & Black Friday Deals

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149 | Capgras Syndrome in Dementia – Is that really you?

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148 | Prosopagnosia in Dementia (Face Blindness)

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147 | Antipsychotics for Lewy Body Dementia – What Are the Risks?

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146 | Parkinson's Disease Dementia — The 1-Year Rule

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145 | Understanding and Managing Wandering in Dementia

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144 | You Don’t Need to Entertain Someone with Dementia 24/7

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143 | Housekeeping: New Mini Course – Tackling Toileting Challenges in Dementia Care

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142 | Am I being selfish as a dementia caregiver? Probably!

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141 | "I don't like my person with dementia anymore!" — What do I do?

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140 | Understanding the CMS GUIDE Model: Updates for Dementia Caregivers

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139 | Engagement vs. A Quiet Life in Dementia Care

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138 | Managing Frequent Bathroom Trips and Long Toilet Times in Dementia Care

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137 | Housekeeping: Resource Guide Offer, Upcoming Mini Course, & Year Round Puzzles!

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136 | Is Dementia Contagious? [YouTube Audio]

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135 | Understanding Verbal Aggression with Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)

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134 | Talking to Children About Dementia [YouTube Audio]

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133 | Housekeeping: Puzzles, Mini Course, & $50,000?

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132 | Is it okay for a person with dementia to drink alcohol?

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131 | Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome — Blame it on the Alcohol?

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130 | When a Person with Dementia Doesn't Meet Hospice Criteria

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129 | The Ugly Side of Hospice

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128 | Dispelling 5 Hospice Myths

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127 | Hospice Care: Addressing Treatment & Comfort Concerns (Q&A)

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126 | Hospice Readiness in Dementia: Eligibility & Signs

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125 | Late Stage Dementia vs. End of Life

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124 | Housekeeping: Exclusive Content, Puzzles, & New Workshop!

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123 | Choosing the Best Jigsaw Puzzle for Someone with Dementia

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122 | Q&A: Dealing with Aggression & Rude Behavior in Dementia

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121 | Getting a Person to Believe They Have Dementia

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120 | Housekeeping: Hiatus, Panda Pocket, Bambu Dozens, and Initiative Pause

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119 | 5 Dementia Misconceptions — Uncovering the Truth

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118 | 3 Things You MUST Understand About the Stages of Dementia

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117 | The Biggest Lie Told in Dementia Care — "It's Just the Dementia"

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116 | Can You Prevent Dementia? + How to Reduce Your Risk!

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115 | Housekeeping: 2024's First Webinar, New Treehouse Feature, & Custom Puzzles

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114 | Getting Your Dementia Questions Answered

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113 | 2024: Dementia Care in the New Year with Bambu

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112 | 2023: A Year in Dementia Care with Bambu

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111 | "They don't remember who I am!" — How Do I Handle It?

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110 | Housekeeping: Ultimate Resource Guide, MasterClass Announcement, and Special Deals

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109 | "They don't remember who I am!" — Why?

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108 | Holiday Dilemmas: A Q&A for Dementia Caregivers

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107 | Creepy Critique: Relic — Dementia in Horror Films

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106 | Creepy Critique: The Visit — Dementia in Horror Films

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105 | Creepy Critique: The Taking of Deborah Logan — Dementia in Horror Films

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104 | Housekeeping — The Big Treehouse Announcement!

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103 | The Tragedy Narrative of Dementia

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102 | Hospital Stays & Delirium + What You Should Know & What You Can Do

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101 | Housekeeping — YouTube, Seasonal Puzzle Release, & Treehouse Update

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100 | New Medicare Dementia Care Model

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099 | Not Everything is Sexual: Importance of Identifying Behavioral Triggers

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098 | Leqembi: Beyond the Hype

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097 | Aphasia and Dementia + 10 Strategies for Better Communication

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096 | Housekeeping — Children’s Book, Big Change to Dozens, Treehouse Update, & Sad News

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095 | HIV-Associated Dementia — Virus in the Brain

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094 | Navigating the Battle of Bathing in Dementia Care

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093 | Housekeeping — Bathing Webinar, Seasonal Release, New Initiative, & Treehouse Update

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092 | Hearing Loss and Dementia: What's the Connection?

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091 | Unpopular Opinion: Caregiving is a Choice

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090 | Housekeeping — Offer, Giveaway, Webinar, Caregiver Retreat, and More

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089 | Dementia Caregiver, Are You Giving the Worst Care Possible?

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088 | Q&A: Accepting a Dementia Diagnosis, Doctor's Appointments, and Showers

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087 | Huntington's Disease — Oh Chromosome 4!

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086 | Housekeeping — Free Webinar, Treehouses, Turtles, Magic, and More

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085 | Activities for People with Dementia Across the Stages ft. Relish

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084 | Decreasing Stigma While Spreading Awareness of Dementia — A Cautionary Message

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083 | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — What in the Prion is that!?

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082 | Housekeeping — Puzzles, Resources, Updates and Webinars!

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081 | The Role of Genetics in Dementia ft. Probably Genetic

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080 | Alzheimer's Disease as Type 3 Diabetes

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079 | Housekeeping — What's New, Giveaways, & Getting 30x Better

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078 | 4 Mistakes Dementia Care Partners Make

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077 | 2023: Dementia Care in the New Year with Bambu

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076 | 2022: A Year in Dementia Care with Bambu

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075 | Holidays and Dementia: 6 Tips to Make Holidays More Enjoyable!

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074 | Traveling with Someone Living with Dementia [Holiday Edition]

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073 | Free Dementia MasterClass Open House — FAQs + Invitation

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072 | Therapeutic Dolls and Pets for People Living with Dementia

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071 | Memory Care Communities — 8 Considerations [Dementia]

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070 | The 7A's of Dementia | Agnosia, Apraxia, Aphasia + More

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069 | Dementia and the Mirror People + Quick Tips

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068 | Inhalational Alzheimer's Disease — Say What Now?

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067 | Stop Following Me! — Shadowing in Dementia

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066 | Breaking — Fraud in Alzheimer's Research

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065 | Showtiming — Have you heard of it!? [Dementia]

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064 | Using Reminiscence to Create Connection [Dementia]

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063 | Pain and Dementia

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062 | Managing Resistance to Care [Dementia]

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061 | Reversible Dementias & Pseudodementia

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060 | Q&A Series 10: Amnesia vs. Dementia, Driving with Dementia, & Resenting Others

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059 | UTIs & Dementia — What is the Deal!?

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058 | Q&A Series 9: Peeing in Odd Places, Consenting to Sex, Am I A Good Caregiver? [Dementia]

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057 | 5 Tips to Become the Ultimate Dementia Detective + "With Intent"

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056 | They Are Terrified? Don't Tell Me That! [Dementia]

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055 | Dehydration & Dementia Ft. Jelly Drops

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054 | Dealing with Accusations [Dementia]

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053 | My Partner Keeps Hiding Things — What Should I Do? [Dementia]

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052 | How Dementia Kills — Common Causes of Death

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051 | Q&A Series 8: Hydration, Waking Up Vs. Letting Rest, & Drinking While Caregiving [Dementia]

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050 | WTH! Where'd All My Friends Go!? [Dementia Care Partner Edition]

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049 | Realistic Self-care for the Busy Dementia Care Partner

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048 | Biogen's Aduhelm or Aduhuh? for Alzheimer's Disease

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047 | What's With The Humming!? [Dementia]

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046 | Q&A Series 7: Why The Anger?, Hardest Stage, & Wishing They Would Die? [Dementia]

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045 | Why Won't My Partner Living With Dementia Shower? — 10 Reasons + Bonus

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044 | "No, I do it like this!" — Correcting Isn't Always Correct [Dementia]

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043 | Frontotemporal Dementia — What In The World Is Going On?

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042 | Lewy Body Dementia — Those Darn Lewy bodies!

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041 | Vascular Dementia — Lack of Blood Flow Makes The Brain Go...

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040 | Mixed Dementia—Yes, Your Partner Can Have More Than One

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039 | Why Am I Grieving My Partner? They Are Still Here!

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038 | Helping Gone WRONG - Learned Helplessness in People Living With Dementia

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037 | Let's Talk Dementia - World Alzheimer's Day (Special Episode)

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036 | Is It Okay To Lie To My Partner Living With Dementia?

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035 | "It's Just The Dementia Talking, They Don't Mean It?" — Right!??

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034 | Is It REALLY That Serious? [OR] Can We LET IT GO!!??

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033 | How to Change Your Partner Living With Dementia - Wait What?

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032 | Establishing a Routine + Choosing Activities [Dementia]

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031 | Using Restraints At Night + What You Can Do Instead [Dementia]

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030 | Q&A Series 6: Dementia Diagnosis, Bedridden, & How's Dad?

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029 | Dementia & Apathy + What We Can Do!

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028 | Q&A Series 5: Unsafe Cooking, Cleaning All Day, & Wait, What Did You Call Me? [Dementia]

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027 | It's NOT About Thinking FOR A Person Living With Dementia

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026 | Q&A Series 4: Mental Illness?, Changing Taste Buds, & Fainting [Dementia]

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025 | Choosing a Quality Hospice - Top 20 Questions [Dementia]

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024 | Q&A Series 3: Swallowing ToothPaste, Is This Normal?, & Are Cameras Okay? [Dementia]

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023 | Palliative Care & Hospice [Dementia]

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022 | Q&A Series 2: Time Perceptions, Butt Grabs, & Respite Care [Dementia]

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021 | Where's My Checkbook? You Stole It! [Dementia]

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020 | Q&A Series 1: Lying, Proving Behaviors, Stealing Accusations [Dementia]

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019 | Managing Sundowning in Dementia - Practical Strategies

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018 | Understanding Sundowning

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017 | Stigma in Dementia

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016 | Talking to Someone with Dementia over the Phone

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015 | "I Want to Go Home" - Reasons Why & How to Respond

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014 | Part 3 - Stages of Dementia: Six & Seven [YouTube Audio]

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013 | Dementia & Coronavirus: Dealing With Visitation Limitations

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012 | Part 2 - Stages of Dementia: Four & Five [YouTube Audio]

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011 | Dementia & Coronavirus: Protecting Your Partner & Yourself

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010 | Stages of Dementia: One, Two, & Three [YouTube Audio]

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009 | Is It Really Denial? Anosognosia vs. Denial [YouTube Audio]

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008 | Should you tell your partner that they have dementia? [YouTube Audio]

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007 | Coping with Repetitive Questions [YouTube Audio]

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006 | Aggression, Hallucinations, & Delusions - What You Should Know + 10 Tips

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005 | Ways to Connect with People Who Have Dementia [YouTube Audio]

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004 | The 3 D's: Dementia, Delirium, Depression [YouTube Audio]

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003 | 3 Dementia Myths & 3 Dementia Facts [YouTube Audio]

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002 | What is Dementia? [YouTube Audio]

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001 | What the Heck is What The Dementia?