Tag: caregiving

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about Money + Dementia, as in, how do you take over finances when a loved one living with dementia can no

Transcript:Why do I hate The Notebook? This movie – the Notebook –did dementia care a terrible disservice back in 2004. If you haven’t seen it,

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about why people with dementia should NOT be at home alone! If your loved one has dementia, please don’t let them

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about being the family handler. One of the things that comes up pretty frequently in my care partner support group is

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about nursing homes. What are they and what are they not? I hear families use this term all the time. They

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about weddings and funerals, and saying NO to them. So I have a little rule called no weddings and no funerals.

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about doctors… I can’t tell you how many people I’ve talked to who tell me something about what their doctor told

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about how dementia is more of a beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission group of diseases. This means that

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about not reorienting people with dementia. For years and years, what we actually taught nurses to do, was to reorient people,

Transcript:Today’s topic is all about the four most common types of dementia. People ask me all the time, what is dementia? And dementia just means