How can you work with the reality someone with dementia is experiencing? Our Guest Rachael Wonderlin joins us to explain how the method she teaches can save distress and how we need to reframe dementia care to understand time from their eyes...
Learn the relationship between hearing loss - the third leading cause of chronic disability in older adults - and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia
Does choosing hospice mean the end? The Carters have shown us hospice is about holding hands, eating favorite foods, and living your best life, even while dying.
We want our loved ones to be able to make their own decisions as long as they are able, but what do you do when they are making bad decisions? We talk about decision-making capacity and the differences between ability, capacity and competency.
Did you know a two-second diversion is all it takes to double your risk of a car accident? Learn facts and several tips to help you and others stay safe on the road.
Learn how to identify the early symptoms and causes of the second-most common cause of dementia behind Alzheimer's disease. We talk about ways to improve lifestyle to slow the progress, feature a poem about memory loss, and share the significance of...
Does caring for a partner change the relationship? Michael shares what he learned to let the relationship with his wife change in the ways that it needed to.
How do you tell a someone with dementia that a loved one died? Learn tips for this very important conversation, what to expect and how to adjust to difficulty.
In this episode learn all about FTD, a form of dementia. We talk about what parts of the brain it impacts and the resulting behavioral and physical symptoms.
What are the signs that death is imminent? At the end of life, the body is shutting down; The body is shutting down; there is a decrease in blood flow to organs and tissue, causing multi system organ failure. This is the fourth of a series of talks...