5 Little Known Secrets to Making Your Home More Dementia Friendly

Lori La Bey talks with Tracy Cram Perkins who is a four-time dementia caregiving survivor. She is the author of Dementia Home Care, How to Prepare Before, During, and After, and the host of the Dementia Home Care Show on USA Global TV.

Learn How To Create Dementia Friendly Environments By Expanding  Your Awareness and Making Modifications:

1. Lighting
2. Glare
3. Space and Contrast
4. Color
5. Hazardous Items – Rugs, Cords, Appliances
6. Room Specific – Bathrooms, Kitchens
7. Control Triggers for Sundowning, Wandering, and Anxiousness

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Contact Tracy Cram Perkins

Website   tracycramperkins.com

Email   [email protected]

Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn   @tracycramperkins

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Are You a Family Needing Help Navigating How to Best Care For a Loved One?

Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Annalee Kruger, founder of Care Right, Inc..  Annalee has helped families navigate aging, family caregiving, dementia progression, and care options for over 28 years. As a neutral third-party family meeting facilitator, she has helped families come together in care decisions and by teaching improved communication skills, helping families across the United States work as a team in their loved one’s care journey.

Learn:

1. Common mistakes many families make when caring for a loved one.
2. What family caregiver burnout looks like.
3. What an Aging Plan is.
4. Why elders need an advocate.
5. How to be a bold Care Partner.

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Contact Care Right Inc.

Facebook  

www.facebook.com/carerightincorp

FREE Care Right Family Caregiver Solution Facebook group  

www.carerightyou.com

LinkedIn Care Right Inc.  

https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-right-inc

YouTube  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0gv2CVM6RGtRMpVGs6NaqQ/feature

LinkedIn Annalee Kruger  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaleekruger/

Find FREE resources along with a variety of services at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com   contact Lori La Bey.

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Bringing Hope and Relief to Family Caregivers 

Lori La Bey talks with Rebekah Dowhy the President of the Caregiving Support Network, a ministry dedicated to giving hope and practical relief to unpaid family caregivers. Also joining us is Sarah Robb the President of the Board of Directors for the Caregiving Support Network. She knows the loneliness and pain of being a caregiver but also knows the joys of being with your loved one through the hardest times of their life.

Learn:

1. Holistic approaches to supporting caregivers.
2. About personal caregiving experiences from teenagers.
3. How to advocate for a person living with dementia.
4. Different ways to support a caregiver emotionally.
5. How your donation can support a caregiver and the impact it can have.

Watch the Video Interview Below

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Contact The Caregiving Support Network

Website (Caregivers can apply for aid)  

https://www.caregivingsupportnetwork.org/ 

Compassion Club 

https://www.caregivingsupportnetwork.org/compassion-club

Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/caregivingsupportnetwork

Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/caregivingnetwork/?hl=en

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Our host Lori La Bey talks with Eilon Caspi who is a Gerontologist and Dementia Behavior Specialist; Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut; Founding member and board member of Elder Voice Advocates, and Author.

Also joining us is Kate Goebel who is a music therapist, entrepreneur, and owner of Kate's Musical Memories and KG Freelance. Her background in a variety of healthcare settings and specialization in memory loss helped to bring to life the imagery of a grandma's memory loss through the eyes of her granddaughter.

Eilon Caspi: Book Author

Kate Goebel Book Designer

Michelle Ignatowicz Book Illustrator

Learn:

1. How a 10-year-old looks at dementia differently.
2. To shift from a medical model to a social holistic model of care.
3. How to communicate, create, and experience joy.
4. Why trusting relationships are so important.
5. To overcome stigmas, to relearn how to care.
6. About Naomi Feil’s Validation Method.
7. How this book can change lives and how we live alongside dementia.

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Purchase the Book

Paperback Version

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Electronic Version

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Contact Eilon Caspi

Website   https://dementiabehaviorconsulting.com  

Email   [email protected] 

Contact Kate Goebel

Website    www.katesmusicalmemories.com

Email   [email protected]

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com

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Taking Dementia To The Streets 

Lori La Bey talks with Mary Fridley is on the faculty at the East Side Institute in NYC, co-creator and leader of The Joy of Dementia (You Gotta Be Kidding!), and leads Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice. She is the author or co-author of several articles and chapters, has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, and presented at national and international conferences on the Joy of Dementia and on the Coalition.

Learn:

1. About the Joy of Dementia
2. What the Reimagining Dementia Coalition does.
3. How you can get involved in the “Taking It To The Streets”
4. How to Add your name to the petition.
5. An Improv technique to help you care and collaborate.

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Contact Reimagining Dementia

Website   www.reimaginingdementia.com/takingstreets

Email   [email protected]

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/reimaginingdementia

Twitter   https://twitter.com/ReDementia2020

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/reimaginingdementia/

YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReimaginingDementia/videos

LinkedIn   https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12463053/

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com

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Dementia Darling – Supporting Families on Their Journeys

Lori La Bey talks with Carrie Aalberts created Dementia Darling which is a social media page dedicated to supporting dementia caregivers by sharing education, resources, and community. 

 Learn:

1. How Dementia Darling helps care partners.
2. Common issues facing family caregivers.
3. Carrie’s favorite resources for dementia caregivers.
4. Carrie’s core dementia tip.
5. How Eugeria is bringing comfort and engagement to those diagnosed and those who care.

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Contact Carrie Aalberts

Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/dementiadarling/

Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/dementiadarling-119453959460207

TickTok   https://www.tiktok.com/@dementiadarling?lang=en

Website  https://www.dementiadarling.com 

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com

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Creating Living Memories to Engage and Build Community

Lori La Bey talks with Brian Norris who has spent his career as an international media lawyer and for the last 12 years has been a Social Entrepreneur creating and delivering reminiscence resources and services. Brian is the founder of Living Memories C.I.C., a nonprofit organization.

Learn:

1. How past memories create new moments of connection.
2. How Memory Café’s leverage Living Moments.
3. About the different delivery styles to enhance engagement.
4. How to use it at home or in a community setting.
5. Find Out how the guide can support the activity.
6. Watch how these films bring people of all ages together.
7. What Tea and Memories is about.

Watch the Video Interview Below

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Contact Living Memories

Living Memories

https://www.livingmemoriesonline.com

Living Memories Reminiscence Streaming platform https://livingmemories.imagencloud.com

Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079906089249

Linkedin   

https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannorris1/

X (Twitter) @memorytriggers

A Tea and Memories session at the Abbeyfield residential home in Tavistock, Devon  https://livingmemories.imagencloud.com/record/2550

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com

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Raising Alzheimer's Awareness To Children Via a New Picture Book

Lori La Bey talks with Alder Allensworth, MM, CHIC, RN, is a nurse and coach, and has professionally worked with people who have Alzheimer’s for over 40 years. She is a published author, presenter, and advocate for people with disabilities on local, national, and international stages.

Brenda Freed, MA Mus, is a music educator/music therapist and performing singer-songwriter with several published albums of original material. As a music therapist, she published in professional journals and worked with several populations, including children and people who had Alzheimer's disease.

Learn:

1. How the Mackenzie Meets Alzheimer's Educational Program started.
2. What the purpose of the program is.
3. Why Alder and Brenda feel the program is important.
4. What the various components of the program are.
5. How families use the program and book.

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Contact Mackenzie Meets Alzheimer’s

Website  www.MackenzieMeetsAlzheimers.com

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/MackenzieMeetsAlzheimers

Instagram  MackenzieMeetsAlzheimers

Twitter  @MMAlzheimers

Email  [email protected]

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com

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Today Lori La Bey, host of Alzheimer’s Speaks talks with Norma Loeb, Founder & Executive Director of the Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center.  The founder and leaders of LBDRC are former care partners of loved ones with Lewy body dementia, so they understand the experience and are here with loving support to help you through it.

Although a cure would be wonderful, their vision is to foster early diagnosis and enhance the quality of life for people with Lewy Body Dementia and their care partners with an all-inclusive website, call center, and devoted care. They advocate for increased funding and research for Lewy body dementia and promote essential scientific advances and research.

Learn:

1. 1. Why Lewy Body Dementia is so hard to diagnose.
   2. How does Lewy body Dementia differ from Alzheimer's? 
   3. Best ways to deal with behavioral issues. 
   4. What is the mission of the Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center?
   5. What is the best advice you can give to caregivers?

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Contact Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center

Helpline    516-218-2026 or 833-LBD-LINE    (available 365 days a year 8 am to 8 pm) 

Website    www.lewybodyresourcecenter.org  

Facebook    https://www.facebook.com/lewybodyNY

Instagram   lewybodyny

Twitter   @lewybodyny

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.

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Finding care and support resources for you and your loved ones 

Our host, Lori La Bey talks with Bianca Chan, the executive director of NeuroLOGIC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing entirely free care services to Alzheimer's disease communities in NC and beyond. As a high school student running these programs, I have provided intellectual stimulation, music, and support services to Alzheimer's disease individuals and their caregivers. 

Learn:

1. What the story is behind the NeuroLOGIC Foundation.
2. About the services the NeuroLOGIC Foundation provides.
3. The importance of providing these services and products to families.
4. How families can access these resources.
5. About other resources, the NeuroLOGIC Foundation plans to provide in the future.

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Contact Neurologic Foundation

Email  [email protected]

Instagram  @neurologicfoundation

Website  https://neurologicfoundation.wixsite.com/website

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com

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