Alzheimer's Speaks

Trualta: Healthcare Training and Support for Family Caregivers

Lori La Bey talks with Jonathan Davis the founder and CEO of Trualta the leading online training and support platform for family caregivers. Trualta offers self-paced training, live classes, and virtual support groups to thousands of family caregivers so that they are more confident and less stressed. It is currently available for free to caregivers in 32 states through partnerships with the government, Medicaid & Medicare plans, and large health systems.

Learn:

1. The types of free educational programs offered to family caregivers from Trualta.
2. How these programs work and how they can help you.
3. Find out about their support groups.
4. How Trualta can offer free educational programs.
5. Where to check to see if free educational programs are available to you.

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Contact Trualta

Website      https://trualta.com

Twitter - X  @Trualta

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

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

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Me Time Monday – How Caregivers Can Find Balance and Joy

Lori La Bey talks with Sherri Snelling who is a corporate gerontologist, “Authorpreneur” and founder/CEO of Caregiving Club.  Her company is a strategic consulting and educational content creation firm that specializes in caregiver wellness, well-home design, and brain health/Alzheimer’s.

Sherri is the host of the podcast, “Caregiving Club On Air,” and author of her new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life which launched in August 2023.  Her other book, A Cast of Caregivers – Celebrity Stories to Help You Prepare to Care, has been a favorite amongst care partners.

Learn:

1. About Sherri’s new book Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.
2. How busy Care Partners can find time to take care of themselves.
3. About the 7 elements of life that are essential for a balanced life.
4. What Emotional frequencies are.
5. Understanding the importance of multi-sensory interaction and communication.
6. How to build a cohesive care team.
7. The 4 Hormones to Help us fight off stress

Watch the Video Interview Below

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Contact Sherri Snelling

Visit Sherri’s Website & Blog https://www.caregivingclub.com

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherrisnelling

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

Twitter https://twitter.com/caregivingclub

Caregiving Club Twitter https://twitter.com/sherrisnelling

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

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/caregivingclub

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Wine, Women, and Dementia: The Documentary

Lori La Bey talks with the cast and crew of the documentary: Wine, Women, and Dementia which highlights caring journeys throughout the country.

You Will Learn:

1. Why people felt it was important to share their stories and how it helped them as well.
2. To use humor as a coping mechanism.
3. Why some people are compelled to step into the dementia arena after their personal journeys.
4. The power of online relationships.
5. How to find support and healing through sharing.
6. Why collaborations are so important to improve care.
7. When and how you can screen the film.

Watch the Video Interview Below

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Here is a bit about everyone we will be talking with today.

Kitty Norton is a former NBC Assistant Editor. She left her job to join her sister in co-caring for their mother, Gloria, who was living with vascular dementia. Kitty created and directed Wine, Women, & Dementia to honor this journey with her mother, to spread awareness of the caregiver side of the equation in dementia, and to celebrate family caregivers - to let them know they are not alone and that they are worthy of being seen and respected alongside their dementia person on this difficult road to the end of life.

Beth Rigazio (Producer) most recent feature, Freak Show, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, starring Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, and Bette Midler. It was produced by Maven and Flower Films. Beth previously sold a half-hour comedy pitch, Tor-mentor, to NBC with America Ferrara and is best known for writing the feature, Raising Helen, which starred Kate Hudson. Beth also fills a respite role as a caregiver for her friend’s father who has dementia.

Allyson Schrier is a former family caregiver to her husband with dementia. That experience led her to create Zinnia TV, an app that streams videos engaging for and digestible by people with dementia to help reduce stress for them and those caring for them.

Rosanne Corcoran is the Host and Executive Producer of Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers. She is also Daughterhood’s Director of Content Strategy. Rosanne cared for her mother with vascular dementia over a span of twelve years, the last six in her home with her husband and children. After experiencing first-hand the stress and isolation caregiving brings along with the lack of meaningful resources for caregivers, she created Daughterhood The Podcast in 2019. She has also been a Daughterhood Circle Leader since that time.

Veronica Shanklin is a dedicated advocate, speaker, and champion for Alzheimer's awareness and caregiver support. Through a decade of experience as a full-time caregiver for both her mother and grandmother,  she founded a non-profit,  Dementia Care Warriors, to provide vital resources and education for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's and related dementia.

Lexie Fields co-cared for her mother, Gloria, who was living with vascular dementia with her sister, Kitty Norton from 2016- 2021. Lexie manages The Schooner Restaurant on the Oregon Coast and has a passion for farm-to-table foods throughout the world.

Ashley Douglass is a mother of two and a wife of one.  She has taught middle school for 26 years and loves to spend time with her family, go to the theater, and travel.

Grace Douglass helps care for her mother with Alzheimer's from a distance. She shares her mother's passion for health and science and is an epidemiologist for the Maryland Department of Health.

Matt Perrin spent 8 years caring for his mom Rosemary who was living with Alzheimer’s disease, while supporting his wife Lindsay who was caring for her dad Steve who was living with Lewy Body Dementia--all while raising their 3 school-aged girls. 

Contact Wine Women and Dementia

Kitty Norton    Instagram  @winewomenanddementia

                         Facebook   @WWDdocumentary

                         Website    https://www.winewomenanddementia.com

Allyson Schrier  Email  [email protected]  

                       LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/avschrier/

Veronica Shanklin  Dementia Care Warriors

                       Facebook and Instagram @carewarriors

Matt Perrin     Twitter @matt_perrin  

                        Newsletter  www.threethingthursday.com/newsletter

Rosanne Corcoran Daughterhood Circles and the Podcast   https://daughterhood.org

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at                                                               https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

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Benefits of Virtual Speech Therapy for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease

Lori La Bey talks with Avivit Ben-Aharon, the Founder and Clinical Director at Great Speech, Inc., a virtual speech therapy company founded in 2014. She is recognized as a trailblazer for nationwide virtual access to speech therapy, allowing anyone who is committed to improving their communication to receive expert services, regardless of location or scheduling limitations with her work featured on Forbes, Good Morning America, US News, and World Report, Miami Herald and more. Avivit holds an undergraduate and a Master of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from The City University of New York and a Master of Science degree in Special Education and Teaching from Hunter College.

Learn:

1. What is Speech Therapy?
2. How Speech Therapy can help people living with a form of dementia.
3. If virtual therapy really works.
4. What is the advantage of flexible hours for appointments?
5. What are the benefits for those living with dementia?
6. What are the benefits for Care Partners?

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Contact Avivit Ben-Aharon and Great Speech

Avivit Ben-Aharon LinkedIn  www.linkedin.com/in/avivitbenaharon/

Great Speech Website   https://greatspeech.com/

Great Speech LinkedIn  www.linkedin.com/company/greatspeech/

Great Speech Twitter  @greatspeechinc

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Social Media

ACTIVITY BOXES AND SPECIALTY ITEMS FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS FOR EVERY LOCATION AND OCCASION

Lori La Bey talks with Mary Anne Roberto and Debbie Axel, the co-founders of Always Home Connected.

Mary Anne Roberto is a dedicated CNA and a Certified Positive Approach To Care Consultant (Teepa Snow), specializing in dementia care. Her goal is to create awareness about those experiencing cognitive changes and to provide caregivers with resources and tools that are necessary to help alleviate some of the challenges caregivers face on a day-to-day basis.

Debbie Axel is an attorney and practices in California. Her goal is to help give more tools and resources to caregivers who are caring for people with cognitive decline.  

Learn:

1. Who benefits from the activity kits and products?
2. How do kits and products support family and professional care partners?
3. What is a travel kit?
4. About grandchild boxes.
5. About different types of individual products for various levels of needs

Watch the Video Interview on YouTube

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Contact With Always Home Connected

Website    alwayshomeconnected.com

Email   [email protected]

Instagram    @alwayshomeconnected

Threads   @alwayshomeconnected

Facebook   @alwayshomeconnected

TikTok   @alwayshomeconnected

LinkedIn   @Always Home Connected

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Lori La Bey talks with Dayna Steele’s with us and we are going to discuss The Woman in the Mirror podcast and play are adaptations of Dayna's best-selling book, “Surviving Alzheimer’s With Friends, Facebook and a Really Big Glass of Wine.” Dayna candidly chronicled her mother’s journey with Alzheimer’s on social media with unfiltered observations and dark humor. Her refreshing honesty is laced with biting humor, which stands testament to a caregiver’s personal strength and resiliency in the face of extraordinary and unexpected circumstances.

The play has had a successful premiere run in Houston and several readings around the USA. She is working on a 6-episode audio drama podcast which is coming soon.

Learn:

1. To be authentic
2. Leveraging humor as a strategy to care
3. Dealing with the range of emotions
4. Finding yourself after a loss
5. Telling Stories to teach

Watch the Video Interview 

https://youtu.be/jOfyGg_Cq8Y

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Contact Dayna Steele

Website  https://surviving-alzheimers.com/

Email       [email protected]

Amazon  https://tinyurl.com/Book-SurvivingAlz

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

LinkedIn      https://www.linkedin.com/in/daynasteele/

YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/daynasteele

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

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

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Lori La Bey welcomes back Sharon L. Rogers, the CEO of AmyriAD Therapeutics. Sharon was previously chief of research at Eisai, where she played a leading role in developing Aricept, the top-selling Alzheimer's medication on the market.

Learn:

1. Who is really funding early-stage trials?
2. What is the difference between Pharma and Social Therapies?
3. Do we know how many forms of dementia there are?
4. What does having a complex dementia mean?
5. Does a change in diagnosis affect a clinical trial?
6. About the Domino’s Study.
7. Will there be a silver bullet medication for dementia in the near future?

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Contact AmyriAD Therapeutics

Website      https://amyriadtherapeutics.com/

LinkedIn      https://www.linkedin.com/company/amyriad-therapeutics/

Twitter        https://twitter.com/AmyriAD_Tx

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://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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Lori La Bey talks with Teresa Thompson, a speech-language pathologist and Senior Clinical Educator for Lingraphica. She has experience working with adults with a variety of diagnoses in acute care, outpatient, skilled nursing, and home health settings.

Learn:

1. What is a Speech and Language Pathologist and how can they help someone living with dementia?
2. What types of supportive aids does Lingraphica offer?
3. Can these tools help with daily living skills as well as social connections?
4. How are these devices paid for?
5. Are there free resources that are available?
6. Are there support groups for those having difficulty communicating?

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Contact Lingraphica  

Website: www.lingraphica.com

@Lingraphica     on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram

Phone: 888-274-2742

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://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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Working With Pendulums For Clarity, Wisdom and Guidance

Lori La Bey talks with the founders of Heart Centric Divine Creations Lana Gendlin Brooks and Karina Muller who are both certified life coaches.  Lana is also a Creative Wellness advocate, who empowers her clients to discover their innate creativity and shift by tapping into their creative flow. She teaches people how to achieve a state that allows them to envision different possibilities that life has to offer and step into a life of fulfillment, whether navigating through challenging times, facing career issues, and relationship concerns, or finding peace and balance.

Karina helps her clients change their lives by stepping into their power to live with joy, meaning, and fulfillment. She helps people develop goals and action steps to enhance their lives. Karina helps her clients achieve and sustain their identified change. 

Learn:

1. What is a Life Coach?
2. What is a Pendulum?
3. How and why would one use a pendulum?
4. How and why should someone calibrate their pendulum?
5. How do you know what the pendulum is telling you?
6. What is Emotional Code and how do you release trapped emotions?
7. Find out about clearing techniques

Watch the Video Interview Below

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Contact HeartCentric Divine Creations

Website    www.hcdivinecreations.com

Email    [email protected]

@hcdivinecreations     on Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok    

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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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Dementia Caregiving: Showing Love when it's Most Difficult

Lori La Bey talks with Carolyn Birrell a daughter who relocated her aging mother to be near her and spent the next eight years caring for her while learning “all things dementia.” She began writing initially to help her make sense of her mother’s early stages of dementia and the terrifying behaviors that came with it. It didn’t take her long to realize she was writing the very book she’d been searching for – the one that not only tells one woman’s story of traveling down her mother’s path into dementia from its beginning to its inevitable end but also helps others who are struggling to keep pace with their own loved one and desperately needing help. The book is called “Walking with Fay” and can be found on Amazon

Learn:

1. What denial looks and feels like to a care partner.
2. Ho scheduled calls can help you to stay connected.
3. About crisis – What does it look like and feel like when it hits?
4. How do people choose to live together or not.
5. About White Lies and how and why they can help you care.
6. The types of people on the caring journey.
7. To ask and investigate the “Whys” behind their reactions.
8. What Carolyn feels is essential for you to know as a care partner.

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Contact Carolyn Birrell  

Website   www.carolynbirrell.com

Purchase her book Walking with Fay on her website, amazon, or the typical spots you purchase books.

LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-birrell-8476009/

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

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

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://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.

Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network

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