Traumatic brain injuries cause a person to change cognitively. These changes may apply to their behavior, abilities, and intellect. This podcast episode encourages caregivers of those suffering with a traumatic brain injury to use education as a way to better understand and provide care.

The standards of care - when the caregiver has been forced into the role of “caregiver”, or they may not have been given the necessary tools or resources to help them to follow the standards of care, negligence and harm can occur. The caregiver may reach a point that they become mentally unstable and need other people to help them find balance so that they can be a caregiver again. This episode discusses ways that caregivers that feel overwhelmed or burned out can apply to avoid negligence to others.

🎙This episode provides sound advice to caregivers that are experiencing inappropriate sexual behaviors from their clients with Dementia. Indecent exposure, arousal, verbal unwanted sexual advances, and inappropriate comments and touching can lead to these Dementia patients receiving new sex offense charges for those that have no prior history or added charges for those that have a past that includes prior sexual offensive charges.

The documentary “Where is Wendy Williams” has caused a lot of buzz and talk. Heavy alcohol drinking over a long period of time has unfortunately reared its symptoms on the “pop culture radio and Daytime television show Queen”. Some viewers of the documentary say she is reaping what she has sowed, others are saying watching her in her current state of mind makes them feel uncomfortable. In this podcast episode I will share my input as a caregiver on this type of dementia and the need for communication training as part of her restorative care when she is on the road to recovery from alcohol abuse.

🎙In honor of Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, this podcast episode discusses the importance of resources for caregivers. Mrs. Carter was a fierce advocate for those caregivers that needed resources that had obvious disparities in how they were distributed. She worked hard for equal distribution of the resources that caregivers need to be able to be true caregivers.

🎙This podcast episode discusses the effects of sugar on our mental and cognitive capacity as well as the dependency it creates in us, as well as other health issues that develop as a result of excess sugar intake.

This week’s topic discusses the current United States of America Commander in Chief’s health. Many speculations are being made that he is too old for the job and on the decline cognitively and physically due to his age! This episode will shed some light on the topic and provide some brain candy that we all need!

Caregiving is a challenge! I want you to be successful at it and push through! The benefits of the care that you provide is immeasurable and is much needed!

This week we will discuss what makes a memory, how exactly memories are made and what makes a person that has a memory impairment unable to make or recall a memory.

When a person with dementia is no longer able to worship or perform acts of their spiritual faith or religion should caregivers provide care that is still inclusive of their religious faith and or spirituality?