Dementia Care Partner Podcast with Teepa Snow

Dementia care educator Teepa Snow explains why attempting to restrict movement for fall prevention often backfires and results in more injuries. She reveals some of the primary causes of falls and shares some practical ways to maintain mobility for as long as possible.

For a deeper look into in-the-moment skills, check out Teepa’s newest book Dementia Care Partner Guide.

In this week’s powerful episode, Teepa Snow and Greg dive into a conversation that every care partner, professional, and curious listener should hear: How can you tell the difference between typical aging and something more serious?

Teepa breaks down what typical aging looks like, about a 1% change in ability per year, and how to recognize when something might need medical attention. You’ll also hear why understanding a person’s unique cognitive baseline is essential and how early insight can make all the difference.

Don't miss this chance to boost your knowledge and confidence when navigating brain change. Tune in now, then take the next step: Visit www.teepasnow.com for more resources.
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Let’s turn uncertainty into clarity—together.

Dementia expert Teepa Snow has traveled around the world teaching her Positive Approach to Care, but what she discovered might surprise you - not one nation has truly figured out a comprehensive, person-centered dementia care plan. In this eye-opening episode, Teepa and Greg discuss why even the most promising programs fail to spread beyond small pilot projects, and share the uncomfortable truth about what's really happening in care facilities that claim to be doing everything right

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Feeling overwhelmed by conflicting dementia advice online? This week Teepa and Greg help cut through the noise to reveal what's actually helpful versus what's just clever marketing.

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This week, Teepa and Greg explore the tragic incidents that can occur when first responders encounter a person living with dementia without proper training, and how simple communication techniques can prevent dangerous escalations.

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Is early onset dementia becoming more common, or are we just getting better at spotting it? Could our modern lifestyle of isolation, poor air quality, and sedentary living be quietly damaging our brains? This week, Teepa and Greg explore this complex puzzle and tackles the heartbreaking question of how we care for those our current system has failed.

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During an eye-opening conversation, Teepa reveals why so many care facilities fail people with dementia - and it's not because residents are difficult, but because staff aren't trained to understand what people with dementia are really trying to communicate. She shares a powerful example of how one simple conversation completely transformed a problem resident's care in just one day.

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What if a rare disease could take someone from living independently to needing full-time care in just 3-5 years, yet most people have never heard of it? In this eye-opening episode, dementia expert Teepa Snow explains PSP (Progressive Supra-nuclear Palsy) - the "freezing disease" that causes dangerous backward falls, makes people get stuck mid-movement, and is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's.

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Some of us have sat through brutal 4-hour training sessions that you struggle to remembers by lunch - but Teepa figured out how to change that. In our newest video release, Accepting the Challenge, she breaks down her person-centered approach using real people in real situations, plus she discusses why breaking everything down into tiny pieces might be the secret to getting dementia care right.

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There's a tremendous decline that we're currently standing on the edge of: the amount of direct care professionals in the senior care industry. Contrast that with the number of people one studies suggests will be diagnosed with dementia in the US (13,000), and we begin to see the problem. How did this happen and what can we potentially do now? Stay tuned to find out.

To learn more about Positive Approach to Care, visit: www.teepasnow.com.