Dementia Resilience with Jill Lorentz

Sept 22, 2021 – It has been a long while since I talked about what I do for my clients and my history with Alzheimer’s and other dementia’s which have affected my family. I thought this might be a good time to share my story so you understand why I care so much about helping all of you!

September 21, 2021 – Week in and week out, my listeners rely on me to provide information and resources to assist them in their journeys. I realized recently that it has been a long while since I told you who I am and why I am interested in helping all of you! Listen today and learn more about my path and how I arrived at this place!

September 7, 2021 – Researching ways to prevent Alzheimer’s can take many paths, and one of them is what we discussed with University of Colorado Hospital researcher Dr. Brianne Bettcher. Bri is very focused on her studies involving people 60 or older who are not showing signs of cognitive impairment and memory loss, in hopes that she can find ways to learn what is keeping these people healthy, and then use their information to interrupt the process of beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Fascinating conversation with Bri you will not want to miss! The age to join the study is now 60.

If you would like to learn more about or join the study, you can find the information below

Sept. 7, 2021 – I had a riveting, breaking news conversation with one of the most celebrated researchers in the world.

Dr. Huntington Potter is Professor of Neurology, Director of Alzheimer’s Disease Program at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, and is Director of the CU Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. Previously, Dr. Potter studied, researched and taught for 30 years at Harvard University. He then designed and directed the Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer’s Center & Research Institute. He is currently expanding his discovery that Alzheimer’s disease is mechanistically related to Down syndrome, which invariably leads to Alzheimer’s by age 30-40, through the development of many cells with trisomy 21 and other aneuploidy. Recently, he and his colleagues have found such cell cycle defects in numerous other neurodegenerative diseases, providing a novel approach to diagnosis and therapy. They are also developing several new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease for testing first in animals and soon in humans. One, Leukine, is currently in clinical trials. Dr. Potter is author of over 100 scientific articles, books and patents, has received numerous awards for his work, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Inventors. His electron micrographs of DNA are on permanent exhibit in the National American History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.

I truly enjoy my conversations with Dr Potter because he breaks down science and makes it easy to comprehend. This is a must listen podcast!

August 24, 2021 – How do we move on when we have invested so much time and energy into the person we love and now they are suddenly gone? We will explore this and much more!

August 17, 2021 – Do people know when they are having the beginning of memory loss? Who figures it out 1st? This show is a continuation of a show a few weeks ago that received a huge response.

August 10, 2021 – Letting go of the person we love who had some type of dementia, is the longest goodbye on the planet. We start the grieving process at the diagnosis and go through the 5 stages of grief while they have the disease journey. Rarely do outsiders understand. How do we manage this? Today I will give you as many answers as I can.

August 3, 2021 – I get many questions about physical and occupational therapy, as well other alternative options, and people wonder, how do we know if we are using the right one for our person with dementia? I believe we need to use measurable quantification to set goals that will help us meet meaningful successes as we go through these processes. I will walk you through this maze on this podcast!

How do we know the difference between natural aging memory issues and cognitive loss with a more serious issue of dementia? I will talk about this today and help you navigate the road as it comes to you. patience, compassion and understanding will help everyone along this journey. Getting angry, upset and anxious will help no one. I am here for you!