For National FTD Awareness Week Amy provides education and awareness on Frontotemporal Degeneration- the 4th leading cause of dementia.  Each week Amy is covering a different type and variant of FTD.  In this episode she talks about one of the types that starts with problems with understanding and producing language, the Semantic Variant or svFTD. 

 
Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to better quality of life, improved relationships and empowered care partners.  Be part of a connected community by learning from each other’s questions.  

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Amy House is a Certified Dementia Practitioner, Licensed Assisted Living Director and PAC Trainer who is recognized in the Twin Cities as a leader in dementia care and education. Amy's personal support, public speaking and professional training has touched the lives of thousands of people living with dementia over the past 10 years. Amy is also a support group facilitator for the Alzheimer's Association and a Care Navigator for Tembo Health with the Medicare GUIDE dementia program. 

National Institute of Health 

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-are-frontotemporal-disorders 

Australian Government handout "What is FTD?"   

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NIH, National Library of Medicine 

 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699306/ 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443960/ 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4215934/ 

Cleveland Clinic 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22522-corticobasal-degeneration 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21075-frontotemporal-dementia 

Science Direct 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/frontal-variant-frontotemporal-dementia 

Signs of lacking empathy- Live Bold and Bloom 

https://liveboldandbloom.com/11/emotional-abuse/lacking-empathy-signs 

The Association for Frontaltemporal Degeneration 

www.theaftd.org 

The Mayo Clinic- Dr. Howie Rosen 

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