The Nose Knows: Smell test for Dementia; Dieting Can Be Helpful in Middle age to lower dementia risk, & Hurricane Season Preparedness for Dementia Caregivers
In this episode, host Jeff Edwards brings a powerful mix of information and compassion to caregivers facing the challenges of Alzheimer’s. 
This week’s episode dives into three key topics:
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The Nose Knows: How a simple smell test may help detect early dementia.
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Food for Thought: The impact of improving your diet in middle age to help lower dementia risk.
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Storm Season Preparedness: Hurricane readiness tips specifically tailored for dementia caregivers—practical, essential, and potentially lifesaving.
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As always, Jeff reminds listeners of the four foundational rules of caregiving—prioritizing self-care, asking for help, using your support lists, and creating a reliable help signal to ease transitions for your loved one.
Whether you're deep in the caregiving trenches or preparing for the road ahead, this episode delivers practical insights, a touch of humor, and heartfelt encouragement to keep going.

The Nose Knows: Smell test for Dementia; Dieting Can Be Helpful in Middle age to lower dementia risk, & Hurricane Season Preparedness for Dementia Caregivers In this episode, host Jeff Edwards brings a powerful mix of information and compassion to caregivers facing the challenges of Alzheimer’s. This week’s episode dives into three key topics: The Nose Knows: How a simple smell test may help detect early dementia. Food for Thought: The impact of improving your diet in middle age to help lower dementia risk. Storm Season Preparedness: Hurricane readiness tips specifically tailored for dementia caregivers—practical, essential, and potentially lifesaving. As always, Jeff reminds listeners of the four foundational rules of caregiving—prioritizing self-care, asking for help, using your support lists, and creating a reliable help signal to ease transitions for your loved one. Whether you're deep in the caregiving trenches or preparing for the road ahead, this episode delivers practical insights, a touch of humor, and heartfelt encouragement to keep going.

The Nose Knows: Smell test for Dementia; Dieting Can Be Helpful in Middle age to lower dementia risk, &amp; Hurricane Season Preparedness for Dementia Caregivers
In this episode, host Jeff Edwards brings a powerful mix of information and compassion to caregivers facing the challenges of Alzheimer’s.&nbsp;
This week’s episode dives into three key topics:
<ul>
<li>
The Nose Knows: How a simple smell test may help detect early dementia.
</li>
<li>
Food for Thought: The impact of improving your diet in middle age to help lower dementia risk.
</li>
<li>
Storm Season Preparedness: Hurricane readiness tips specifically tailored for dementia caregivers—practical, essential, and potentially lifesaving.
</li>
</ul>
As always, Jeff reminds listeners of the four foundational rules of caregiving—prioritizing self-care, asking for help, using your support lists, and creating a reliable help signal to ease transitions for your loved one.
Whether you're deep in the caregiving trenches or preparing for the road ahead, this episode delivers practical insights, a touch of humor, and heartfelt encouragement to keep going.

GutPunched: Alzheimer’s and Caregivers EP 61

Navigating the insidious illness of Alzheimer&rsquo;s is something nobody asks for. The disease sneaks up on you and your loved one, and it feels like you&rsquo;ve been sucker-punched in the gut when you get the diagnosis from a doctor. So many things race through your mind: why us? What do we do? We worked so hard to get to this point in life. We just moved here after we both worked for 30 years, sold our house up North, and retired to Florida to enjoy our &ldquo;golden years&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s not fair! Who&rsquo;s going to take care of her/him? I don&rsquo;t know a thing about this illness. She&rsquo;s always done the cooking; I don&rsquo;t even know how to boil water. He's always taken care of me and everything else, like Finances. I don&rsquo;t even drive! And it goes on and on. Facing this disease will bring you to your knees. Once you get over the initial shock (GUT PUNCHED), the questions and fears take hold. Where do we turn for help? Who do I call? What do I do? How do you take care of someone with Alzheimer's? Are there support groups? And questions like these keep coming. I am a caregiver. I wasn&rsquo;t before. Well, not this kind of caregiver. My wife was officially diagnosed in January of 2018. I had a sneaking suspicion that she might have something like this about 2 years earlier. So, when I brought it to my Neurologist, he sent us to a very nice Psychologist who specializes in testing patients to determine more accurately what is going on. It was a question-and-answer session, followed by a very detailed testing procedure that usually takes three or more hours. The patient must complete the test, which comprises questions, simple actions, and memory tests.
Then give them a couple of numbers or words, and move on, returning to the numbers or words a short time later. So, moving forward, I asked the same questions mentioned earlier. What are my options? So I &ldquo;sucked it up&rdquo;-Manned up, so to speak. It's part of the deal for better or worse, right? So began my quest for information on support groups, doctors, and anything I could get my hands on. It's been 6 years, and I am still looking for anything that will help me crawl along this uncharted path to enlightenment. I was very fortunate to live in a city with numerous resources to draw on.
Most importantly, it's a place named after someone who suffered from Alzheimer&rsquo;s. His wife provided the money to start the Alvin Dubin Center: The Dubin Center for short. Their mission is to achieve caregiver health, strength, and resilience by providing education, information, hope, and compassion. And boy do they. I leaned on them for everything I could find. Took all kinds of classes to learn what I needed to do to be the caregiver I have to be. Their caregiver class took about 6 weeks. The material we learned from and the instructors were top-notch. I still go back to the notes I took and the books we used, both as a refresher and for inspiration. Hopefully, wherever you are listening to this, there will be a place like the Dubin Center. If not, don&rsquo;t despair. The info is out there. That&rsquo;s what this podcast is about. We want to share our resources, our experiences, our heartbreak, and our little victories. From time to time, we&rsquo;d like to bring in Physicians, Nurses, Experts, and people like you and me who are going through this disease with our loved ones, willing to share their journeys. The first thing that really stuck with me, and hopefully it will be with you. If you are a caregiver, you must first take care of yourself. Because this is not a sprint, but a marathon, and if you are run down, get sick, or worse.... Who&rsquo;s going to take care of your spouse, mother, father, or child? Think about that for a few seconds. It&rsquo;s you, the Caregiver. It&rsquo;s me, the Caregiver. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re here. Gut Punched: Alzheimer&rsquo;s &amp; Caregivers! Thanks for joining us...now let's get going.

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Navigating the insidious illness of Alzheimer’s is something nobody asks for. The disease sneaks up on you and your loved one, and it feels like you’ve been sucker-punched in the gut when you get the diagnosis from a doctor. So many things race through your mind: why us? What do we do? We worked so hard to get to this point in life. We just moved here after we both worked for 30 years, sold our house up North, and retired to Florida to enjoy our “golden years”. It’s not fair! Who’s going to take care of her/him? I don’t know a thing about this illness. She’s always done the cooking; I don’t even know how to boil water. He's always taken care of me and everything else, like Finances. I don’t even drive! And it goes on and on. Facing this disease will bring you to your knees. Once you get over the initial shock (GUT PUNCHED), the questions and fears take hold. Where do we turn for help? Who do I call? What do I do? How do you take care of someone with Alzheimer's? Are there support groups? And questions like these keep coming. I am a caregiver. I wasn’t before. Well, not this kind of caregiver. My wife was officially diagnosed in January of 2018. I had a sneaking suspicion that she might have something like this about 2 years earlier. So, when I brought it to my Neurologist, he sent us to a very nice Psychologist who specializes in testing patients to determine more accurately what is going on. It was a question-and-answer session, followed by a very detailed testing procedure that usually takes three or more hours. The patient must complete the test, which comprises questions, simple actions, and memory tests. Then give them a couple of numbers or words, and move on, returning to the numbers or words a short time later. So, moving forward, I asked the same questions mentioned earlier. What are my options? So I “sucked it up”-Manned up, so to speak. It's part of the deal for better or worse, right? So began my quest for information on support groups, doctors, and anything I could get my hands on. It's been 6 years, and I am still looking for anything that will help me crawl along this uncharted path to enlightenment. I was very fortunate to live in a city with numerous resources to draw on. Most importantly, it's a place named after someone who suffered from Alzheimer’s. His wife provided the money to start the Alvin Dubin Center: The Dubin Center for short. Their mission is to achieve caregiver health, strength, and resilience by providing education, information, hope, and compassion. And boy do they. I leaned on them for everything I could find. Took all kinds of classes to learn what I needed to do to be the caregiver I have to be. Their caregiver class took about 6 weeks. The material we learned from and the instructors were top-notch. I still go back to the notes I took and the books we used, both as a refresher and for inspiration. Hopefully, wherever you are listening to this, there will be a place like the Dubin Center. If not, don’t despair. The info is out there. That’s what this podcast is about. We want to share our resources, our experiences, our heartbreak, and our little victories. From time to time, we’d like to bring in Physicians, Nurses, Experts, and people like you and me who are going through this disease with our loved ones, willing to share their journeys. The first thing that really stuck with me, and hopefully it will be with you. If you are a caregiver, you must first take care of yourself. Because this is not a sprint, but a marathon, and if you are run down, get sick, or worse.... Who’s going to take care of your spouse, mother, father, or child? Think about that for a few seconds. It’s you, the Caregiver. It’s me, the Caregiver. That’s why we’re here. Gut Punched: Alzheimer’s & Caregivers! Thanks for joining us...now let's get going.

Navigating the insidious illness of Alzheimer’s is something nobody asks for. The disease sneaks up on you and your loved one, and it feels like you’ve been sucker-punched in the gut when you get the diagnosis from a doctor. So many things race through your mind: why us? What do we do? We worked so hard to get to this point in life. We just moved here after we both worked for 30 years, sold our house up North, and retired to Florida to enjoy our “golden years”. It’s not fair! Who’s going to take care of her/him? I don’t know a thing about this illness. She’s always done the cooking; I don’t even know how to boil water. He's always taken care of me and everything else, like Finances. I don’t even drive! And it goes on and on. Facing this disease will bring you to your knees. Once you get over the initial shock (GUT PUNCHED), the questions and fears take hold. Where do we turn for help? Who do I call? What do I do? How do you take care of someone with Alzheimer's? Are there support groups? And questions like these keep coming. I am a caregiver. I wasn’t before. Well, not this kind of caregiver. My wife was officially diagnosed in January of 2018. I had a sneaking suspicion that she might have something like this about 2 years earlier. So, when I brought it to my Neurologist, he sent us to a very nice Psychologist who specializes in testing patients to determine more accurately what is going on. It was a question-and-answer session, followed by a very detailed testing procedure that usually takes three or more hours. The patient must complete the test, which comprises questions, simple actions, and memory tests.
Then give them a couple of numbers or words, and move on, returning to the numbers or words a short time later. So, moving forward, I asked the same questions mentioned earlier. What are my options? So I “sucked it up”-Manned up, so to speak. It's part of the deal for better or worse, right? So began my quest for information on support groups, doctors, and anything I could get my hands on. It's been 6 years, and I am still looking for anything that will help me crawl along this uncharted path to enlightenment. I was very fortunate to live in a city with numerous resources to draw on.
Most importantly, it's a place named after someone who suffered from Alzheimer’s. His wife provided the money to start the Alvin Dubin Center: The Dubin Center for short. Their mission is to achieve caregiver health, strength, and resilience by providing education, information, hope, and compassion. And boy do they. I leaned on them for everything I could find. Took all kinds of classes to learn what I needed to do to be the caregiver I have to be. Their caregiver class took about 6 weeks. The material we learned from and the instructors were top-notch. I still go back to the notes I took and the books we used, both as a refresher and for inspiration. Hopefully, wherever you are listening to this, there will be a place like the Dubin Center. If not, don’t despair. The info is out there. That’s what this podcast is about. We want to share our resources, our experiences, our heartbreak, and our little victories. From time to time, we’d like to bring in Physicians, Nurses, Experts, and people like you and me who are going through this disease with our loved ones, willing to share their journeys. The first thing that really stuck with me, and hopefully it will be with you. If you are a caregiver, you must first take care of yourself. Because this is not a sprint, but a marathon, and if you are run down, get sick, or worse.... Who’s going to take care of your spouse, mother, father, or child? Think about that for a few seconds. It’s you, the Caregiver. It’s me, the Caregiver. That’s why we’re here. Gut Punched: Alzheimer’s &amp; Caregivers! Thanks for joining us...now let's get going.

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