For National FTD Awareness Week (9/22) Amy provides education and awareness on Frontotemporal Degeneration- the 4th leading cause of dementia.  Each week Amy covers a different type and variant of FTD.  In this episode she talks about one of the types that starts with problems with language, the non-fluent agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia or nfvPPA FTD.  Amy highlights a YouTube channel that a gentleman with FTD is using to share his love and expertise of music with others living with dementia.  A special thanks to Peter and Elka for letting Think Dementia tell you about how he is finding purpose and continuing to use the skills he has to his friends far and near living with dementia. 

You can search YouTube for Peter’s Classical for Dementia Friends or click this link: 

https://www.youtube.com/@PetersClassicalforDementiaFrie/featured 

 
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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To record a question for the podcast go to www.think-dementia.com  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. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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