AlzAuthors - Changing Dementia Care Through the Written Word
Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with three cofounders of AlzAuthors.  Their organization has done a fantastic job coordinating over 300 authors who have written on dementia from many angles, and they are still growing. Today, Jean Lee, Vicki Tapia, and Marianne Sciucco will tell us what all they’ve been up to the past two years during Covid, as well as their future plans, as they continue to expand their footprint and provide support to families and professionals alike.  This is a replay from May of 2022.
Learn:

Why was AlzAuthors created?
What types of books do you curate?
How and why has AlzAuthors expanded over the years?
Find out how you can support the AlzAuthor's mission.

 
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alzheimers-speaks/id986940432
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3 
 
Contact AlzAuthors
Website  www.AlzAuthors.com  
Twitter  @AlzAuthors
Facebook  @AlzAuthors
Instagram  @AlzAuthors
Pinterest  @AlzAuthors
LinkedIn  @AlzAuthors
YouTube  @AlzAuthors
 
Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/
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The Written Word - Supporting Families and Professionals Providing Dementia Care

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio gives voice to all, sharing resources, tools, and products.   Through collaboration & education we are changing dementia care.

Health & Fitness

Heartfelt Engagement: Addressing Loneliness and Dementia
Lori La Bey talks with the co-founders of Memory Keepers. Cheryl Kinney is a licensed clinical social worker, certified life coach, teacher, and therapist with over 35 years of experience working with older adults and caregivers, including 24 years at the Alzheimer’s Association. 
Britt Lueken’s passion for working with older adults started when she began caring for her grandmother with Alzheimer’s. She is a licensed social worker, former Montessori teacher, executive non-profit leader, and entrepreneur.  
Learn:

What is Psychotherapy and what are your beliefs around it?
Do you hold or recognize stigma regarding your mental health or those you care for?
How to reduce or remove isolation and loneliness.
What situations trigger an emotional loss for you and those you care for?
Definition of cognitive stimulation.
What does meaningful engagement mean? How does it differ from daily activities?
Examples of social prescribing and the benefits of it.

Watch the Video Interview Below
https://youtu.be/XEYJrwxSNps
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heartfelt-engagement-addressing-loneliness-and-dementia/id986940432?i=1000655794514
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xnslsDL0QKi0pvdcr0i46
Other Podcasts
https://pod.link/986940432
 
Contact Memory Keepers
Email   info@MemoryKeepers.org
Website  https://memorykeepers.org/
LinkedIn   https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanylueken/
Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/memorykeepersllc
Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/memorykeepersllc/
YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/@memorykeepers2984
 
Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/
Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network. Support this Show: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/donate-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heartfelt Engagement: Addressing Loneliness and Dementia

Tips on Connections and Living in Moment From Those Living with Dementia
Today, Craig Hanke, Ginger Smith, Cate Lau Booth, Truthful Loving Kindness, and Wally Cox talk with Dementia Chats host Lori La Bey giving tips on how to live in the moment and build solid connections with people. I think you will find their insights very interesting and hopeful.
Learn More About 
Dementia Chats™ Educational Panel 
Videos Raising Voices of Those Living with Dementia
https://alzheimersspeaks.com/dementia-chats-educational-videos/
Would You Like To Be Part Of The Dementia Chats™ Video Panel?
Dementia Chats™ was created in 2012, with the intention to educate people living with dementia, and their care partners including family, friends, professionals, and advocates.
Dementia Chats™ positions our panelists to be the true experts.  They are those diagnosed with some form of dementia.  Our panelist vary from video to video depending on their personal schedules. New voices are always welcome to join us.
Lori La Bey, the founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates Dementia Chats.  She learned how essential it was to listen to those diagnosed. Her own mother lived 30 years with dementia. Lori found people living with dementia had great insights and creative ideas for care.  They show us how to be inclusive in new ways.
Being a spokesperson for themselves and others living with dementia positions them as advocates, and many say it gives them a new sense of purpose and pride which allows them to continue to live a dignified and purpose-filled life.
We Meet The 4th Tuesday of Each Month We Gather To Pick A Topic: 
10:30am ET, 9:30am CT, 8:30am MT, 7:30am PT, 3:30pm London,
4:30pm SAST South Africa, and on the following day at 12:30pm AEST Australia
We Start Recording Starts At: 
11am ET, 10am CT, 9am MT, 8am PT, 4pm London
5:00pm SAST South Africa, and on the following day at 1:00pm AEST Australia
Learn More About Dementia Chats Here:
https://alzheimersspeaks.com/dementia-chats-educational-videos/  
Are You Interested In Joining The Dementia Chats™ Panel?
Contact Lori La Bey at dementiachats@alzheimersspeaks.com Support this Show: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/donate-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tips on Connections and Living in Moment From Those Living with Dementia

#Incontinence #Sound #Sleep 
Lori La Bey talks with Deanna Vigliotta the National Sales Manager for Seni, Dr. Laird the CMO of My Memory Clinic, and Jeff McSpadden the co-founder and CEO at Composure.
Deanna Vigliotta has an extensive 30-year healthcare sales and sales management background. She is the National Sales Manager of Seni, a premium brand of adult incontinence products.  She and her Seni teammates are on a quest to shift the mindset in the USA from adult incontinence products being viewed as disposable commodities to high-performing incontinence products being viewed as a critical component of the continuum of care.
Dr. Laird received her medical degree with honors from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1991. She completed an Internal Medicine residency and Geriatric Fellowship. 
Dr. Laird is a recognized expert in the diagnosis and care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and served for 25 years as a Medical Director for two state of Florida Memory Disorder Clinics (Health First and AdventHealth Maturing Minds).
Dr. Laird is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of My Memory Clinic, a telehealth memory specialty clinic. She is also a Principal Investigator at ClinCloud Research in Viera, Florida focusing on clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. She is a community faculty member of the Florida State University Department of Geriatrics.
Dr. Laird is a passionate advocate for the support of family caregivers and co-authored the book Take Your Oxygen First: Preserving Your Health and Happiness While Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Jeff McSpadden is co-founder and CEO at Composure, an evidence-based, digital audio company that delivers original soundscapes for senior living communities to improve sleep and drive healthy outcomes for
older adults living with dementia. As an entrepreneur, technologist, lifelong musician, and composer, Jeff has dedicated himself to sound as a vital ingredient to human thriving. Prior to launching Composure, Jeff’s 15-year career as a composer included writing and producing original music for film, television, and advertising with clients such as MGM, NBC, CBS, PBS, HBO, and AMC as well as brands ranging from Mercedes-Benz, Verizon, Progressive, Toshiba, and Ford.
Jeff’s career in music began in his hometown of Dallas, TX as a teenager playing trumpet in a range of idioms from jazz to classical to pop and world music. He moved to New York City to attend The New School for Social Research where he graduated with a Bachelor’s in the Performing Arts. Jeff continues to live in NYC where he and his wife are raising their two teenage sons.
Learn:

About Seni and Composure and what products they offer and how they can help you care better.
Find out how these two companies are collaborating to improve sleep.
What is restorative sleep?
How does incontinence can affect sleep and other areas of your health?
How does our sleep affect other factors in our lives?
Explore the importance of picking the correct incontinence product for the different times of day.
Learn how sound can become medicine.
What is a sonic environment and how can it affect your sleep?
The difference between nice to have and need to have.
Combining education with preventive methods can impact on our sleep outcomes for the better.
What is a sound blanket?
What’s the difference between pink and white noise?

 
Watch the Video Interview Below
https://youtu.be/fKZhV_CMlC4
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-2-of-what-does-incontinence-sound-and-sleep-have/id986940432?i=1000655044180
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3
Other Podcasts
https://pod.link/986940432
 
Contact TZMO USA, Inc. (Seni Brand)
Deanna Vigliotta, National Sales Manager
Website: https://seni-usa.com/en_US  
Email: deanna.vigliotta@tzmousa.com 
Phone:  470-377-4942
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tzmo-usa-inc 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeniCares, 
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SeniUSACares 
 
Contact My Memory Clinic - Dr Laird
Website  https://www.mymemoryclinic.org/ 
Twitter  https://twitter.com/clinic_memory 
FaceBook  @My Memory Clinic 
LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/company/my-memory-clinic/
#MyMemoryClinic, #ClinCloud
 
Contact Composure Inc.
Jeff McSpadden, Co-founder & CEO
Website  https://www.composure.care/ 
Email jeff@composure.care 
Composure LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/composure-inc
Jeff’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-mcspadden/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/composureinc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/composure_inc
 
Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/
Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network. Support this Show: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/donate-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PART 2 of What Does Incontinence, Sound, and Sleep Have In Common?

EngagedSenior by MemoryCo: A Personalized-Content Engagement Platform
Lori La Bey talks with Carolyn and Ali Aslan, PhD, both had family members who struggled with Alzheimer's Disease and witnessed the emotional and financial strain it brought to their families.
Their mission with MemoryCo is to improve seniors’ lives through meaningful and engaging entertainment with an added focus on cognitive well-being and memory support.
Ali holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Dartmouth College and has completed his postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA working on a DARPA project developing an implantable memory prosthetic device that uses deep brain stimulation to improve memory. Carolyn's professional background is in finance and business where she has years of experience working with seniors in various settings.
Learn:

How can we reduce isolation and loneliness?
What is meaningful engagement?
What is meaningful entertainment?
What are the benefits of social engagement?
Can offerings be personalized?
How is EngagedSenior by MemoryCo different from other cognitive engagement programs?
How can EngagedSenior enhance Senior Living Communities?

 
Watch the Video Interview Below
https://youtu.be/rdKHfUyp-vQ 
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alzheimers-speaks/id986940432
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3 
Other Podcasts
https://pod.link/986940432
 
Contact MemoryCo
Website  https://memoryco.org
Phone   323-486-3626
Email Ali - ali@memoryco.org 
Email Carolyn - carolyn@memoryco.org
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/memoryco1  
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/memoryco

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/memoryco_org/
 
Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/
Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network. Support this Show: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/donate-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EngagedSenior by MemoryCo: A Personalized-Content Engagement Platform

Dementia, Mutts, and Music
What It's Really Like When Your Husband Has Alzheimer's Disease
Lori La Bey talks with Sue Fagalde Lick the author of No Way Out of This: Loving a Partner with Alzheimer's. This is not the kind of Alzheimer’s memoir where you read about a noble, self-sacrificing wife who gives up everything to take care of her husband. Nobody’s that good. Certainly, Sue says she isn’t. 
Learn:
Why it's tough to get an actual diagnosis.
Second marriages and how that can affect things.
How sexual relationships can change.
Therapy is not a bad word!
Dealing with tough decisions.
End-of-Life Planning.
Dynamics of long-distance family members.
Recognizing and dealing with your own anxiety and depression.
How several moves for a person living with dementia can be difficult.
 
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alzheimers-speaks/id986940432
Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3 
Other Podcasts
https://pod.link/986940432
Blog Post
https://alzheimersspeaks.com/blog/
Dementia Map
https://www.dementiamap.com/events/#!calendar 
 
Contact Information for Sue Fagalde Lick
Website: https://www.suelick.com
Substack: https://suelick.substack.com 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suelick
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suefagaldelick
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/suelick
 
Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/
Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network. Support this Show: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/donate-now/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Written Word - Supporting Families and Professionals Providing Dementia Care

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