A family member contacts Amy to find out how they should approach decisions that have already been made, but forgotten, by their loved one living with dementia.  They are having outbursts of anger and feeling excluded and the family wants some ideas on how to Think Dementia.

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast and currently does not have sponsors to pay her for her time. 

 
Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one time or monthly donation at  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170330/supporters/new 

Rate us on Google Businesses: https://g.page/r/Cdomom9qFlC6EAI/review 

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

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Did you know that dementia can affect someone's vision?  Even if their eyes seem okay, someone living with dementia may experience vision changes that lead to confusion, isolation, and challenges with cares.  Over a decade ago, Teepa Snow trained Amy House in how dementia changes the brain and this information was a game changer in how Amy communicates and solves challenges with people living with dementia.  Amy gives some examples of what she has seen over the years.

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast and currently does not have sponsors to pay her for her time. 

 
Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one time or monthly donation at  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170330/supporters/new 

Rate us on Google Businesses: https://g.page/r/Cdomom9qFlC6EAI/review 

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

www.teepasnow.com

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Amy talks about how to set someone living with dementia up for success who may be struggling with the ability to self-start.

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast and currently does not have sponsors to pay her for her time. 

 
Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one time or monthly donation at  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170330/supporters/new 

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

www.teepasnow.com

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Someone is having a delusion, or maybe it is confusion?  How can a care partner “go with the flow” when something isn’t true or the person is traveling into the past?  Amy gives you some simple tips on how to respond to these situations. 

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast and currently does not have sponsors to pay her for her time. 

 
Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one time or monthly donation at  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170330/supporters/new 

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

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Amy talks about why someone may be having some challenges with evening bathroom cares and some ideas to try.  Amy also shares thoughts about how traumatic caregiving can be when your loved one is distressed or not themselves.  It is hard to forget those moments even years after caregiving. 

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast and currently does not have sponsors to pay her for her time. 

 
Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one time or monthly donation at  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170330/supporters/new 

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

https://leighherrick.com/dementia-notes-for-caregivers/blog/7532958/post-traumatic-caregiving 

www.teepasnow.com 

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A guest at a health fair asks Amy if there is more dementia in the world today compared to years ago and Amy has some fascinating information to share. 

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast on her own, in her free time, to help others. 

 
Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one time or monthly donation at  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170330/supporters/new 

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

https://www.alzint.org/about/dementia-facts-figures/dementia-statistics/#:~:text=Numbers%20of%20people%20with%20dementia,will%20be%20in%20developing%20countries. 

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/dementia-incidence-declined-every-decade-for-past-thirty-years/ 

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures 

https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/worldwide-dementia-cases-to-triple-by-2050-to-over-150-million/#:~:text=Population%20growth%20and%20ageing%20fuelling,a%20reduction%20of%206.2%20million. 

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Learn to Think Dementia and what is happening in a stage of the disease where someone likes to take objects even when they do not belong to them. A listener asks if a Memory Care can require the family to provide supervision during awake hours for their friend living with dementia that is taking things out of other resident’s rooms.  Amy lends her experience as a former Director of Memory Care and explains Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care Senior Gem’s and the “Amber” stage and why someone may be taking items and moving them around the Memory Care. 

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast on her own, in her free time, to help others. 

 
Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one time or monthly donation at  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170330/supporters/new 

 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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

www.teepasnow.com 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/kleptomania/symptoms-causes/syc-20364732 

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Amy House provides information on types of dementia that are genetic, what the APOE4 carrier gene is about and what you can and cannot modify in your life that increases your risk for developing dementia. 

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast on her own, in her free time, to help others.
To support the Think Dementia podcast go to www.buymeacoffee.com/ThinkDementia  

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

University of MN Caregiving for People with Memory Loss Conference 2025 recording of Dr. Cai https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fd_QdbGK2HkTglppJUTYhtQwDBGBQB22 

Handouts: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JMPvP2_F7aZVPdYQCBWb8DXNRudPur2k 

Ohio State University: www.wexnermedical.osu.edu 

Cleveland Clinic: www.healthybrains.org 

The Aging Brain- Roy D. Steinberg, PhD 

Geriatric Psychologist www.caregivingforcaregivers.com 

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Weekly 

www.alzheimersweekly.com 

Pacific Neurology Center 

www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org 

www.teepasnow.com 

Harvard Medical School www.health.harvard.edu 

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Amy has a question about Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and a person's prognosis.   This timely questions sheds light on a cause of dementia that can be reversible and has recently been in the headlines as Billy Joel, musician, releases that he has been receiving treatment for NPH. 

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast on her own, in her free time, to help others.
To support the Think Dementia podcast go to www.buymeacoffee.com/ThinkDementia  

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15849-normal-pressure-hydrocephalus-nph 

https://www.pacehospital.com/hydrocephalus-causes-types-symptoms-treatment-complications 

https://knowmedge.com/blog/medical-mnemonics-normal-pressure-hydrocephalus/ 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4168357/ 

https://www.hydroassoc.org/nph-and-comorbidities/ 

https://neupsykey.com/motor-system/ 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17290183/ 

https://www.today.com/health/disease/normal-pressure-hydrocephalus-symptoms-billy-joel-rcna208787 

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In this episode, Amy answers a question from a listener about if she really needs to take her grandmother to specialty appointments if she isn't going to participate and this leads to a discussion about considering why you are going to all these appointments as a busy caregiver and how it might be easier to do things differently.

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.  

Amy House records and produces 100% of this podcast on her own, in her free time, to help others.
To support the Think Dementia podcast go to www.buymeacoffee.com/ThinkDementia  

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. 

www.think-dementia.com 

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