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In this episode Amy discusses ways to encourage someone to take their medications when they do not want to.  

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/are-too-many-meds-given-end-stage-dementia-patients

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In this episode a caregiver asks if a feeding tube has improved someone living with dementia’s life for the better. 

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

www,teepasnow.com 

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In this Afterthoughts with Amy episode, Amy goes into more details about how to connect through the joy of talking about the past and gives tips on what questions to ask and recommendations of books and games to encourage this. 

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

Books: 

The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros (Author), Dana Wulfekotte (Illustrator) 

Memories of a Farm by Richard Hardwick Addy 

Games 

Reminiscing by TDC Games 

LifeStories by Family Narrative Distributions, Inc. 

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In this episode an anonymous listener asks if dementia only affects the elderly.  Amy discusses types of dementia that happen in early life including dementia that affects children. 

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

https://www.childhooddementia.org/what-is-childhood-dementia 

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/types-dementia/young-onset-dementia 

https://www.dementia.org.au/about-dementia/younger-onset-dementia 

https://www.bcbs.com/the-health-of-america/reports/early-onset-dementia-alzheimers-disease-affecting-younger-american-adults 

www.alz.org 

www.ftda.org 

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In this episode a woman at a conference asks Amy why her mother-in-law enjoys telling old stories.  

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

www.teepasnow.com

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Afterthoughts with Amy is an episode where Amy shares additional information, ideas, comments or questions in relation to the episode earlier in the week.  This Afterthoughts episode is about The Power of a Dementia Support Group.

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

www.think-dementia/com/videos 

https://teepasnow.com/blog/caregiver-vs-care-partner-why-you-need-to-know-the-difference/ 

https://alzfdn.org/  

https://www.cityofroseville.com/DocumentCenter/View/36930/062024-Dementia-Support-Groups-and-Services 

https://www.cityofroseville.com/2721/Alzheimers-Dementia 

www.alz.org 

www.lbda.org 

www.ftda.org 

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This episode is a podcast version of a presentation by Amy House, Paula Rice Biever and Liegh Herrick on the Power of a Dementia Support Group. 

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

www.think-dementia/com/videos 

https://teepasnow.com/blog/caregiver-vs-care-partner-why-you-need-to-know-the-difference/ 

https://alzfdn.org/  

https://www.cityofroseville.com/DocumentCenter/View/36930/062024-Dementia-Support-Groups-and-Services 

https://www.cityofroseville.com/2721/Alzheimers-Dementia 

www.alz.org 

www.lbda.org 

www.ftda.org 

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In this “Afterthoughts with Amy” episode, Amy explores more possible emergencies and planning to consider when caring for someone living with dementia that were the center of of the Possible Dementia Related Emergencies episode.

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

https://projectlifesaver.org/ 

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In this episode a listener is concerned that some things have gotten out of hand at home and they didn’t recognize it was an emergency.  Amy reviews some possible situations that can happen with someone living with dementia and when to get emergency medical services involved. 

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/delirium 

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Think Dementia episodes of Afterthoughts with Amy are follow up mini-episodes to previously released ones.  This is a follow up to the Keeping Things at a Simmer episode #29 with additional information or comments and feedback from listeners.  It is recommended that you listen to episode 29 first and then this episode.

 
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 the Executive Director of Reflections (dementia care) for SilverCrest Properties. 

www.teepasnow.com 

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