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In this Afterthoughts with Amy  episode there is a further discussions about brain health equity in brain donation and Amy covers some myths out there about brain donation.

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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

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

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.tembo.health 

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/research_progress/brain-donation#:~:text=Anyone%20over%20age%2018%20can,all%20ages%20with%20healthy%20brains. 

https://www.ncoa.org/article/how-brain-donation-can-help-scientists-understand-mental-illness-dementia-and-more/ 

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/ucla-health-researcher-says-brain-health-equity-requires 

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/research_progress/brain-donation 

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/brain-donation/brain-donation-gift-future-generations 

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/clinical-trials-and-studies/find-alzheimers-disease-research-center 

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In this episode, Amy gives listeners information on brain donation and how it works. 

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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

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

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.tembo.health 

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/research_progress/brain-donation 

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/brain-donation/brain-donation-gift-future-generations 

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/clinical-trials-and-studies/find-alzheimers-disease-research-center 

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In this Bonus Episode, Amy talks about a presentation she saw with Lori La Bey, a Twin Cities dementia advocate and educator about denial.  This was timely as the episode where a listener asked how to deal with spouse who is in denial was a week before Amy House saw Lori present, providing further insight into why someone might be in denial. 

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. 

Recording of Lori La Bey's presentation at Roseville City Hall in MN:

https://ninenorth.org/videos/dementia-caring-coping-9-10-24/ 

 Dementia Map

www.dementiamap.com 

 Alzheimer's Speaks Podcast

www.alzheimersspeaks.com 

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In this episode a listener asks how to handle a situation where the spouse is in denial that his wife has signs of dementia.   Amy met this listener at the Caregiving for People with Memory Loss conference in 2024 who has in-laws in their 80s.

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. 

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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 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy which is a movement disorder in the FTD family. 

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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

Rate us on Google Businesses: Think Dementia St. Paul MN on Google 

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

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. 

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration 

www.theaftd.org 

The Mayo Clinic 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/progressive-supranuclear-palsy/symptoms-causes/syc-20355659 

University of California San Fransisco 

https://memory.ucsf.edu/dementia/progressive-supranuclear-palsy 

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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 Corticobasal Syndrome, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the muscles, looks similar to Parkinson’s disease but is in the FTD family. 

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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

Rate us on Google Businesses: Think Dementia St. Paul MN on Google 

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

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. 

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration 

www.theaftd.org 

The Mayo Clinic 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/corticobasal-degeneration/symptoms-causes/syc-20354767 

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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 ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the muscles, but a small percentage of those with ALS also have FTD.   

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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

Rate us on Google Businesses: Think Dementia St. Paul MN on Google 

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

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. 

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration 

www.theaftd.org 

The Mayo Clinic 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354022 

ALS Association 

https://www.als.org/blog/what-ftd-and-how-it-connected-als 

ALS Therapy Development Institute 

https://www.als.net/news/frontotemporal-dementia-vs-als/ 

MLB.com and YouTube Gehrig delivers his famous speech at Yankee Stadium 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLKPaThYkE 

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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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

Rate us on Google Businesses: Think Dementia St. Paul MN on Google 

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

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 

/static/5c58f031ca525b5425959a77/t/5c663cfcfa0d600c4f412f0f/1550204183276/ftd-toolkit-1-what-is-ftd.pdf 

 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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For National FTD Awareness Week Amy provides education and awareness on Frontotemporal Degeneration- the 4th leading cause of dementia.  Each week Amy is covering a different type and variant of FTD.  In this episode she talks about one of the types that starts with problems with understanding and producing language, the Semantic Variant or svFTD. 

 
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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

Rate us on Google Businesses: Think Dementia St. Paul MN on Google 

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

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. 

National Institute of Health 

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

Australian Government handout "What is FTD?"   

/static/5c58f031ca525b5425959a77/t/5c663cfcfa0d600c4f412f0f/1550204183276/ftd-toolkit-1-what-is-ftd.pdf 

NIH, National Library of Medicine 

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

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443960/ 

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

Cleveland Clinic 

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

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

Science Direct 

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

Signs of lacking empathy- Live Bold and Bloom 

https://liveboldandbloom.com/11/emotional-abuse/lacking-empathy-signs 

The Association for Frontaltemporal Degeneration 

www.theaftd.org 

The Mayo Clinic- Dr. Howie Rosen 

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For National FTD Awareness Week Amy provides education and awareness on Frontotemporal Degeneration- the 4th leading cause of 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.  

Please consider supporting the Think Dementia podcast with a one-time or monthly donation at  Buzzsprout Support Link Buzzsprout is the official podcast platform for Think Demenita and Amy pays to use this platform and distribute the podcast.   

Rate us on Google Businesses: Think Dementia St. Paul MN on Google 

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

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. 

National Institute of Health 

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

Australian Government handout "What is FTD?"   

/static/5c58f031ca525b5425959a77/t/5c663cfcfa0d600c4f412f0f/1550204183276/ftd-toolkit-1-what-is-ftd.pdf 

NIH, National Library of Medicine 

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

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443960/ 

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

Cleveland Clinic 

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

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

Science Direct 

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

Signs of lacking empathy- Live Bold and Bloom 

https://liveboldandbloom.com/11/emotional-abuse/lacking-empathy-signs 

The Association for Frontaltemporal Degeneration 

www.theaftd.org 

The Mayo Clinic- Dr. Howie Rosen 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/frontotemporal-dementia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354737 

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