Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Lori La Bey

The New Role of Blood Tests in Helping to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease Lori La Bey talks with Dr. Braunstein the CEO and president of C₂N Diagnostics, a specialty diagnostics company with a vision to bring Clarity Through Innovation®. The company’s Precivity™ tests are innovative new blood tests intended for use in patients with cognitive impairment. These tests aim to help healthcare providers determine the presence or absence of amyloid plaques in the brain, a hallmark sign of Alzheimer’s disease, and aid in medical management and treatment decisions. Learn: What is C2N Diagnostics working on? What are the 3 types of Precivity tests? How fast do the blood tests get turned around for results?  Are all Precivity tests needed? Is genetic counseling set up as support for those taking the APOE tests? What is the cost-effectiveness of the Precivity tests compared to other tests such as MRIs and PET Scans? Is there a financial assistance program for the Precivity tests?   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Spea

Lori La Bey talks with the team at Rakhma Homes, which are small group homes providing care to those living with dementia. Their unique model of care is worth listening to today on how and why their care model is different and what the benefits are to those they serve and their families.  Lori will be talking with Rakhma staff, family, and friends who have had a loved one live in one of their communities as well as professionals who work in the industry.   The guests are: Leif Johnson is the Executive Director of Rakhma Homes and has worked for the organization for 7 years. He is a Licensed Assisted Living Director and he is passionate about building meaningful relationships with residents, families, and staff. Jeannette Sindt is Rakhma's Lead Director of Health Services and has a been an RN for 40 years. She is passionate about empowering residents/patients to make informed decisions about their health care decisions.  Kelly Conrad has worked in senior services for ten years doing social work, operations, co

Lori La Bey talks with Frank Amato, CEO and President, SYNAPS Dx, which offers DISCERN™, the first highly accurate, minimally invasive test supporting a clinician’s definitive diagnosis of AD versus other forms of dementia, even in people recently diagnosed with dementia. DISCERN is commercialized under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and is reimbursed by Medicare. Learn: What is SYNAPS Dx, working on? What is Discern. How often should a person who is diagnosed with dementia, be reassessed? If Doctors know what support is available to families living with dementia. What is the fingers Study? How we can get services, products, and tools to doctors to pass along to families? Is the Discern test covered by insurance?   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   Contact SYNAPS Dx Website  https://w

Trualta: Healthcare Training and Support for Family Caregivers Lori La Bey talks with Jonathan Davis the founder and CEO of Trualta the leading online training and support platform for family caregivers. Trualta offers self-paced training, live classes, and virtual support groups to thousands of family caregivers so that they are more confident and less stressed. It is currently available for free to caregivers in 32 states through partnerships with the government, Medicaid & Medicare plans, and large health systems. Learn: The types of free educational programs offered to family caregivers from Trualta. How these programs work and how they can help you. Find out about their support groups. How Trualta can offer free educational programs. Where to check to see if free educational programs are available to you.   Watch the Video Interview Below   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alzheimers-speaks/id986940432   Listen and Subscribe to Alzhei

Me Time Monday – How Caregivers Can Find Balance and Joy Lori La Bey talks with Sherri Snelling who is a corporate gerontologist, “Authorpreneur” and founder/CEO of Caregiving Club.  Her company is a strategic consulting and educational content creation firm that specializes in caregiver wellness, well-home design, and brain health/Alzheimer’s. Sherri is the host of the podcast, “Caregiving Club On Air,” and author of her new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life which launched in August 2023.  Her other book, A Cast of Caregivers – Celebrity Stories to Help You Prepare to Care, has been a favorite amongst care partners. Learn: About Sherri’s new book Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life. How busy Care Partners can find time to take care of themselves. About the 7 elements of life that are essential for a balanced life. What Emotional frequencies are. Understanding the importance of multi-sensory interaction and co

Wine, Women, and Dementia: The Documentary Lori La Bey talks with the cast and crew of the documentary: Wine, Women, and Dementia which highlights caring journeys throughout the country. You Will Learn: Why people felt it was important to share their stories and how it helped them as well. To use humor as a coping mechanism. Why some people are compelled to step into the dementia arena after their personal journeys. The power of online relationships. How to find support and healing through sharing. Why collaborations are so important to improve care. When and how you can screen the film.   Watch the Video Interview Below https://youtu.be/cYtIVEcrNVE Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wine-women-and-dementia-the-documentary/id986940432?i=1000633401106 Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pJyKtrKep4dErd2upHsxW   Here is a bit about everyone we will be talking with today. Kitty Norton is a former N

Benefits of Virtual Speech Therapy for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease Lori La Bey talks with Avivit Ben-Aharon, the Founder and Clinical Director at Great Speech, Inc., a virtual speech therapy company founded in 2014. She is recognized as a trailblazer for nationwide virtual access to speech therapy, allowing anyone who is committed to improving their communication to receive expert services, regardless of location or scheduling limitations with her work featured on Forbes, Good Morning America, US News, and World Report, Miami Herald and more. Avivit holds an undergraduate and a Master of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from The City University of New York and a Master of Science degree in Special Education and Teaching from Hunter College. Learn: What is Speech Therapy? How Speech Therapy can help people living with a form of dementia. If virtual therapy really works. What is the advantage of flexible hours for appointments? What are the benefits for those living with dementia? What are the

Social Media ACTIVITY BOXES AND SPECIALTY ITEMS FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS FOR EVERY LOCATION AND OCCASION Lori La Bey talks with Mary Anne Roberto and Debbie Axel, the co-founders of Always Home Connected. Mary Anne Roberto is a dedicated CNA and a Certified Positive Approach To Care Consultant (Teepa Snow), specializing in dementia care. Her goal is to create awareness about those experiencing cognitive changes and to provide caregivers with resources and tools that are necessary to help alleviate some of the challenges caregivers face on a day-to-day basis. Debbie Axel is an attorney and practices in California. Her goal is to help give more tools and resources to caregivers who are caring for people with cognitive decline.   Learn: Who benefits from the activity kits and products? How do kits and products support family and professional care partners? What is a travel kit? About grandchild boxes. About different types of individual products for various levels of needs   Watch the Video Interview on YouTube h

Lori La Bey talks with Dayna Steele’s with us and we are going to discuss The Woman in the Mirror podcast and play are adaptations of Dayna's best-selling book, “Surviving Alzheimer’s With Friends, Facebook and a Really Big Glass of Wine.” Dayna candidly chronicled her mother’s journey with Alzheimer’s on social media with unfiltered observations and dark humor. Her refreshing honesty is laced with biting humor, which stands testament to a caregiver’s personal strength and resiliency in the face of extraordinary and unexpected circumstances. The play has had a successful premiere run in Houston and several readings around the USA. She is working on a 6-episode audio drama podcast which is coming soon. Learn: To be authentic Leveraging humor as a strategy to care Dealing with the range of emotions Finding yourself after a loss Telling Stories to teach   Watch the Video Interview  https://youtu.be/jOfyGg_Cq8Y Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alz

Lori La Bey welcomes back Sharon L. Rogers, the CEO of AmyriAD Therapeutics. Sharon was previously chief of research at Eisai, where she played a leading role in developing Aricept, the top-selling Alzheimer's medication on the market. Learn: Who is really funding early-stage trials? What is the difference between Pharma and Social Therapies? Do we know how many forms of dementia there are? What does having a complex dementia mean? Does a change in diagnosis affect a clinical trial? About the Domino’s Study. Will there be a silver bullet medication for dementia in the near future?   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    Contact AmyriAD Therapeutics Website      https://amyriadtherapeutics.com/ LinkedIn      https://www.linkedin.com/company/amyriad-therapeutics/ Twitter        https://twitter.com/AmyriAD_Tx

Lori La Bey talks with Teresa Thompson, a speech-language pathologist and Senior Clinical Educator for Lingraphica. She has experience working with adults with a variety of diagnoses in acute care, outpatient, skilled nursing, and home health settings. Learn: What is a Speech and Language Pathologist and how can they help someone living with dementia? What types of supportive aids does Lingraphica offer? Can these tools help with daily living skills as well as social connections? How are these devices paid for? Are there free resources that are available? Are there support groups for those having difficulty communicating?   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    Contact Lingraphica   Website: www.lingraphica.com @Lingraphica     on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Phone: 888-274-2742   Contact Lori La B

Working With Pendulums For Clarity, Wisdom and Guidance Lori La Bey talks with the founders of Heart Centric Divine Creations Lana Gendlin Brooks and Karina Muller who are both certified life coaches.  Lana is also a Creative Wellness advocate, who empowers her clients to discover their innate creativity and shift by tapping into their creative flow. She teaches people how to achieve a state that allows them to envision different possibilities that life has to offer and step into a life of fulfillment, whether navigating through challenging times, facing career issues, and relationship concerns, or finding peace and balance. Karina helps her clients change their lives by stepping into their power to live with joy, meaning, and fulfillment. She helps people develop goals and action steps to enhance their lives. Karina helps her clients achieve and sustain their identified change.  Learn: What is a Life Coach? What is a Pendulum? How and why would one use a pendulum? How and why should someone calibrate their

Dementia Caregiving: Showing Love when it's Most Difficult Lori La Bey talks with Carolyn Birrell a daughter who relocated her aging mother to be near her and spent the next eight years caring for her while learning “all things dementia.” She began writing initially to help her make sense of her mother’s early stages of dementia and the terrifying behaviors that came with it. It didn’t take her long to realize she was writing the very book she’d been searching for – the one that not only tells one woman’s story of traveling down her mother’s path into dementia from its beginning to its inevitable end but also helps others who are struggling to keep pace with their own loved one and desperately needing help. The book is called “Walking with Fay” and can be found on Amazon Learn: What denial looks and feels like to a care partner. Ho scheduled calls can help you to stay connected. About crisis – What does it look like and feel like when it hits? How do people choose to live together or not. About White Lies an

What You Should Know as an Alzheimer's Caregiver  Lori La Bey talks with Former Wisconsin Governor Marty Schreiber who was a guest on the show back in August of 2017.  He continues the most important campaign of his life as he shares the challenges of being an Alzheimer’s advocate and caregiver. Like many thrown into the heartbreaking world of dementia, he knew very little about the disease as he cared for his wife, Elaine whom he was married to for more than 60 years. Learn: How is the grieving process different when dealing with a loved one who has dementia? What is the effect of friends and family walking away? What are therapeutic lies, how do they work, and why? What Marty wishes he would have known earlier on in the process.   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   Contact Governor Schreiber Website     

Lori La Bey talks with care partner and author Donna Olivia Maye-Barnes. She is a retired educator who now cares for her mother diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.  Donna is also the Author of Grateful for Grace: Reflections on Caring for Mom, and a Liturgical dancer, wife, and mother. She also is the facilitator for Let's Talk: Caregiving from the HeART which is a monthly support group. Learn: About HeART Care. The Importance of Awareness. What does the Caregiver Corner offer families? What is the Grateful for Grace Series? About the need for selfcare.   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   Contact Donna Olivia Maye-Barnes Facebook     Caregiver's Corner-Grateful for Grace Series https://www.facebook.com/OliviaCares4You Email     DonnaMayMaye@Gmail.com   Purchase Grateful for Grace: Reflections on Caring fo

Plan for Future Needs Now and Reduce Your Stress! Lori La Bey talks with Jennifer Prell, the president and founder of Elderwerks Educational Services, a not-for-profit organization providing senior living coordination, advocacy, and education.   Learn: What should you do if you notice a decline in yourself, a family member, or a friend?  What kinds of resources are available to families? Is a holistic approach to care important and if so why? What types of questions should be asked when hiring professional services? How can families build a strong caring team?   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   Contact ElderwerksPHONE  855-462-0100WEBSITE  www.Elderwerks.org FACEBOOK  @elderwerks LINKEDIN  @elderwerks X (TWITTER)  @elderwerks&src=typd   Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://

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.   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   Contact AlzAuthors Website 

A Wife Shares Her Journey Caring For Her Husband Through End-Stages of Dementia Lori La Bey talks with author Veronika Zyss began writing after her husband's death. At first, it was to make sense of her feelings. The book turned out to be very cathartic for her. Expressing her feelings, and coming to terms with them, she thought she might help others. Learn how this book is different from most books written about the dementia journey and find out how it can support you on your own journey with dementia.   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   Contact Veronika Zyss Email:  veronika@rogers.com      Book:  DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: A JOURNEY THROUGH END STAGE DEMENTIA 2021 edition by Veronika Zyss    https://www.amazon.com/DOWN-RABBIT-HOLE-Journey-Dementia/dp/1790450896          Contact Lori La Bey with questions or

Lori La Bey talks with the Gentle Passage Doula Collective. Today, we hear from Bonnie Blachly, Kathy Bates, Kathleen Putnam, and Colleen Hewes. Each is an End-of-Life Doula providing exceptional service to families dealing with the loss of a loved one. Below is a bit about each of our guests. Bonnie Blachly is a Registered Nurse and End-of-Life Doula with 40+ years of experience in long-term care, home health, and nursing education. She developed a Partners-in-Care interdisciplinary team model to support residents with dementia and their families to navigate the healthcare and social systems as their disease progresses and their needs change.   Kathy Bates is a Social Worker, Geriatric Mental Health Specialist, End-of-Life Doula, and Educator with more than 35 years of experience working with those with Dementia and their loved ones in a variety of settings.  She guides and supports those facing life-threatening illnesses, and terminal diagnoses including Dementia emotionally, spiritually, and psychologicall

The HOPE Study – Approaching Dementia Treatment Differently Lori La Bey talks with Ralph Kern, M.D., who is Chief Medical Officer at Cognito Therapeutics, a company developing a disease-modifying at-home therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease. He has over 17 years of biotech experience including senior medical roles at Genzyme, Novartis, and Biogen. Learn: About brain changes Lifestyle factors and genetics If early diagnosis helps At home treatment Light, sound, sensory stimulation Biophysical changes Decreased clinic visits HOPE Study    Watch the Video Interview Below https://youtu.be/dRY6PWEvZds   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   Contact Cognito Therapeutics Inc.  LinkedIn for Cognito Therapeutics - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognito-therapeutics-inc./ Twitter for Cognito Therapeutics - @cognitotx Lin