Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Lori La Bey

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

Danniel Fuchs A Passionate Multi-Generational Advocate Lori La Bey talks with Danniel Fuchs who embarked on an unexpected journey of multi-generational living, and how he faced challenges ranging from thefts and fires to personal family struggles. Yet, these adversities only deepened his conviction in the importance of familial bonds, leading him to champion the cause of multi-generational homes, both as a seasoned construction professional and as a devoted family man.  Learn: What Multi-Generational Living is The benefits of caring for one another Increasing compassion and decreasing isolation The benefits of living together aren’t always obvious Adding meaning and purpose to lives Multi-Generational Living vs. Memory Care Key elements to developing a Multi-Generational home Key elements to living in a Multi-Generational home   Amazing Quotes from Danniel Fuchs "A dysfunctional family is living with more than one person." "Judgement is the poison of a family."   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks o

Part D Might Be the MOST Important Part of Medicare  To Toni King, the CORNERSTONE of Medicare planning is discussing Medicare Part D. In this Medicare Moments BONUS episode, Toni discusses why it’s so important to search for what is the most cost-effective Part D plan that covers all of your prescriptions. Did you know that if a prescription is not covered, whether generic or brand-name, then you will have to pay 100% out of pocket? Learn more by listening to the episode now!   Subscribe to Medicare Moments: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/44MoguG Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7c82BS4hb145GiVYfnIRso Discover more great episodes of Medicare Moments:  Treat Medicare Part B like GOLD: https://apple.co/3OYO1kW / https://sptfy.com/OSqs Big Mistake Enrolling in a Medicare Advantage Plan: https://apple.co/47h9cGX / https://sptfy.com/OSqo How to Appeal a Medicare Claim: https://apple.co/3Rfj4M9 The New Turning 65 Enrollment Rule: https://apple.co/46hV5QL   Visit Toni’s Website: https://tonisays.com/Support

CerebralFit - An Evidence-Based Approach to Brain Health Lori La Bey talks with Guy Odishaw, who is a Healthcare Entrepreneur and a Bioelectric Medicine Practitioner.  He is the Co-founder of Bhakti Wellness Center – which offers Neuroimaging and neuromodulation. It is one of the largest, most diverse, integrative medicine clinics in the country. Guy is the Co-founder of the first integrative student health clinics in the country at the University of Minnesota, along with being the Co-founder of the Minnesota Bredesen Clinic – Dementia Prevention & Treatment Co-founder of CerebralFit Brain Training, a Nutraceutical, Electroceutical, company. Guys has 30 years of clinical experience specializing in treatment-resistant chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, and psycho-emotional trauma which informs his approach to brain health. In addition, Guy has 20+ years as a meditation instructor and facilitator of courses on personal growth helping him understand how to support clients through the changes arising from

Let's Learn How the Immune System Could Hold the Key to Treating Alzheimer's  Lori La Bey talks with Tommaso Croese, MD who is a neurologist studying the interface between immune cells and neurological disorders. He currently serves as the Medical Director at ImmunoBrain Checkpoint. Learn: Why researching the immune system is so important. The difference between Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Basic science and clinical trials Personalizing treatments when it comes to dementia. Inflammation vs. shrinkage in the brain. Biomarkers in the blood and brain. Assuring safety in clinical trials.   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 ImmunoBrain Checkpoint LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/company/immunobrain-checkpoint/ Website  https://immunobrain.com/   Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding

Helping Families Create Safe Bathrooms For Their Loved Ones Lori La Bey talks with Maria Lindbergh, an occupational therapist who helps people make beautiful and safe bathrooms through her business Toilet Talk. She provides candid toileting tips and bathroom solutions for you to live at home for a lifetime. Also joining us is Becky Wright an expert in bathroom safety products and Division Manager at Ponte Giulio, USA in Wisconsin.  Becky is a Certified Aging In Place Specialist (CAPS) and a trusted industry expert who works with home modification professionals, designers, contractors, and Occupational Therapists (OTs) from all over the country. Learn: The number one place where people fall. What are the top three things you can do to reduce falls? The benefits of grab bars and how they can increase safety and reduce falls. The best colors for grab bars and for what reasons, if you have someone living with dementia. The benefits of using coated grab bars. About shower seats and the variety of different types

5 Little Known Secrets to Making Your Home More Dementia Friendly Lori La Bey talks with Tracy Cram Perkins who is a four-time dementia caregiving survivor. She is the author of Dementia Home Care, How to Prepare Before, During, and After, and the host of the Dementia Home Care Show on USA Global TV. Learn How To Create Dementia Friendly Environments By Expanding  Your Awareness and Making Modifications: Lighting Glare Space and Contrast Color Hazardous Items – Rugs, Cords, Appliances Room Specific – Bathrooms, Kitchens Control Triggers for Sundowning, Wandering, and Anxiousness   Watch the Video Interview Below https://youtu.be/WAoeMJrooHE 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 Tracy Cram Perkins Website   tracycramperkins.com Email   tracy@tracycramperkins.com Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn   @tracycr

Are You a Family Needing Help Navigating How to Best Care For a Loved One? Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Annalee Kruger, founder of Care Right, Inc..  Annalee has helped families navigate aging, family caregiving, dementia progression, and care options for over 28 years. As a neutral third-party family meeting facilitator, she has helped families come together in care decisions and by teaching improved communication skills, helping families across the United States work as a team in their loved one’s care journey.   Learn: Common mistakes many families make when caring for a loved one. What family caregiver burnout looks like. What an Aging Plan is. Why elders need an advocate. How to be a bold Care Partner.   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 Care Right Inc. Facebook   www.facebook.com/ca

Bringing Hope and Relief to Family Caregivers  Lori La Bey talks with Rebekah Dowhy the President of the Caregiving Support Network, a ministry dedicated to giving hope and practical relief to unpaid family caregivers. Also joining us is Sarah Robb the President of the Board of Directors for the Caregiving Support Network. She knows the loneliness and pain of being a caregiver but also knows the joys of being with your loved one through the hardest times of their life. Learn: Holistic approaches to supporting caregivers. About personal caregiving experiences from teenagers. How to advocate for a person living with dementia. Different ways to support a caregiver emotionally. How your donation can support a caregiver and the impact it can have.   Watch the Video Interview Below https://youtu.be/h_iFQozbwLw   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-caregiving-support-network-bringing-hope-and/id986940432?i=1000626020537   Listen and Subscribe to Al

Our host Lori La Bey talks with Eilon Caspi who is a Gerontologist and Dementia Behavior Specialist; Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut; Founding member and board member of Elder Voice Advocates, and Author. Also joining us is Kate Goebel who is a music therapist, entrepreneur, and owner of Kate's Musical Memories and KG Freelance. Her background in a variety of healthcare settings and specialization in memory loss helped to bring to life the imagery of a grandma's memory loss through the eyes of her granddaughter. Eilon Caspi: Book Author Kate Goebel Book Designer Michelle Ignatowicz Book Illustrator   Learn: How a 10-year-old looks at dementia differently. To shift from a medical model to a social holistic model of care. How to communicate, create, and experience joy. Why trusting relationships are so important. To overcome stigmas, to relearn how to care. About Naomi Feil’s Validation Method. How this book can change lives and how we live alongside dementia.   Listen and Subscr

Taking Dementia To The Streets  Lori La Bey talks with Mary Fridley is on the faculty at the East Side Institute in NYC, co-creator and leader of The Joy of Dementia (You Gotta Be Kidding!), and leads Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice. She is the author or co-author of several articles and chapters, has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, and presented at national and international conferences on the Joy of Dementia and on the Coalition. Learn: About the Joy of Dementia What the Reimagining Dementia Coalition does. How you can get involved in the “Taking It To The Streets” How to Add your name to the petition. An Improv technique to help you care and collaborate.   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 Reimagining Dementia Website   www.reimaginingdementia.com/takingstreets

Dementia Darling – Supporting Families on Their Journeys Lori La Bey talks with Carrie Aalberts created Dementia Darling which is a social media page dedicated to supporting dementia caregivers by sharing education, resources, and community.   Learn: How Dementia Darling helps care partners. Common issues facing family caregivers. Carrie’s favorite resources for dementia caregivers. Carrie’s core dementia tip. How Eugeria is bringing comfort and engagement to those diagnosed and those who care.   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dementia-darling-supporting-families-on-their-journey/id986940432?i=1000625180991 Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3   Contact Carrie Aalberts Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/dementiadarling/ Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/dementiadarling-119453959460207 TickTok   https://www.tiktok.com/@dementiadarling?lang=en Website  https://www.demen

Creating Living Memories to Engage and Build Community Lori La Bey talks with Brian Norris who has spent his career as an international media lawyer and for the last 12 years has been a Social Entrepreneur creating and delivering reminiscence resources and services. Brian is the founder of Living Memories C.I.C., a nonprofit organization. Learn: How past memories create new moments of connection. How Memory Café’s leverage Living Moments. About the different delivery styles to enhance engagement. How to use it at home or in a community setting. Find Out how the guide can support the activity. Watch how these films bring people of all ages together. What Tea and Memories is about. Watch the Video Interview Below https://youtu.be/KNUPjyaBo9c Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3   Go to the Radio Page Below https://omny.fm/shows/alzheimer-s-speaks   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p

Raising Alzheimer's Awareness To Children Via a New Picture Book Lori La Bey talks with Alder Allensworth, MM, CHIC, RN, is a nurse and coach, and has professionally worked with people who have Alzheimer’s for over 40 years. She is a published author, presenter, and advocate for people with disabilities on local, national, and international stages. Brenda Freed, MA Mus, is a music educator/music therapist and performing singer-songwriter with several published albums of original material. As a music therapist, she published in professional journals and worked with several populations, including children and people who had Alzheimer's disease. Learn: How the Mackenzie Meets Alzheimer’s program started. What the purpose of the program is. Why Alder and Brenda feel the program is important. What the various components of the program are. How families use the program and book.   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/6e4Zd8bYl701oohsEaTV8c   Listen and Subscribe t

Today Lori La Bey, host of Alzheimer’s Speaks talks with Norma Loeb, Founder & Executive Director of the Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center.  The founder and leaders of LBDRC are former care partners of loved ones with Lewy body dementia, so they understand the experience and are here with loving support to help you through it. Although a cure would be wonderful, their vision is to foster early diagnosis and enhance the quality of life for people with Lewy Body Dementia and their care partners with an all-inclusive website, call center, and devoted care. They advocate for increased funding and research for Lewy body dementia and promote essential scientific advances and research. Learn: Why Lewy Body Dementia is so hard to diagnose. How does Lewy body Dementia differ from Alzheimer's?  Best ways to deal with behavioral issues.  What is the mission of the Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center? What is the best advice you can give to caregivers? Copy & Paste the URL Below to Go the Show Page https:/

Finding care and support resources for you and your loved ones  Our host, Lori La Bey talks with Bianca Chan, the executive director of NeuroLOGIC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing entirely free care services to Alzheimer's disease communities in NC and beyond. As a high school student running these programs, I have provided intellectual stimulation, music, and support services to Alzheimer's disease individuals and their caregivers.  Learn: What the story is behind the NeuroLOGIC Foundation. About the services the NeuroLOGIC Foundation provides. The importance of providing these services and products to families. How families can access these resources. About other resources, the NeuroLOGIC Foundation plans to provide in the future.   Go to the Radio Page Below https://omny.fm/shows/alzheimer-s-speaks   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3   Contact Neurologic Foundation Email  neurologicfoundation@gmail.com In

Lori La Bey talks with Dr. Alan Zimmerman, ranked among the top 5% of all speakers worldwide.  He has degrees in Communication and Psychology and is the recipient of the CSP Certified Speaking Professional designation and the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame. Learn: Three clarifying questions to choose your fights carefully. Six filtering questions. Three things that make someone’s behavior unacceptable. Four-part statement to level the behavior and conversation. Six guidelines to ask for what you want. What if none of the above works? Equation - Reinforced Responses Reoccur   Watch the Video Interview https://youtu.be/-R69SFOVOa4   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3   Listen to Our Other Shows https://omny.fm/shows/alzheimer-s-speaks   Contact Dr. Alan Zimmerman Website www.DrZimmerman.com Email  Alan@DrZimmerman.com Telephone +1-800-621-7881 LinkedIn   www.linkedin.com/in/dralanzimmerman  Twitter    www.Twitter.com/dralanzimmerman    Con

Lori La Bey talks with Pete Brierton a first responder with over 40 years of experience in all aspects of emergency care delivery. He continues his career as an EMS educator and federal disaster responder. Pete started in law enforcement in 1983 and has worked various jobs in municipal and county law agencies, patrol, water patrol, and corrections. In 1984 Pete started as an EMT and volunteer firefighter, during that period he became more interested in the emergency medical side and pursued opportunities that offered additional medical education and licensing. This allowed him to become a career firefighter, along the way he worked in a large urban emergency department, cardiac catheterization laboratories, and helicopter critical care transport. Since 2009, Pete is a federal first responder working for the National Disaster Medical System responding worldwide to disasters, COVID, and national special security events. His passion is education and he has been an EMS educator since 1987, prior vice president of

Thanks for listening to the Senior Resource Podcast Network! This bonus episode is from Answers for Elders. If you like what you hear, visit the links to follow the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Suzanne is joined by Dr. Paul Winner, the Senior Director of the Premiere Research Institute and Attending Neurologist at Palm Beach Neurology in West Palm Beach, Florida. Dr. Winner addresses various lifestyle changes to help avoid developing dementia. He says, “There are risk actors. You want to avoid this as best you can. You don't want this to happen, even if you're predisposed genetically to develop it. There are some things you can do to help yourself now.  Subscribe to Answers for Elders: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/44DzG3C Spotify: https://sptfy.be/z0qqq Discover more great episodes of Answers for Elders: Finding Purpose with Parkinson’s: https://apple.co/3D7EWka / https://sptfy.be/2vrdd People Needed for Your Estate Plan: Irrevocable Third-Party Trust: https://apple.co/44DzG3C / https://sp