Insight on Traveling from a Person Living with an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Phil Gutis, our Assistant Sherpa on The Alzheimer's Podcast, recently talked to me about traveling to his nephew's graduation and doing a speaking engagement. Phil covered three states in five days. Quite an Adventure Christy: Phil, you recently went on...
Art from Memories in the Making Art Auction Gala
Memories in the Making is an art program offered by the Alzheimer's Association. In Oregon, select pieces are used for the annual Memories in the Making Art Auction & Gala. The pieces below are some of my favorites from the 2017 event. To hear how the program...
Words Matter
Phil Gutis and I recorded this conversation May 15, 2019, with the intention of making a new episode of The Alzheimer’s Podcast. Despite several...
When Dementia Information Overload Strikes
Phil Gutis, who appears on The Alzheimer's Podcast in episodes 90 ("The Inside Scoop") and 92 ("The Shiny Object Squirrel"), suggested we do a blog together. When a former New York Times reporter says that, the only obvious answer is, "Yes, please!"...
Is a Diagnosis of “Dementia” Enough?
Watching as the room gets set up for support group facilitator training at The AFTD 2019 National Education Conference. If your person has a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, or Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, or Younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease, or Atypical...
What I Did on My Spring Break 2019
I’ve just spent one of the most enjoyable weeks of my life. I’m sitting in Jacksonville, another five hours before my connecting flight, reflecting on the Inaugural Connecting Circles of Care and Building Bridges of Hope Cruise & Conference (#AlzCruiseTropics19)....
Stigma and Shame In Dementia: We’ve Got to Get Past This!
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Recognizing & Navigating Your Way Through Dementia Transitions
The following is a transcript of The Alzheimer's Podcast Episode 77. It has been lightly edited for clarity. I don't want anyone to feel like...
Better Questions, Better Results?
I came across this premise years ago, barely in my 20s: Our brains are like a constant Google search, always coming up with answers to the questions we ask ourselves. It follows, then, that our lives are determined by the quality of the questions we ask ourselves....
The Dementia Sherpa on Enduring Love Radio
Dr. Sarah Bartel and her co-host Megan Pepin interviewed me February 20, 2018 for their show Enduring Love, where they regularly "discuss the joys and challenges of marriage and family life, and human flourishing in all its forms," on Sacred Heart Radio. The...