by Christy Turner | Nov 18, 2019 | Care Partners, Communication, Dementia Care, Holidays, Memory Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Christy chats with Dr. Jane M. Mullins, who shares her research on the magic created by multisensory holiday reminiscence in people living with dementia and their care partners. Dr. Jane M. Mullins is a dementia nurse consultant who has devoted over...
by Christy Turner | Nov 10, 2019 | The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Christy chats with Alex Leff, director of Now and Again, an upcoming documentary on his grandfather’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and the adventure Alex and his brother go on to find their grandfather’s lost memory. ...
by Christy Turner | Oct 29, 2019 | Care Partners, Communication, Dementia Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Phil wonders if spending time with a person living with Alzheimer’s or another neurodegenerative disorder is much like navigating a field of landmines while trying to keep both legs intact. Christy pushes back, wondering why it’s a big ask...
by Christy Turner | Oct 20, 2019 | Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Phil Gutis, a regular guest we affectionately call our Assistant Sherpa, was diagnosed with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease almost four years ago. For the past year or so, Phil has really been focusing on his health, and it’s been paying...
by Christy Turner | Oct 15, 2019 | The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Phil Gutis, our Assistant Sherpa, shares why he didn’t get into a clinical study we both thought he was a shoo-in for, and why–in his practiced opinion–memory tests are kinda dumb. (32 minutes) Show Notes...
by Christy Turner | Oct 6, 2019 | Care Partners, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Phil and I discuss a listener’s email question about how to handle his person not wanting others to know about the diagnosis. Plus, we end with Phil sharing how a college friend helped him remember their favorite class. ...
by Christy Turner | Sep 29, 2019 | Care Partners, Dementia Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
“The incidents are coming faster and faster and you know, even though I often say that I feel just fine, you know, I’m clearly not just fine. And no matter how many times it happens, at this point I think it’s going to devastate me because...
by Christy Turner | Sep 24, 2019 | Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode And then, of course, once I realized what my brain had done to me, I got very upset and sat at my computer and cried a lot because…it just didn’t make any sense to me. It just doesn’t make any sense to me. It still doesn’t make...
by Christy Turner | Sep 17, 2019 | Care Partners, Dementia Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode People with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders are typically portrayed in media as elderly white people. On television, it’s often a white man in the emergency department, accompanied by his wife, sometimes with a frantic son...
by Christy Turner | Sep 8, 2019 | Care Partners, Communication, Dementia Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode I was invited to be part of the speaker faculty for the Inaugural Connecting Circles of Care & Building Bridges of Hope Dementia Cruise & Conference this past April. That’s where I met Phil Gutis, who became our Assistant Sherpa here on the...
