by Christy Turner | Dec 29, 2020 | Care Partners, Quality of Life
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by Christy Turner | May 6, 2020 | Care Partners, Quality of Life
In This “Episode” Do a live episode of The Alzheimer’s Podcast, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. Read on to see how I blew that up. Even when we tried a do-over, the audio gremlins were out in full force. So, consider this a written...
by Christy Turner | Jul 21, 2019 | Care Partners
Predictably Disastrous Results I had no idea what I was doing on my first day as a professional 18 years ago, working in a skilled nursing facility full of people living with dementia. Hired for my documentation skills, comfort level with the population, and the right...
by Christy Turner | May 5, 2019 | Care Partners, Dementia Care
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...
by Christy Turner | Apr 14, 2019 | Care Partners
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)....
by Christy Turner | Jan 19, 2019 | Care Partners
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 they need to put their person under a microscope and watch them like that, but just to be aware that there are subtle...
