by Christy Turner | Jul 14, 2019 | "Behaviors", Dementia Care, Driving, Memory Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Phil and Christy chat about a solution for when driving is no longer possible, leading to an explanation of the ‘addition before subtraction’ technique. Phil watched a documentary that terrifed him, teeing up Christy for a soapbox moment...
by Christy Turner | Jul 1, 2019 | Care Partners, Communication, Dementia Care, Memory Care, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode We start by answering a listener’s excellent question about the fine line between helping and creating learned dependency, which leads to Phil to talking about a symptom that you may not know is related to Alzheimer’s and a few other types of...
by Christy Turner | Jan 25, 2019 | "Behaviors", Care Partners, Communication, Dementia Care, Memory Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
Welcome to The Alzheimer’s Podcast! I’m Christy Turner, AKA The Dementia Sherpa. I’ve enjoyed the privilege of working with over 1,500 people living with dementia and their families so far…including multiple experiences in my own family. In the course of...
by Christy Turner | Apr 15, 2018 | Memory Care
Toilet paper didn’t always exist. The need for toilet paper did, of course. Some cultures came up with better ideas than others. Getting Creative The Farmers’ Almanac gives a brief historical rundown of pre-toilet paper necessity-powered creativity. (Short version:...
by Christy Turner | Apr 8, 2018 | Memory Care
This past week, I had the opportunity to speak at the monthly All-Staff meeting in two different communities. An All-Staff meeting is what it sounds like: all staff is required to attend. There’s a training topic, employee of the month announcement, years of...
by Christy Turner | Sep 16, 2017 | Memory Care
What Are We Going to Do About It? I don’t have to tell you things are bad in memory care. I don’t have to tell you the quality of care isn’t what it should be. I don’t have to tell you people are treated like tasks, like a chore to be crossed off the list, like a...
