by Christy Turner | Mar 24, 2020 | Memory Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Christy offers a cheap, low-tech way to make sure your person knows you’re thinking of them with this bonus tip. (7 minutes) Show Notes Resources Create customized cards at Send Out Cards and they’ll pop it in the mail for...
by Christy Turner | Mar 22, 2020 | Care Partners, Dementia Care, Memory Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Phil Gutis, our Assistant Sherpa, and Christy discuss what life is like right now in the shadow of Covid-19, including ways families can stay connected with their person who lives in long-term care. (33 minutes) Show Notes Mentioned in...
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 | 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...
