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 | Jun 28, 2019 | Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, and it’s also Pride Month. That lead Phil Gutis, our Assistant Sherpa, to the idea of doing an episode about coming out…with Alzheimer’s. One of the things Phil and I talk about a lot is stigma and...
by Christy Turner | Jun 23, 2019 | "Behaviors", Care Partners, Communication, Dementia Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Jamie Tyrone’s great-grandmother, grandmother, and two great-uncles all died of Alzheimer’s disease. Jamie has two copies of the ApoE-4 gene, which puts her at a 91% lifetime risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. At the time she found...
by Christy Turner | Jun 16, 2019 | Dementia Care, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode Phil Gutis, our Assistant Sherpa, is with us again today. We answer a listener question about anosognosia, a condition in which a person is unaware they have another condition (such as Alzheimer’s). Phil ponders if he’d prefer knowing his...
by Christy Turner | Jun 10, 2019 | Care Partners, Dementia Care, Quality of Life, The Alzheimer's Podcast
In This Episode In 2015, Pfizer researchers discovered their own anti-inflammatory drug, Enbrel, appeared to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 64%. Last Wednesday, four years later, the rest of us found out about it. Phil and I discuss in this bonus episode,...
