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 5, 2017 | Holidays
Download your Holiday Travel Checklist & Tip Sheet by clicking HERE now. Dementia and Holiday Travel: Good Idea, or Not So Much? My mom and I had a pretty awful travel experience, which I recount in Keeping Your Cool When It All Goes Sideways. And it wasn’t...
by Christy Turner | Dec 4, 2016 | Holidays
Finding The Right Gift Finding the right gift for a person living with dementia can be…challenging. Will they understand how to use the item? Is it safe? Is it too complicated? Too simple (read: boring)? See how I sucked the joy right out of gift-giving there?...
by Christy Turner | Nov 29, 2014 | Holidays
Updated 11/25/19 Celebrating Black Friday? It’s trendy these days to protest Black Friday by staying home and denouncing the commercialism of the holidays. It appears nothing could be as satisfying as posting a self-righteous screed on Facebook, denouncing the...