I get an amazing amount of pitches from people who want to be on The Alzheimer’s Podcast or featured on the DementiaSherpa.com blog. Most of the pitches go something like this (in 6-point font, of course):

Dear Christy Turner,

I hope you are doing well. Now, allow me to explain to you what dementia is.

[Four excruciating paragraphs explaining dementia to me.]

And in case you haven’t already figured it out, let me tell you why I, Random Stranger, am totally awesome.

[A couple more excruciating paragraphs.]

My ask is that you feature me and my product on your blog and/or podcast. And Christy, if you’re reading that in a demanding tone of voice, congratulations because you’re paying attention. 

Cheers!

Random Stranger

PS: Failure to feature me/my product will result in several more of these emails.

So you can imagine my absolute delight when I opened an email from Mikaela Wilson, who wanted to be helpful and serve my audience. Ding! Ding! Ding! She was speaking my language right out the gate.

I got to speak to Mikaela and her business partner, Spencer Coombe, about their new book that’s full of fun things you can do with your person. But that conversation will be featured on a future episode of The Alzheimer’s Podcast because the day before we spoke, the Canadian military released a report about the absymal conditions it found in five nursing homes in Ontario.

And it just so happens that not only do Mikaela and Spencer (co-founders of Senior Support Services of Southern Ontario) have many clients who live in long-term care, but both started out working as direct care staff in long-term care as teenagers.

Lucky for us, they agreed to come back to talk about the report. The first part of that conversation is this episode, which was recorded July 14, 2020. 

(25 minutes)

Show Notes