Think Dementia

Send us Fan Mail With Veteran’s Day around the corner, the public is asking- is there a link between Agent Orange and dementia?  Amy provides you with statistics and the history of this harmful substance that many Vietnam veterans were exposed to during the war and what they now know about it.  Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has...

Send us Fan Mail National Caregiver’s Month- thank you for all that you do!  In this episode Amy shares simple but practical ideas from caregivers for medical appointments to caregiver self-care and more.  Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps y...

Send us Fan Mail Amy receives a question where a person living with dementia feels their pants are too tight and are changing throughout the day.  She provides some insight into how you can get to the bottom of it if this is affecting their quality of life or causing distress.  Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questio...

Send us Fan Mail A listener is struggling to brush the teeth of someone living in Memory Care with dementia.  Amy provides practical ideas for the approach, assisting and tools that might make this challenging oral hygiene a little easier for everyone.    Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Eac...

Send us Fan Mail A listener reaches out to Amy to talk about the difference between a TIA and a mini-stroke, something Amy talked about in a previous episode all about different types of vascular dementia.   Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps...

Send us Fan Mail Learn a little bit about person centered language used in senior care and at home to give the person living with dementia dignity and respect.  This episode is also helpful if you are considering memory care.  You will learn the lingo and have a better understanding of memory care marketing talk.    Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the b...

Send us Fan Mail The Medicare GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) Model continues to be one of the most unknown free benefits to help families navigate the challenges of caregiving.  Amy is a Care Navigator at Tembo Health and gives an update on how the program is going and the benefit it has had for families, but sprinkles in a lot of education and ways to "think dementia" a...

Send us Fan Mail A listener asks a question by Fan Mail- how do I calm and connect with my loved one living with Lewy Body Dementia who lives in a Memory Care and has paranoia about the staff's treatment of them?  What activities can I do with them when I visit?  Amy discusses Capgras Syndrome, paranoia and delusions and provides ideas on how to validate the person living with dementia as wel...

Send us Fan Mail A questions comes in about how to work with the Memory Care regarding morning cares when someone living with dementia doesn't want to get up.   Amy dives into sleep, incontinence and pressure (bed) sore concerns and more to help with some ideas. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from lis...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Amy discusses some ideas for safety when out in public with the person living with dementia.  Wandering can happen to some, but just accidentally getting lost can happen to many so here are some ways to be safe when enjoying big busy areas with lots of people.  Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has...

Send us Fan Mail Someone's husband is eating all the sweets and snacks around the home.  Is it hunger, is it boredom?  Amy provides some ideas on how to help this caregiver and their spouse living with dementia. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions...

Send us Fan Mail What is a DRN/DNI?  Does that mean that the person will not receive medical treatment?  If you have a living will do you need a MOLST/POLST?  Amy explains what these forms are all about and the importance of having them, as well as how effective CPR is and how to talk to someone living with dementia about their wishes. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how de...

Send us Fan Mail Amy receives a concern from a listener that their mother in law has been showing signs of possible cognitive changes.  There are also concerns that these changes may be related to their alcohol intake.  The family does not see the traditional route of approaching these concerns working out and Amy provides another path, one that everyone should take regardless of the situation to...

Send us Fan Mail Someone has received news from a neurologist that they have white matter disease.  What does this mean and does it mean they will develop dementia?  Amy provides information on this common brain disease.  Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each episode, Amy unpacks their quest...

Send us Fan Mail In this Afterthoughts with Amy episode she receives a questions on at home urinary tract infection kits available at the pharmacy.  Are they accurate in diagnosing someone living with dementia?  Could this be a way to know if those changes that are happening to them are due to an infection? Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. Thi...

Send us Fan Mail Amy talks about how signs for a possible UTI differ for people with dementia and can bring on new or amplified behavioral symptoms.  Amy will review causes of UTI and what to do to try and prevent them and avoid an emergency room visit. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each...

Send us Fan Mail Amy discusses a question that may be on the minds of someone with a new diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia- should I share this with my friends and other people?   Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn...

Send us Fan Mail Someone’s 80 year old husband, who is living with dementia, is wanting to go to work, travel and take classes and when she goes along with his delusions, he will call her bluff and ask for a ride to the airport and such.  Amy offers some ideas on how to respond in a situation like this.  Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This p...

Send us Fan Mail Is there a blood test that can diagnose Alzheimer's?  Amy House helps you understand the hallmarks of Alzheimer's in the brain, new testing that can help diagnose Alzheimer's and new treatments that are available today.  Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.  Each e...

Send us Fan Mail Amy takes some time to tell you more about last stage of dementia using the Living Gems with a focus on Pearls, the last stage of dementia in the Gems model.    Teepa Snow, Positive Approach to Care, created the gems to learn about each stage of the disease so that with the right care and the right setting, everyone gem can shine.  Amy covered the entire gems model in a webinar re...

Send us Fan Mail Amy takes some time to tell you more about late stage/severe dementia using the Living Gems with a focus on Rubies, the fourth stage of dementia in the Gems model.    Teepa Snow, Positive Approach to Care, created the gems to learn about each stage of the disease so that with the right care and the right setting, everyone gem can shine.  Amy covered the entire gems model in a webi...

Send us Fan Mail Amy takes some time to tell you more about moderate to severe dementia using the Living Gems with a focus on Ambers, the third stage of dementia in the Gems model.    Teepa Snow, Positive Approach to Care, created the gems to learn about each stage of the disease so that with the right care and the right setting, everyone gem can shine.  Amy covered the entire gems model in a webi...

Send us Fan Mail Amy takes some time to tell you more about moderate dementia using the Living Gems with a focus on Emeralds, the second stage of dementia in the Gems model.    Teepa Snow, Positive Approach to Care, created the gems to learn about each stage of the disease so that with the right care and the right setting, everyone gem can shine.  Amy covered the entire gems model in a webinar rec...

Send us Fan Mail Amy takes some time to tell you more about early dementia using the Living Gems with a focus on Diamonds, the first stage of dementia.    Teepa Snow, Positive Approach to Care, created the gems to learn about each stage of the disease so that with the right care and the right setting, everyone gem can shine.  Amy covered the entire gems model in a webinar recording for Tembo Healt...

Send us Fan Mail Would you like an easy and respectful way to know what stage of dementia someone is in and what works best for them at that stage?   Teepa Snow, Positive Approach to Care, created the gems to learn about each stage of the disease so that with the right care and the right setting, everyone gem can shine.  This second of two episodes is a recording of a webinar Amy did for Tembo Hea...