Alzheimer's Speaks

Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Denise Brown who is very well known in the caring market.  She empowers individuals to transform their personal caregiving experience into a business or a mission of advocacy. Denise is the author of Healing Words: Soothing Strategies to Heal Your Caregiving Fatigues and The Caregiving Years: Your Guide to Navigating the Six Caregiving Stages. Call in and...

Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Layne Mayer and Katherine Magee the co-creators of VISIT, a subscription activity kit.  They have packaged thoughtful games, activities, and guidance to help families and friends create positive interaction with loved ones living with Alzheimer's and dementia. Call in to ask questions or make comments regarding our conversation. (323) 870-4602   Contact T...

Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with the Founders of SaltBox TV a new FREE online streaming service which was developed for Seniors. Patty Craver has been one of the top singers, performers, and writers in the national older adult communities for over 20 years. She has performed in New York, LA, Boston, London, on national tours and in over a thousand senior communities nationally. Jerry Goe...

Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Carol Rosenstein, the Executive Director of Music Mends Minds, which she founded in 2014, after discovering the positive effect that music had on her husband Irwin, who had dementia and Parkinson’s. Also joining us will be Janice Hassett. Her husband Mike was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. They discovered Music Mends Minds and we will hear how that i...

Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Alexis Perkins the Founder of Chair One Fitness. Lori met her through Dementia Map global resource directory, as she is one of the great companies feature there. Her company is breaking down boundaries making fun fitness options available to anyone no matter their age or ability. So, join us today and learn more about Chair One Fitness!   Contact Chair On...

Cathy Braxton joins us, she the owner, educator, and content creator of improv4caregivers.   Cathy believes in creating thought-provoking educational content. She has unapologetic style, which allows caregivers to dig deep into empathy while providing a safe space for exploration and learning.  Cathy leverages the important foundational rules of improv to communicate and connection with her audien...

The Benefits of Arts & Dementia As Told by Those Living with Dementia Today Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer's Speaks facilitates a conversation with the true experts, those living with a diagnosis of dementia. Get inspired and amazed as we speak to people diagnosed with a variety of dementias as they share some of their art projects with us. You will learn when they got involved with art and the...

Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Caroline Boxall. She is a mother of 5, a primary school teacher, a tutor, and an author.  Her connection with Dementia was through her mother-in-law who lived in a care home.  Caroline was inspired by her dementia journey to write a middle school age children’s book. Her book, "It's Been Raining in Moscow, And I Forgot My Umbrella," has done very well in the UK rai...

Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Diana Cose is the care partner, for her husband Lorenzo was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer's.  Diana and Lorenzo have children; and needless to say; she has seen the impact this disease has had on their own family.  She left Perspectives, a Chicago Charter School, to launch a new venture, Lorenzo's House.  Joining them will be Tessa McEwen is a li...

Lori La Bey talks with the team at Kemper Cognitive Wellness, emerging as a leader in brain health.  Nate Bergman is their Chief Scientific Wellness Officer who is a Physician, Alison Connors their Functional Medicine Health Coach and is a Certified Brain Health Trainer, and Jenny Kemper who is the Director at Kemper Cognitive Wellness, who leads their team of 10 to raise awareness and deliver opp...

Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio has partnered with the Roseville Alzheimer’s and Dementia Community Action Team (RSVL A/D) to provide resource information for caregivers and people living with dementia during the pandemic. Lori La Bey will be talking with Leah R. Gilbert, Attorney who has her own private practice; Gilbert Legal, PLLC.  Leah’s firm focuses on estate planning, post-death administration, an...

Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Rev. Jeanette B. Jordan has been married for 58 years to Robert A. Jordan, M.D., a retired Pediatrician, now suffering Dementia/Alzheimer’s. The Pastor helped her husband complete his book, From Suspenders to Stethoscope - The Dr. Jordan Story, a Journey of His Life Before Alzheimer’s.  Rev Jordan is Founder/Pastor of Journey to the Cross Ministries, a Mu...

Today I’m thrilled to talk with my friend, Therese Zink, who is a family physician with a 30+ year career that includes caring for patients, teaching, research, and administration. During COVID she had her feet in 2 different worlds.  One caring for patients and the other foot advocating for a sister and mother in long term care.  Today we will be discussing Dr. Zink’s New Book: COVID Chronicles –...

Lori La Bey talks with Quentin Orem the Executive Director of the Richard and Maude Ferry Foundation and the Director of Maude’s Ventures.  Today we are going to focus on the Maude’s Venture and their 2021 Challenge which will award seed funding of $50,000 to $100,000 to three specific challenges to improve life with dementia.  Join us and learn more.  This is such an exciting opportunity to impro...

Real Life with Dementia Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Larry Griner a son who cares for his mother.  Larry has stepped into the public eye to share their story.  He has learned to use music and public interactions with others to help her live fully with plenty of joy and engagement. Contact Larry Griner: Website:  https://www.facebook.com/larry.griner YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/...

Today’s show is live and as always you are invited to call in and ask your questions 323-870-4602. Lori La Bey will be talking with Katharina W. Dress, who is an Adult Family and Elder Care Mediator and Conflict Coach. She is the founder of “Aging in Harmony,” and helps older adults and their families and caregivers to navigate difficult conversations about the challenges of aging. Call in and joi...

Lori La Bey will talk with Ellen Pober Rittberg, who just-published the #1 New Release in the Aging Parents category, which is a humorous self-help book called, Why Is Grandma Naked? Caring for Your Aging Parent.  The book is based on Ellen’s six-year journey of caring for her mother while working full time as an attorney. The book covers the stress, weirdness, and life transforming experiences of...

Lori La Bey will be talking with Dr. Daniel Gibbs who is one of 5.8 million Americans living with the disease.  The difference here is that Dr Gibbs, a neurologist, had spent twenty-five years caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and then realized that he himself might have the disease, even though no official diagnosis or serious signs of cognitive decline have yet occurred? How did he co...

Today’s show is live and as always you are invited to call in and ask your questions or make comments at 323-870-4602. Lori La Bey will be talking with Leen Kawas, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Athira Pharma, a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules to restore neuronal health and stop neurodegeneration.  Joining them will be Doctor Anton...

Lori La Bey will be talking with team members from Emerald Crest Memory Care, which is a ministry of Cassia. Lori will chat with Christine Drasher - Admissions & Marketing Director, Jenny LaVoi - Director of Cognitive Care Program, Sarah Ziegler - Occupational Therapist, and Heidi Maes - a family member whose loved one lives at Emerald Crest.  They will share their “Emerald Model” of care supporti...

Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio has partnered with the RSVL A/D to provide resource information for caregivers and people living with dementia during the pandemic. This is our 2nd series on the topic of caring and coping during the pandemic. Dementia Research during the Pandemic - COVID and Cognition Our guest today on Alzheimer's Speaks Radio is William H. Frey II, Ph. D. who is the Senior Research Dire...

Today show is live and as always you are invited to call in and ask your questions or make comments. Lori La Bey will be talking with Dr. Krystal L. Culler, the Founder of the Virtual Brain Health Center. She is a Doctor of Behavioral Health, a social gerontologist, and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health with Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.  Join...

Saturday – April 24th, 2021 – 11am ET, 10am CT, 9am MT, 8am PT, 4pm London, 5pm South Africa & 1am on the following day in Australia AEST Today Lori La Bey talks Mr. Yasuyuki Ota, who has run an architectural design office since 1986.  He is the CEO of Urban Greenery, Inc. which he launched in 2020 and is a member of the Japan Institute of Architects and the Japan Construction Management Associati...

Lori La Bey talks with Megan Byers, who has developed policies and training curricula, monitored legislative sessions, and educated stakeholders on issues of adult maltreatment and dementia. Joining Megan is Maggi Miller, the Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of South Carolina where she manages the South Carolina Alzheimer’s Disease...

The Bitove Method - Change the Way the World sees Memory Loss and Dementia Lori La Bey talks with Jennifer Hicks a creative movement artist and Speech-Language Pathologist and Kristin Bartlett the Artistic Project Manager of The Bitove Method. Listen in or join the conversation as we discuss the Bitove Method and how it is helping so many people.  The Bitove Method is an arts-based program that fo...