Memory Care with Teresa Youngstrom

Hello Care Partners, Finding great activities beyond the TV is so important for people living with Brain Change. Is the activity Productive, Familiar and Enjoyable. Then we need to find ways to include Health and Hygiene in addition to Rest so they can Recharge their Batteries. Lot's of moving parts but it is possible to develop great lists of appropriate activities especially when we understand w...

Hello Care Partners, Talk about an unwanted guest, Dementia is probably the most unwanted. It is unpredictable, not logical, sometimes paranoid and always changing! UGH! Our family desperately wanted a different diagnosis for Mom but soon understood that SHE was struggling and We needed to learn new ways to accommodate her needs. Join us today to gain greater understanding about Dementia and learn...

Hey Care Partners! Ethical Dilemmas with Dementia part 2 takes us deeper into conversation about handling tough situations. Keep in mind that if they have capacity to think and use logic, they should be included in decision making concerning their needs. When paranoia, never wrong, or always the victim symptoms show up we sometimes find a lack of capacity to make healthy choices and need to respec...

Challenges while caring for someone living with Dementia frequently include some ethical dilemmas. Today we will discuss a variety of these challenges and also cover the importance of Advanced Directives. Your situation will be different from mine or the people you know but we still need to consider what the PLwD would want to do. Yes, challenging but we will cover some ideas to help promote less...

Hello Care Partners, With our aging population more and more first responders are experiencing individuals with brain changes, but they may not have specific training for these situations. Join me and special guest Lt. Jim Petry from Miami Township Ohio as we discussed the benefits of dementia training for first responders. Jim Petry has been in the fire service for 30 years. He is currently a ful...

Hey Care Partners! Law-enforcement officers walk into danger every day. Sometimes there may only be a split second recognize whether this person has mental illness or dementia. Training is necessary to recognize these deficits in an individual. Join us as we listen to one amazing, retired law-enforcement officer and his experience with dementia and autism training and awareness. A Better Understan...

Hey Care Partners! Your Relationship with your loved one is so important and Communication changes can create huge challenges. We will need to learn better ways to communicate as their brain failure gets worse. Our job is to come alongside and join them on their journey without lots of questions, expectations or demands. I will review the great points from Better Communication Loss Part 1 then mov...

Hey Care Partners! Communication abilities frequently change for people living with Dementia. We soon realize that the only one who can change the way they do things is us. The ones with a healthy brain. We can't say, "Remember when... or Do you remember my name? These are unfair requests and we need to learn early to be part of the solution and not part of the problem so our relationships can gro...

Hey Care Partners! In this Episode Marion Kyner MSN, RN, Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, will explain what she saw serving many years in extended care communities and comparing it to what she is doing now by providing Nursing Students with a better understanding of the journey experienced by people living with Dementia. The highlight is the amazing positive response when Nursing Students ha...

Teresa Youngstrom's podcast, Memory Care with Teresa, is dedicated to educating listeners on how to provide better care for individuals with memory loss and dementia. In this episode, she discusses the importance of understanding dementia and how it affects individuals differently, as well as the need for better training and resources for caregivers. Through her own journey and the experiences of...

Welcome to "Memory Care with Teresa", a podcast hosted by Teresa Youngstrom, a seasoned registered nurse and dementia specialist with over 38 years of experience in healthcare. She is the founder of A Better Approach to Memory Care and provides Family Consultations, Speaking Events and Staff Training to all who work with people living with Dementia including First Responders. On her podcast, Teres...