Planning Ahead: Wills and Powers of Attorney
People don’t like to consider the finality of their death. That’s just the reality. This is one of the leading reasons why people procrastinate against end-of-life planning. Once you receive…
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Recent Stories
- Planning Ahead: Wills and Powers of Attorney February 16, 2021
- Caregiver Qualifications February 2, 2021
- Love is All You Need – Creating a Dementia Friendly Community January 13, 2021
- How Do Others Cope With Caregiver Stress? January 5, 2021
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Caregiver Qualifications
Informal caregivers often ask how to know that a caregiver that they’ve hired to provide care for their loved one is qualified. When they do succeed in obtaining some respite…
Love is All You Need – Creating a Dementia Friendly Community
Maybe the Beatles had it right after all. Can creating a dementia friendly community and age friendly community really be as simple as giving love? Our guest today is Jennifer…
How Do Others Cope With Caregiver Stress?
Caregiver stress is real. Caregivers often don’t even realize that the caregiving is the source of their stress. Often the disease begins slowly. And seems to progress unevenly. Simple forgetting,…
A Difficult Discussion: Driving with Dementia
Whether or not someone should continue driving with dementia is a difficult decision. One of the most stressful conversations that loved ones have while caring for a person living with…
Push Back Against Dementia
Are you worried about getting dementia someday? Learn how science and the work of Dr. Rob Sutherland, is proving that we can push back against genetic predispositions of dementia. Life…
Keeping Brains and Bodies Active During COVID-19
This is a special episode, relevant to the current COVID-19 health crisis and social isolation we are experiencing all over the world right now. It’s been challenging for every one,…
Living in the Here and Now, with Roger Marple
Upon receiving a diagnosis of dementia, most of us generally fast forward in our mind to the future of what that looks like, which in end stages, is not pretty.…
I Am Not Ashamed
A courageous daughter opens up about the family experience upon her father receiving a diagnosis of early-onset dementia, and how the “ripple effect” of speaking out can help make a…
Caregiver Centred Care
If you know what it’s like to feel exasperated or ignored in your role as a family caregiver, you’ll want to catch this episode and chime in on the dialogue…
The Human Nature of Care with Teepa Snow
Why does it seem that in the world of caring for persons living with dementia, we assume this involves total care on our part and complete incompetence on the part…
Dementia: The Invisible Diagnosis
“Dementia is not a physical disease, but a cognitive one.” These are the clear words of Jim Mann, living with dementia and desperately trying to shatter the stereotypes that surround…