Alzheimer's Speaks

Where Do We Go From Here? Rethinking the Dementia Journey for Families and Care Partners

Lori La Bey talks with Kimberly Diaz, RN, a dementia care consultant, educator, and advocate with nearly three decades of nursing experience helping families navigate dementia, healthcare, placement, and end-of-life decisions. She is the author of Where Do We Go From Here? The Complete Dementia Care Guide for Family Caregivers, created to help ...

OPEN MIC on Alzheimer’s Speaks Podcast

Lori La Bey talks with Sara Barsel on a series of events called Being Mortal: Advanced Care Planning & End of Life Choices, which will be held at the Ramsey County Library – Roseville Branch.  2180 No. Hamline Ave. Roseville, MN 55113. Call the Library with questions at 651-724-6001 or reach out to Sara Barsel by phone  952-258-3184, or email

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Creating the Calm: Conversations from the FREE Navigating Dementia Series

#NavigatingDementia  #SensoryCare  #CreatingCalm  #BuildingRelationships

Lori La Bey talks with Karlyn Beil of Summit Place Campus and Nan Vest, who works with her husband, Terry Eggan, a Realtor.

Karlyn Beil is the Director of Sales & Marketing at Summit Place Campus. She is known for her ability to truly listen to the stories, hopes, and...

Transforming Dementia Care with The Fish Approach    

#TheFishApproach  #DementiaCareSolutions  #CurrentOfCare

Lori La Bey talks with Sheri Fairman, MSW, is the founder of Dementia Care Solutions and Current of Care, creator of The Fish Approach™ Model, and a Certified Mentor, Educator, Consultant, and Coach with Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care. Inspired by both her professional expertise a...

Sharing Joy Through Petals 

#Recycling  #Beauty  #Joy  #Empathy

Lori La Bey talks with LindaThompson, founder of Theo's Flowers, who grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts, one of five siblings, in a family where caring for one another was simply a way of life. That early foundation of service would go on to shape both her career and her calling.

For nearly 40 years, she worked as a Human Resources leader i...

It's Time To Improve The  Dementia Experience In Hospital Settings

#DignifiedCare @QualityOfCare #HospitalCare

Lori La Bey talks with a panel of experts today about improving care for those living with dementia when in the hospital.

Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, is an Occupational Therapist with over forty-five years of clinical and academic experience. Her organizations, Positive Approach to Care® (PAC) and the Snow Approach ...

Lessons Learned Through a Caregiving Journey: How To Do More Than Survive

#CompassionateCare  #FromBitterToBetter   #SupportingCaregivers

Lori La Bey talks with Jill and Phil Pietroburgo. Jill has worked in the fields of mental health and education for 36 years and has written two children’s books. Her first book, Sometimes Grandma Calls Me Jean, honors her mother, who lived with dementia. Her second book ...

Keeping Seniors Connected When The iPhone Becomes Too Complicated

#CellPhoneSafety #Dementia #SimpleCellPhone #DementiaFriendlyPhone #MaintainYourSanitiy #FamilyFriendlyPhone

Lori La Bey talks with Robert Felgar, who is the CEO of RAZ Mobility, a company dedicated to providing assistive technology solutions to people with disabilities and seniors.  RAZ Mobility’s primary product is the RAZ Memory Cell Phone.

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Alzheimer's Speaks OPEN MIC Covers Neuroplasticity, Neuroprotection, Gamification & Fake AI Videos

#Neuroplasticity #Neuroprotection #Gamification #FakeAIVideos

Lori La Bey talks with Dr. Mike Studer, who is a Physical Therapist, Author, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Thought Leader, Motivational Speaker, and Educational Influencer.  He has been a Physical Therapist since 1991 and has the unique distinction of being an active c...

Caregiving in America: Understanding, Supporting, and Transforming an Invisible Responsibility  

#LanceASlatton  #CaregivingInAmerica  #CaregiverReources

Lori La Bey talks with Lance A. Slatton, known as “The Senior Care Influencer,” a nationally recognized caregiving advocate, author, speaker, and media personality. He is the founder and host of All Home Care Matters, President and Owner of AlzAutho...

My 20-Year Safari with Dad’s Alzheimer’s

Lori La Bey talks with Steve Kosareff, a Los Angeles-based author and a passionate advocate for Alzheimer’s awareness and caregiver support. For twenty years, Steve and his family navigated the complex, emotional, and exhausting terrain of caring for his father, John, who lived with a rare, long-term form of Alzheimer’s disease. This deep personal experience inspired...

Worried About Alzheimer's? How to Best Stay "Mentally Active" with Dr. Henry Mahncke     

#BrainHealth  #BrainTraining #BrainHQ #Neuroplasticity

Lori La Bey talks with Dr. Henry Mahncke, a neuroscientist, CEO of Posit Science, and a leader in neuroplasticity research. Posit Science develops BrainHQ, the most scientifically validated brain training app on the market, which has shown benefits in mor...

How to Play With a Grandma -

A dementia-themed children's picture book about love and play       

Lori La Bey talks with Evan Bass Zeisel, an author, filmmaker, and dementia advocate dedicated to transforming dementia care through the power of the arts and storytelling. He is the creator of the "How You Are to Me" non-pharmacological communication approach and the author of the recent children's book, How to Pl...

Rethinking Safety Technology for Aging at Home  

#Silvie #SafetyTechnology #Privacy #Dignity

Lori La Bey talks with Alex Qi, the co-founder and CEO of Pontosense, the world leader in short-range radar, and the creator of Silvie, a consumer brand that uses contactless sensing to keep older adults safe and independent at home. After losing three grandparents to falls, Alex and his co-founders set out to build technology tha...

Dementia Man - The Experience

Lori La Bey talks with  Sam Simon and his wife, Susan, who is his Care Partner, or what they like to call his Cognitive Navigator.

Samuel A. Simon is the author, playwright, and performer of the one-man play, Dementia Man: An Existential Journey.  Earlier in his life, he was a national figure in the American consumer movement,  as one of the first lawyers for Ralph Nader, and made many m...

The Latest Alzheimer’s Treatments

#KaplanClinic  #IntegrativeMedicine  #ReduceRisk

Today, we talk with Dr. Kaplan, the Founder and President of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine, and a clinical associate professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Kaplan will share with us why nearly half of dementia cases may be preventable or delayed through lifestyle interventions and what individuals can do today to reduce ...

Breakthrough Alzheimer's Care Part 2 of 2: How to Become A Bold Care Leader With Mark Wilson    

#BoldCareLeader #4MindsetShifts  #5BreakthroughCarePillars

Lori La Bey talks with Mark Wilson, who wrote a combo memoir & how-to playbook on his journey with his mom. Mark is a passionate advocate for the disease, leading Alzheimer's support groups, advocating in DC and Sacramento, and leading various fundraising...

Breakthrough Alzheimer's Care Part 1 of 2: How to Become A Bold Care Leader With Mark Wilson    

#BoldCareLeader #4MindsetShifts  #5BreakthroughCarePillars

Lori La Bey talks with Mark Wilson, who wrote a combo memoir & how-to playbook on his journey with his mom. Mark is a passionate advocate for the disease, leading Alzheimer's support groups, advocating in DC and Sacramento, and leading various fundraising...

The Afternoon of Life: Dementia, Aging, and the Courage to Stay

#Dementia #Aging #LivingLifefully #FindingCalmness #Discrimination

Lori La Bey talks with Eva Tombak, the author, and Viktor Tombak, Eva’s husband and the designer and Illustrator of the book AFTERNOON: The Aging Guide for Beginners, which explores aging, dementia, caregiving, identity, and the fragile but enduring humanity that remains when memory begins to fade...