In my over 15 years of experience working with people with dementia, I am always inspired with new ideas. There are a lot of loving, caring, people working in this industry but their experience may be limited. If they have been in the field for a while, they may have old “bad” habits or information. […]
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Caring for someone with Dementia can be challenging. Each person will find their own way of coping with, reacting and adapting to the changes it brings. Dementia Awareness Week mission is to educate family, friends, and local communities about the small things they can do to make a big difference. Gerontologist and […]
My grandfather, Poppy, sold the first Cash Registers for the National Cash Register company and that was a HUGE step for technology. Today, cash registers are hardly used. My grandfather struggled with changes in technology but he always made an effort to use it. I remember his first e-mail was “FirorBall” (our last name is […]
If it looks like dementia, and talks like dementia it might not be dementia. For most of my life, I never understood why certain specialists were in such high demand at parties. “Oh, your cousin is a dermatologist? I want to ask them about this mole.” Well, now that I am a dementia expert, friends, […]
Have you ever stopped to think that we start to age as soon as we are born? What have you been doing to improve your health as you age? My gym has a program where you can determine your “health/fitness age.” How do you think you’d score? Thanks to learning more about aging, my whole […]
Hey there and welcome back! Thank you for returning to read my second post. I hope that the first post gave you some information about who I am, what I do, and what you can expect to get out of this blog. It was hard to come up with a topic for my second post […]