Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Thursday – March 23rd, 2023 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the March 24th at 6am in Australia AEDT
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Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with the renowned Pippa Kelly from the UK, who is an award-winning journalist, blogger, author, and podcaster titled “Well I know Now…So Much More About Dementia.” Pippa is one of the UK’s top ten dementia influencers and an experienced public speaker.
Like most of us, Pippa has been personally touched by dementia. Her late mother lived with vascular dementia for ten years. I’m so thankful to have Pippa on the show as she has been on my list of guests for several years. She shares intimate details of her struggles and joys with her mom and their dementia journey. I know you will totally enjoy our conversation today and walk away uplifted and better prepared to support those you care for.
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Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio – Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio – Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort worldwide one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Check Out Lori La Bey’s Book Betty the Bald Chicken An Ideal Tool for Schools, Libraries, Support Groups, Children, and Adults
Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Tuesday – March 21st, 2023 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the March 22nd at 6am in Australia AEDT
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Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Heather Kirk Morrison a former High School teacher and now the mother of an 11-year-old boy (Jayce) and 8-year-old triplets (Jaylen, Myles, and Mya) and current care partner to her husband Kevin who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s at age 47. After stops in Berkeley, Seattle, and Atlanta for her husband’s former college coaching career. they currently live in San Diego, California, where Heather was born and raised. Since Kevin’s diagnosis, they have all been trying to embrace the dementia journey as a family and enjoy the moments together.
Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio – Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio – Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort worldwide one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Check Out Lori La Bey’s Book Betty the Bald Chicken An Ideal Tool for Schools, Libraries, Support Groups, Children, and Adults
Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Thursday – Feb. 23rd, 2023 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the Feb 24th at 6am in Australia AEDT
Today I will be talking with Victoria Simmonds is British born, and raised in France, she has already performed her songs across Europe. She is influenced by a variety of styles including Brit Pop, Folk, Country, and Musical Theatre, Victoria has been compared to the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Carole King and Alanis Morrissette.
Her new single “Last Dance in the Rain” launched February10th, 2023, which was an independently produced album and is available on all major streaming platforms. The Indie Pop single “Last Dance in the Rain” has thought provoking lyrics, about the loss of someone due to symptoms that effect memory. This is a very heartfelt song, evoking intense emotions for people affected by dementia, as well as the friends and family around them, who see the changes in personality due to the illness. It tells the story of the loss of the mind before the body and the hope that although they are not with us in mind the hope that they are happy, dancing in the rain.
Lyrics
Last Dance in the Rain
Keep me awake
Pray my soul the lord to take
I can almost feel the breeze
Blowing gently through the leaves
Those stubborn trees they never bend
The broken boughs they never mend
She don’t remember any more
Just a part of growing old
Don’t remember or recall
A saddened face did long since fall
Sometimes they come but she’s not there
In merely playgrounds deep within a stare
Does she remember if we laughed or cried
I feel all that has left her mind
Maybe she’s dancing in the rain
She don’t remember any more
Just a part of growing old
Don’t remember or recall
A saddened face did long since fall
Don’t remember any more
Just a part of growing old
Don’t remember or recall
A saddened face did long since fall
Send me to sleep
Pray my soul to take
It never rains outside she said
Now she’s ‘neath the flowerbeds
Silently they close the door
Watch the rain come down
It pours
Lyrics and Music by Victoria Simmonds and Paddy O’Grady – Last dance in the rain – 2023
Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio – Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sounds news, not just sound bites since 2011.
Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Doctor Daniel C. Potts, who is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) and a neurologist, author, educator, and champion of those living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and their care partners. He was personally inspired by his father’s transformation from saw miller to watercolor artist as his journey with dementia progressed. Dr. Potts seeks to make a variety of expressive art therapies more widely available through his foundation, Cognitive Dynamics.
Monday Dec. 13th, 2021 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the 14th at 6am in Australia AEDT
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Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Dr. Sharon Cohen a neurologist specializing in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, care, and research. She is the medical director of Toronto Memory Program.
In addition, Valene Campbell will be joining us. She is the Founder and Managing Director of ReVitahealth Inc., a home health care agency serving the Greater Toronto Area. Valene is also a children’s book author and we learn about her book regarding dementia.
Dementia and the Arts is an Educational Panel where all levels of artists and all types are welcome. Our goal is to elevate panelists work and ability to create beauty in many forms. They will share examples of various types of art they participate in, how, and why they started, what they have learned, and what they personally get out of making art. Panelists, do not have to attend all sessions.
Anyone living with dementia interested in participating, please reach out to Lori La Bey via email, or Private message her on FaceBook
As you will see from the sample video above, conversations are comfortable, casual, and fascinating. We have so much to learn from one another. All recordings will be prerecorded and published to Alzheimer’s Speaks YouTube channel with a specific playlist channel for easy access. Each episode will be pushed out on Alzheimer’s Speaks social media channels as well.
Dementia Chats is a series of video conversations where we talk with the true experts on dementia, those living with a diagnosis. Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates a conversation and is amazed by every conversation what she learns about life with dementia. She encourages everyone not only to watch these videos, but to include those living with dementia in conversations and to listen closely to their insights. They know dementia better than anyone.
For a Complete List of Dementia Chats Videos – Click Here
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I want to echo the thanks and appreciation of my colleagues… Your presentations were movingly authentic, fully engaging and wonderfully informative. Thank you for all that you are doing, and all that you’ve done for us!
Carla Koehl, Director of Community Relations – Artis Senior Living of Lexington
“Feedback from the conference planning committee and our leadership team was extremely positive. Many attendees commented that she was one of the best speakers they had heard.”
Pat Sylvia, Director of Education & Member Development LeadingAge WA
Thursday Dec. 9th, 2021 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the 10th at 6am in Australia AEDT
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Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Jon Leonoudakis is a award-winning filmmaker and storyteller based in Los Angeles, California. Jon is the chair for the Society for American Baseball Research for the “Baseball Memories” programs; as well as a facilitator for two of their programs in Southern California.
Dementia and the Arts is an Educational Panel where all levels of artists and all types are welcome. Our goal is to elevate panelists work and ability to create beauty in many forms. They will share examples of various types of art they participate in, how, and why they started, what they have learned, and what they personally get out of making art. Panelists, do not have to attend all sessions.
Anyone living with dementia interested in participating, please reach out to Lori La Bey via email, or Private message her on FaceBook
As you will see from the sample video above, conversations are comfortable, casual, and fascinating. We have so much to learn from one another. All recordings will be prerecorded and published to Alzheimer’s Speaks YouTube channel with a specific playlist channel for easy access. Each episode will be pushed out on Alzheimer’s Speaks social media channels as well.
Dementia Chats is a series of video conversations where we talk with the true experts on dementia, those living with a diagnosis. Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates a conversation and is amazed by every conversation what she learns about life with dementia. She encourages everyone not only to watch these videos, but to include those living with dementia in conversations and to listen closely to their insights. They know dementia better than anyone.
For a Complete List of Dementia Chats Videos – Click Here
Upcoming Public Events Lori La Bey Will Be At:
Lori La Bey Can Help Your Organization Switch To Virtual Presentations For Staff Trainings, Family Support, Perspective Clients and Support Gatherings.
See What Others Have Say About Lori La Bey
I want to echo the thanks and appreciation of my colleagues… Your presentations were movingly authentic, fully engaging and wonderfully informative. Thank you for all that you are doing, and all that you’ve done for us!
Carla Koehl, Director of Community Relations – Artis Senior Living of Lexington
“Feedback from the conference planning committee and our leadership team was extremely positive. Many attendees commented that she was one of the best speakers they had heard.”
Pat Sylvia, Director of Education & Member Development LeadingAge WA
Once again we have another touching poem submitted by one of our community members. Thank May Ellen Main for your poetry submission. It truly highlights what goes through our minds as we care for others. You’ve done a beautiful job showing us how you have explored lessons learned through the comfort of a baby.
At first, it disturbed me when I realized
she didn’t know who I was.
“Mother, it’s me. Your daughter. Leslie.”
She’d smile as if to say, “That’s nice, whoever you are.”
It only got worse as the days passed.
And though I never got used to it I started to recognize
that was her for now,
even though she didn’t recognize me.
She began to fret about “the children.”
She kept asking, “Why is the baby crying? Is the baby okay?”
So I found a doll for her. She’d hold the doll and talk to it.
The baby was okay.
As Mother was comforted knowing the baby was okay, I began to find comfort.
Maybe I was her baby now.
As she regressed to a time when she’d been a young mother, I got to see
that nurturing I’d always known but had been too young to recall.
As time passed, I realized she’d become the little girl with her dolly.
As she cradled her baby, I saw the spark of nurturing that had begun in her
from the time she’d been a child–something I’d have had no way of knowing
if I hadn’t gone through this time with her.
Her days drew to a close and she became less responsive.
I counted it a privilege to sit beside her bed and hold her hand.
Sometimes she would fret, looking at me for some answer. Finally, with words barely audible,
carried on the lightest breath, she’d ask, “Is the baby okay?”
My face touched hers as I drew close. “Oh, yes. The baby is okay.” She sighed
and drifted off to sleep. Mother to daughter, sister to sister, daughter to mother, I wondered
if she ever dreamed about me and who I was in her dreams.
I’d wanted her to know me, but, instead, I got to know her in ways I never thought possible.
“Yes, Mother . . . your baby is okay.”
About the Author – Mary Ellen Main
Your Baby is Okay was inspired by watching Mary Ellen’s friend go through taking care of her mother as her mother’s Alzheimer’s progressed. She hopes the poem can encourage others going through the same situation.
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Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Peter Berry who was diagnosed with early onset dementia at the age of fifty and Deb Bunt who is a retired family practitioner and author of Peter’s book “Slow Puncture”. In Slow Puncture, Peter tells the world what it is really like to live with a terminal condition and Deb learns to enjoy each day more fully.
Peter is now 56 years old and lives in Suffolk with wife, Teresa. Peter, a great believer of living well with dementia, cycles thousands of miles each year to demonstrate that it’s possible to do just that. Deb moved to Suffolk from London with husband, Martin, and spends most of her free time cycling with Peter.
Dementia Chats is a series of video conversations where we talk with the true experts on dementia, those living with a diagnosis. Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates a conversation and is amazed by every conversation what she learns about life with dementia. She encourages everyone not only to watch these videos, but to include those living with dementia in conversations and to listen closely to their insights. They know dementia better than anyone.
For a Complete List of Dementia Chats Videos – Click Here
Lori La Bey Can Help Your Organization Switch To Virtual Presentations For Staff Trainings, Family Support, Perspective Clients and Support Gatherings.
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I want to echo the thanks and appreciation of my colleagues… Your presentations were movingly authentic, fully engaging and wonderfully informative. Thank you for all that you are doing, and all that you’ve done for us!
Carla Koehl, Director of Community Relations – Artis Senior Living of Lexington
“Feedback from the conference planning committee and our leadership team was extremely positive. Many attendees commented that she was one of the best speakers they had heard.”
Pat Sylvia, Director of Education & Member Development LeadingAge WA
Tuesday – July 13th, 2021 – 2pm EDT, 1pm CDT, 12pm MDT, 11am PDT & 7pm London BST, 8pm South Africa SAST, and on the 25th at 4am in Australia AEST
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Our Host, Lori La Bey will be talking with Mark Nutting is a retired IT professional who gained dementia caregiver experience while caring for his mother living with Alzheimer’s disease with throughout her 13-year struggle. Mark always speaks and writes from a caregiver’s perspective but strives to stay current and expand his knowledge on Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, and caregiver support through attending classes, lectures, and webinars.
Dementia Chats is a series of video conversations where we talk with the true experts on dementia, those living with a diagnosis. Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates a conversation and is amazed by every conversation what she learns about life with dementia. She encourages everyone not only to watch these videos, but to include those living with dementia in conversations and to listen closely to their insights. They know dementia better than anyone.
For a Complete List of Dementia Chats Videos – Click Here
Lori La Bey Can Help Your Organization Switch To Virtual Presentations For Staff Trainings, Family Support, Perspective Clients and Support Gatherings.
See What Others Have Say About Lori La Bey
I want to echo the thanks and appreciation of my colleagues… Your presentations were movingly authentic, fully engaging and wonderfully informative. Thank you for all that you are doing, and all that you’ve done for us!
Carla Koehl, Director of Community Relations – Artis Senior Living of Lexington
“Feedback from the conference planning committee and our leadership team was extremely positive. Many attendees commented that she was one of the best speakers they had heard.”
Pat Sylvia, Director of Education & Member Development LeadingAge WA
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Lori La Bey Can Help Your Organization Switch To Virtual Presentations For Staff Trainings, Family Support, Perspective Clients and Support Gatherings.
See What Others Have Say About Lori La Bey
I want to echo the thanks and appreciation of my colleagues… Your presentations were movingly authentic, fully engaging and wonderfully informative. Thank you for all that you are doing, and all that you’ve done for us!
Carla Koehl, Director of Community Relations – Artis Senior Living of Lexington
“Feedback from the conference planning committee and our leadership team was extremely positive. Many attendees commented that she was one of the best speakers they had heard.”
Pat Sylvia, Director of Education & Member Development LeadingAge WA
Dementia Chats is a series of video conversations where we talk with the true experts on dementia, those living with a diagnosis. Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates a conversation and is amazed by every conversation what she learns about life with dementia. She encourages everyone not only to watch these videos, but to include those living with dementia in conversations and to listen closely to their insights. They know dementia better than anyone.
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We Go Live Thursday – March 11th, 2021 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 6pm London, 8pm South Africa and on the 12th, at 5am in Australia AET
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Today Lori La Bey talks Laurette Klier the founder of Nana’s Books who shares the beautiful adult book series she has developed for those living with dementia. The series has exquisite artwork and prose which provide a wonderful and natural engagement point to create joyful moments. Learn about this fantastic resource and the types of books available.
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“Stress, Dementia & Gratitude.”
Dementia Chats is a series of video conversations where we talk with the true experts on dementia, those living with a diagnosis. Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates a conversation and is amazed by every conversation what she learns about life with dementia. She encourages everyone not only to watch these videos, but to include those living with dementia in conversations and to listen closely to their insights. They know dementia better than anyone.
Due to the great response we are getting to Dementia Map, we are making it easier for people to learn more about all the features of the site. We have set up group sessions for individuals and organizations to attend and learn more about how to maximize your exposure through Dementia Map.
Learn how and why this directory is critical to those living with dementia, their family & friends, as well as professionals in the industry.
Lori La Bey Can Help Your Organization Switch To Virtual Presentations For Staff Trainings, Family Support, Perspective Clients and Support Gatherings.
See What Others Have Say About Lori La Bey
I want to echo the thanks and appreciation of my colleagues… Your presentations were movingly authentic, fully engaging and wonderfully informative. Thank you for all that you are doing, and all that you’ve done for us!
Carla Koehl, Director of Community Relations – Artis Senior Living of Lexington
“Feedback from the conference planning committee and our leadership team was extremely positive. Many attendees commented that she was one of the best speakers they had heard.”
Pat Sylvia, Director of Education & Member Development LeadingAge WA
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