Free, Fun and Easy Dementia Friendly Activities

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Lori La Bey host of Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio talks with Maria Brady and Nichole Bontrager of Maria’s Place. Come and join the conversation and learn about this great resource for FREE age appropriate activities for seniors and those with dementia. Maria and Nichole will share why they are so passionate about assisting caregivers engage those they love and care for in a dignified manner and how to maneuver their website.

Maria would like to acknowledge the continuous support of the residents, our Person in charge Brenda Keyes and Lucy and Thierry Flynn-Grillet, proprietors, in St Elizabeth’s Nursing Home in Athboy, Ireland.

This Episode of Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio is Available On & After: Thursday – July 18th, 2019 at 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST, 7pm London time and July 12th at 6am in Australia

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Pages with lots of activities on them

Creative activities –https://mariasplace.com/creative-activities-2/ U

Creative Activities

Body and mind activities –https://mariasplace.com/mind-activities/

Body & Mind Activities

Planning and education – https://mariasplace.com/planning-and-education-2/

Planning & Education

Word games category page – https://mariasplace.com/word-games/

Specific Examples of activities

Example of Craft – https://mariasplace.com/painted-landscape-picture/

Example of a Quiz – https://mariasplace.com/food-quiz-1/

Contact Maria Brady and Nichole Bontrager:

Website – https://mariasplace.com/

Email – contact@mariasplace.com

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UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS WITH LORI LA BEY:

Coming to Woodbury, MN – Sept 25th and 26th

Coming to Toms River, NJ – Oct 8th and 9th

Coming to Elmhurst, IL – Oct 16th & 17th

More Information to Come

Diana Pierce and Lori La Bey

Schedule Your Next Event with Lori La Bey https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/contact-us

See what LeadingAge has to say about Lori La Bey

 “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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Beautiful Song About Alzheimer’s From MOUNTAINCITY

Tuesday – July 16th, 2019 at 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST, 7pm London time and July 12th at 6am in Australia

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Lori La Bey talks with Dave and Tara Power of MOUNTAINCITY about why they wrote and recorded the song “Sweet Norma Jean” in honor of Tara’s Grandmother.  Joining us on the show will be Cyndy Luzinski the Executive Director of Dementia-Friendly Communities of Northern Colorado who featured MOUNTAINCITY at their first Community-Wide Intergenerational Memory Cafe and Concert in June.

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Contact Information:

Dave and Tara Powers

Website:  www.mountaincitymusic.com

FaceBook:  www.facebook.com/mountaincitymusic

Cyndy Luzinski

Phone:  970-213-4548

Email:  cluzin63@gmail.com

Website:  DementiaFriendsNoCo.org

FaceBook:  https://www.facebook.com/dementiafriendlycommunitiesnoco/

What Questions You Have For Those Living With Dementia?

Below Video Compliments of Dementia Chats

Juggling Dementia Care &

Finding Balance

Downloadable Tips Below

UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS WITH LORI LA BEY:

Coming to Woodbury, MN – Sept 25th and 26th

Coming to Toms River, NJ – Oct 8th and 9th

Coming to Elmhurst, IL – Oct 16th & 17th

More Information to Come

Diana Pierce and Lori La Bey

Schedule Your Next Event with Lori La Bey https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/contact-us

See what LeadingAge has to say about Lori La Bey

 “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

For More Testimonial

Fight Alzheimer’s Together

Push Dementia Forward – Participate!

Find A Memory Café In Your Area

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Alzheimer’s – Fighting for my Life

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Lori La Bey talks with the Authors of “Fighting for my Life.”   Jamie Tyrone has a 91% chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease and she’ll tell us why.  Needless to say, she is an advocate to find a cure and she believes in and enrolls in clinical trials herself.  Dr. Marwan Sabbagh is a leading expert in Alzheimer’s diagnosis, treatment and research and the director of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Nevada. We will discuss why they joined forces to write this book and what others can expect to get out of the book.

Contact Information:

Website: http://www.fightingformylifebook.com

What Questions You Have For Those Living With Dementia?

Below Video compliments of Dementia Chats

Those with dementia talk needs and strategies to incorporate when building dementia friendly communities and businesses.

Find out 1) who do you need on your team and why. 2) Why are the little things so important. 3) What others are doing that is working well.

Additional Dementia Chats Interviews:

Juggling Dementia Care &

Finding Balance

Downloadable Tips Below

UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS WITH LORI LA BEY:

Coming to Woodbury, MN – Sept 25th and 26th

Coming to Toms River, NJ – Oct 8th and 9th

Coming to Elmhurst, IL – Oct 16th & 17th

More Information to Come

Diana Pierce and Lori La Bey

Schedule Your Next Event with Lori La Bey https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/contact-us

See what LeadingAge has to say about Lori La Bey

 “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

For More Testimonial

Fight Alzheimer’s Together

Push Dementia Forward – Participate!

Find A Memory Café In Your Area

Read Full Post »

Dementia Care within Communities and Families

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Dementia Awareness and Advocacy

Lori La Bey talks with Jean Smiley who worked as a Certified Nurse’s Aide on and off throughout the years. In 2010, her Mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and her husband started showing signs of dementia. Since 2012, Jean set out to raise awareness, make a difference helping others understand dementia and what they may face on their journey  She’ll share her experience as a CNA, her personal journey with dementia,  along with tips on struggles and what life is like after caregiving.

Contact Jean Smiley, North Aurora IL

Email: jeansmiley5@netscape.net

What Questions You Have For Those Living With Dementia?

Below Video compliments of Dementia Chats

Those with dementia talk needs and strategies to incorporate when building dementia friendly communities and businesses.

Find out 1) who do you need on your team and why. 2) Why are the little things so important. 3) What others are doing that is working well.

Additional Dementia Chats Interviews:

Juggling Dementia Care &

Finding Balance

Downloadable Tips Below

UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS WITH LORI LA BEY:

Coming to Woodbury, MN – Sept 25th and 26th

Coming to Toms River, NJ – Oct 8th and 9th

Coming to Elmhurst, IL – Oct 16th & 17th

More Information to Come

Diana Pierce and Lori La Bey

Schedule Your Next Event with Lori La Bey https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/contact-us

See what LeadingAge has to say about Lori La Bey

 “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

For More Testimonial

Fight Alzheimer’s Together

Push Dementia Forward – Participate!

Find A Memory Café In Your Area

Read Full Post »

Traveling with Dementia – Airport Stories Survey

Times are Changing – Be Part of the Change!

I’m so proud to announce our Dementia-Friendly Airports Working Group is Launching a Survey to Research How to Make Airports More Dementia-Friendly!

We Need Your Help – Dementia Travel Data is Lacking

Our Twin Cities Minnesota Dementia-Friendly Airports Working Group has launched an online survey, Traveling with Dementia – Airport Stories Survey, to gather information and stories about air travel experiences from persons with dementia and their care partners.

The Working Group is made up of researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and a group of area residents, professionals in aging and dementia services, Australian researchers responsible for the Brisbane Airport’s dementia-friendly designation, and others. The effort is organized and led by the Roseville Alzheimer’s and Dementia Community Action Team (Rsvl A/D).

Click Here to Take the Survey

The motivation for the Traveling with Dementia – Airport Stories Survey is the recognition that airports are often difficult places to be for people living with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Navigating security and dealing with the noise and crowds can lead to anxiety and confusion. While there are many anecdotes about air travel experiences of people living with dementia, there is almost no hard data. This survey is designed to address that gap, and will hopefully lead to improved services.

The survey covers travelers’ experiences, from booking flights to arriving at their destination, and encompasses travel within and outside the U.S. Respondents will remain anonymous.

The Survey is available at http://bit.ly/DementiaFriendlyAirports through Sept. 15, 2019.

The survey project began in 2018, when , a dementia-caregiver researcher at the University of Minnesota, was lecturing in Australia. He learned of Brisbane Airport’s dementia-friendly designation and met the Australian researchers responsible for this work. Gaugler contacted Rsvl A/D founder Sara Barsel and suggested that Rsvl A/D lead similar efforts locally. Barsel proposed a collaboration with the Brisbane Airport project’s lead researcher, Dr. Maria O’Reilly, and the Dementia-Friendly Airports Working Group was organized.

“There is tremendous excitement about this effort on the part of dementia service providers, travelers and their companions dealing with dementia,” said Barsel. “Navigating airports can be daunting for anyone, but especially for people with hidden disabilities like dementia.”

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What Questions You Have For Those Living With Dementia?

Below Video compliments of Dementia Chats

Those with dementia talk needs and strategies to incorporate when building dementia friendly communities and businesses.

Find out 1) who do you need on your team and why. 2) Why are the little things so important. 3) What others are doing that is working well.

Additional Dementia Chats Interviews:

Juggling Dementia Care &

Finding Balance

Downloadable Tips Below

UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS WITH LORI LA BEY:

Coming to Woodbury, MN – Sept 25th and 26th

Coming to Toms River, NJ – Oct 8th and 9th

Coming to Elmhurst, IL – Oct 16th & 17th

More Information to Come

Diana Pierce and Lori La Bey

Schedule Your Next Event with Lori La Bey https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/contact-us

See what LeadingAge has to say about Lori La Bey

 “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

For More Testimonial

Fight Alzheimer’s Together

Push Dementia Forward – Participate!

Find A Memory Café In Your Area

Read Full Post »

Snoezelen Rooms – Can They Help Those with Dementia?

July 4th, 2019 at 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST, 7pm London time and July 5th at 6am in Australia

Multi-Sensory Environment and Sensory Stimulation

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Lori La Bey, talks with Ilse Achterberg has been an activity therapist and specialist in Multi-Sensory Environments known as MSE or Snoezelen for over 25 years.  Ilse is the founder of World Wide Snoezelen. Today we will learn what a Snoezelen room is and how they can help those with dementia, autism, ADHD and people with learning and/or multiple physical & mental disabilities.

Contact Information:

Website – WorldWideSnoezelen.com

Email – info@worldwidesnoezelen.com

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/WorldWideSnoezelen/

Phone – (+31) 294 25 73 32

Below Video compliments of Dementia Chats

Those with dementia talk needs and strategies to incorporate when building dementia friendly communities and businesses.

Find out 1) who do you need on your team and why. 2) Why are the little things so important. 3) What others are doing that is working well.

Additional Dementia Chats Interviews:

What Questions You Have For Those Living With Dementia?

Juggling Dementia Care &

Finding Balance

Downloadable Tips Below

UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS WITH LORI LA BEY:

Coming to Woodbury, MN – Sept 25th and 26th

Coming to Toms River, NJ – Oct 8th and 9th

Coming to Elmhurst, IL – Oct 16th & 17th

More Information to Come

Diana Pierce and Lori La Bey

Schedule Your Next Event with Lori La Bey https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/contact-us

See what LeadingAge has to say about Lori La Bey

 “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

For More Testimonial

Fight Alzheimer’s Together

Push Dementia Forward – Participate!

Find A Memory Café In Your Area

Read Full Post »

Cheers to an Amazing 4th of July

Celebrate Our Independence Safely and with Pride!

The 4th of July is a great day to not only celebrate our nations independence, but to explore what independence means to us. Often I think we take our independence for granted. We can look at this day from many angles. Our political and military state, our right to vote, or our freedom of speech and on and on.

What Does Independence

Mean To You?

But today, I urge you to consider the importance of independence for those living with a chronic illness or disability, like a form of dementia.

If your memory or executive functions would start to slip away, what would independence mean to you? What would bring you comfort, dignity, safety and joy in your life? How would you want to be treated? What type of community would you see supporting you and why?

Share Your Thoughts with Us Here on Alzheimer’s Speaks

Enjoy the 4th of July Weekend – Be safe and Kind to Yourself & Others.

Below Video compliments of Dementia Chats

Those with dementia talk needs and strategies to incorporate when building dementia friendly communities and businesses. Find out who do you need on your team and why. Why are the little things so important. What Others are doing that is working well.

Additional Dementia Chats Interviews:

What Questions You Have For Those Living With Dementia?

Juggling Dementia Care &

Finding Balance

Downloadable Tips Below

UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS WITH LORI LA BEY:

Coming to Woodbury, MN – Sept 25th and 26th

Coming to Toms River, NJ – Oct 8th and 9th

Coming to Elmhurst, IL – Oct 16th & 17th

More Information to Come

Diana Pierce and Lori La Bey

Schedule Your Next Event with Lori La Bey https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/contact-us

See what LeadingAge has to say about Lori La Bey

 “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

For More Testimonial

Fight Alzheimer’s Together

Push Dementia Forward – Participate!

Find A Memory Café In Your Area

Read Full Post »