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Artifcts – Where “Stuff” and Stories Meet – A New Approach to Organizing Your Belonging!

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Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Thursday – March 16th, 2023 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the March 17th at 6am in Australia AEDT

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Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Ellen Goodwin, Heather Nickerson, and Tara Ballman about Artifcts.

Ellen Goodwin is the co-founder of Artifcts. Mother to an almost teen, wife to a cyclist (and a cyclist herself), and lover of books, travel, and attempts to beautify her home and garden. Prior to co-founding Artifcts, Ellen managed strategic partnerships and client relations for a global data technology company. 

Heather Nickerson is the co-founder and CEO of Artifcts. She is an avid hiker, skier, baker, and collector of ‘stuff.’ Prior to co-founding Artifcts, Heather served as President of a private security company and authored a book on how to protect your privacy. 

Tara Ballman has been our show in the past.  She is the Executive Director of the National Aging in Place Council, where she champions aging-in-place issues through collaboration and education. Tara is also a co-author of the newly released book, Aging in Place Conversations: What Industry Experts Have To Say, which rose to #9 in the Aging category on Amazon.  She also co-hosts a podcast featuring members of the National Aging in Place Council, where stories are shared about supporting aging in place.

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Contact Artifcts

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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@artifcts8959

Artifcts LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/76091576

Heather Nickerson Personal LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-nickerson/ 

Ellen Goodwin Personal LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenlgoodwin/ 

Contact National Aging In Place Council

Email  naipc@ageinplace.org

NAIPC Office (202) 280-1973

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Twitter  https://twitter.com/NAIPC

LinkedIn  www.linkedin.com/in/taraballman

Tara’s Personal Website  www.taraballman.com

Contact Lori La Bey

Find FREE resources along with a variety of services at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com   

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

Order Now – A Great Gift For Anyone At Any Age

Paperback 978-1-952976-86-5 Hardcover 978-1-952976-87-2

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022948781

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FREE Resources Along With A Variety Of Services At www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com or Contact Lori La Bey.

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Where is Nancy?  What Would You do If Your Loved One Wandered Off?

Posted in @AlzSpksRadio, adult children, aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Awareness, Alzheimer's Gathering, Alzheimer's Influencer, alzheimer's resources, Alzheimer's Speaks Blog, Alzheimer's Speaks Radio, Alzheimer's Speaks Resource Website, Aphasia, Author, Betty the Bald Chicken, Book on Alzheimer's, Book on Dementia, boomers, Call Alert Center, Care Partners, Care to Plan Dementia Resource Directory, Caregiver, Caregiver Alert Center, caregivers, caregiving, carers, caring for edlerly, caring for loved ones, caring for parents, cognitive disabilities, conscious caring resources, Dementia, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Care Culture, Dementia Chats, Dementia Community, Dementia Forum, Dementia Gathering, Dementia Influencer, Dementia Map Global Resource Directory, dementia resources, Dementia support, Dementia Videos, Dignity with dementia, Early Memory Loss, Empowerment Through Dementia, EOAD, Families, Families and Alzheimer's, Families dealing with dementia, Find Opportunities within an Obstacle, Focusing on Abilities, Frontotemporal Dementia, FTD, gift ideas, gratitude, Grief, healthcare, Home Health, iHeartRadio, Inside Alzheimer's, itunes, Kindness, Lessons in How to Care, lessons learned, Lewy Body, Lewy Body Dementia, Life or Death with Dementia, Living with Alzheimer's disease, Lori La Bey, MCI, MCI and EOAD, memory loss, Memory Loss Resource Center, Neuro diverse, Neuro Diverse Cognition, neuropsychological, parenting parents, Parkinson's disease, Passionate Care, Person Centered Care, Purple Angel - Demetia Symbol, quality of life, relationship based care, Relationship Centered Care, Sandwich Generation, Senior Living, seniors, ShareCare's #1 Online Influencer On Alzheimer's, Simple Pleasures, Speaker on Alzheimer's disease, Speaker on Caregiving, Special Series on Alzheimer's and Dementia, Taboo Conversation, Tips, Vascular Dementia, YOung Onset Alzheimer's, Young Onset Dementia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Thursday – March 9th, 2023 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the March 10th at 6am in Australia AEDT

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Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Filmmakers Dru Miller and Thiago Dadalt and Care Partner Kirk Moody who discuss the film “Where is Nancy,” which depicts the story of when Kirk’s wife living with dementia went missing. They also talk about prevention modes you might be interested in checking out before a crisis occurs.

Dru Miller

She has spearheaded numerous film and television projects including the award-winning “Chocolate” (about early onset of Alzheimer’s and “Duke” about severe autism. “Life on a Leash” and “2nd Time Around” for which she serves as executive producer, creator, and writer. She is the head of D. Ellen Miller Productions.

Thiago Dadalt

Thiago is an award-winning writer, editor/director from Brazil. He has won numerous awards with “Chocolate”, Oscar’s qualified in 2018, a short film about the early onset of Alzheimer’s. “Duke” (about severe autism) was officially selected at the “Emerging Filmmaker Showcase” at CANNES 2019, Cleveland, Stage 32 contest (showing at HollyShorts, Raindance, and Austin Film fest 2019)

Kirk Moody is a retired engineer and was a full-time caregiver for his wife, Nancy Paulikas who suffered from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.  Kirk spent 26 months looking for Nancy after she wandered from a family outing to an art museum.

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Find FREE resources along with a variety of services at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com   

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

Order Now – A Great Gift For Anyone At Any Age

Paperback 978-1-952976-86-5 Hardcover 978-1-952976-87-2

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022948781

Reviews on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Are Appreciated!

FREE Resources Along With A Variety Of Services At www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com or Contact Lori La Bey.

Lori La Bey and Alzheimer’s Speaks Can Help Your Organization With Staff Training, Family Support, Perspective Clients, and Support Gatherings.

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Why Caring Resources Are Needed and Where To Find Them

Posted in @AlzSpksRadio, A Timeless Love- Dementia FIlm, adult children, aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Community, Alzheimer's Forum, Alzheimer's Influencer, alzheimer's resources, Alzheimer's Speaks Blog, Alzheimer's Speaks Radio, Alzheimer's Speaks Resource Website, alzheimers, Aphasia, Betty the Bald Chicken, Book on Alzheimer's, Book on Dementia, Care Partners, caregivers, caregiving, carers, caring for edlerly, caring for loved ones, caring for parents, cognitive disabilities, conscious caring resources, Dementia, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Capable, Dementia Care Culture, Dementia Forum, Dementia Friendly, Dementia Gathering, Dementia Influencer, Dementia Map Global Resource Directory, dementia resources, Dementia support, Dementia Videos, Dignity with dementia, Dynamic Aging, Early Memory Loss, Empowerment Through Dementia, EOAD, Families and Alzheimer's, Families dealing with dementia, Find Opportunities within an Obstacle, Focusing on Abilities, Frontotemporal Dementia, FTD, grief and loss, healthcare, Home Health, Kindness, lessons learned, Lewy Body, Lewy Body Dementia, Life or Death with Dementia, Living with Alzheimer's disease, Lori La Bey, MCI, MCI and EOAD, Neuro diverse, parenting parents, Parkinson's disease, Patient Centered Care, Patient Engagement, Person Centered Care, quality of life, relationship based care, Relationship Centered Care, Senior Living, Simple Pleasures, Speaker on Alzheimer's disease, Speaker on Caregiving, Special Series on Alzheimer's and Dementia, support group, Supporting Caregivers, Tips, Vascular Dementia, YOung Onset Alzheimer's, tagged , , , , , , on February 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Tuesday – Feb. 14th, 2023 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the Feb 15th at 6am in Australia AEDT

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Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Lance A. Slatton who hosts All Home Care Matters podcast.  Lance’s background provides over 18 years of health care experience with a diverse background in clinical hospital care to the home care field. All Home Care Matters was created by Lance and his team to help provide tips, resources, and discussions on long-term care issues to help support family caregivers and their loved ones.

If you have questions or comments regarding today’s show Call into the studio at (323) 870-4602

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Reframing Valentine’s Day

Posted in A Timeless Love- Dementia FIlm, adult children, aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Community, Alzheimer's Influencer, Alzheimer's Speaks Blog, Alzheimer's Speaks Radio, Alzheimer's Speaks Resource Website, alzheimers, Aphasia, Betty the Bald Chicken, Book on Alzheimer's, Book on Dementia, boomers, Care Partners, Caregiver, caregiving, carers, caring for edlerly, caring for loved ones, caring for parents, cognitive disabilities, Dementia, Dementia Care Culture, Dementia Community, Dementia Friendly, Dementia Influencer, Dementia Map Global Resource Directory, dementia resources, Dementia support, Dementia Videos, Dignity with dementia, elderly, Empowerment Through Dementia, Families, Families and Alzheimer's, Families dealing with dementia, Find Opportunities within an Obstacle, Focusing on Abilities, Frontotemporal Dementia, FTD, healthcare, Home Health, Hospice, Inside Alzheimer's, joy and celebration, Kindness, lessons learned, Lewy Body, Lewy Body Dementia, Life or Death with Dementia, Living with Alzheimer's disease, Lori La Bey, MCI, MCI and EOAD, Neuro diverse, Neuro Diverse Cognition, parenting parents, Parkinson's disease, Patient Centered Care, Patient Engagement, Person Centered Care, quality of life, relationship based care, Relationship Centered Care, Sandwich Generation, Senior Living, seniors, Simple Pleasures, Speaker on Alzheimer's disease, Speaker on Caregiving, Special Series on Alzheimer's and Dementia, support group, Supporting Caregivers, Vanessa Campagna, YOung Onset Alzheimer's, Young Onset Dementia, tagged , , on February 13, 2023| 2 Comments »

So Often We Feel Sad On Valentine’s Day

If We Don’t Have a Current Love In Our Life

My Challenge Is To Reframe Expectations For You Valentine’s Day.

Have It Represent All Of Your Life, Not Just One Day!

Many people are experiencing loss of a loved one. That might be an actual passing or so often someone we love has left our life for one reason or another. It might be a breakup. One that was chosen by one person and not understood by the other, and sometimes not accepted as final either. Sometime there is a mutually agreement to part ways.

In the case of illness, it may be an outcome that no one chose. It may be just a matter of circumstances. Tough, uncomfortable circumstances.

No matter what your situation is, there is always something to be grateful for. Those individuals who have found their soul mate, which most of us long for; instead of being sad or jealous, I suggest you celebrate their brilliance. Their example which can give us hope of the possibility of things to come.

For those who feel alone, I challenge you to embrace the moments of your past, when you have felt loved by another. When your face lit upon just thinking about them, let alone being with them. The moments you felt safe, happy, and accepted for who you are even in your rawest of forms. The moment you felt a deep love for someone, and you felt that love returned to you. Maybe it was a pet, a location, or a situation that filled your soul.

If you your loved has dementia, you may feel a loss for the way things were. I challenge you to embrace to gifts of what remains. Just because there are things you can’t do a certain way anymore, doesn’t mean those things can’t be modified to still create joyful moments that touch both your souls. Sometimes sitting quietly holding someone’s hand is the most peaceful place to be, or seeing that beautiful smile, glint in a eye, soft giggle, or the drop of a joyful tear.

We have all had those moments were love in many forms has made us feel whole. Made us feel like we truly belong in this world. Made us feel like we matter and gives us purpose to love others more.

Don’t Buy Into The Commercialization Valentine’s Day Is Only About

Romantic Love

It is about many forms of love. Love for family members, a parent, a child, a sibling, or extended or stepfamily members. We can celebrate love for friends, colleagues, teachers, mentors, neighbors and even strangers that have made an impact on our lives. And please don’t forget about Self Love. So many times, we disregard the importance of loving ourselves and how that gift lets us love others more deeply.

Spread love and kindness throughout the world by sharing your loving thoughts with others. Turn off the news that all too often highlights the ugliness of our world and make someone else’s day.

So, this Valentine’s Day Remember & Embrace All The Loving Moments

You’ve Been Lucky Enough To Experience In Your Life.

I am filled with appreciation and love to our community members.

May you all have a blessed and full day filled with all the loving moments you have been lucky enough to experience.

Lori La Bey, Founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks

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.

FREE resources along with a variety of services at www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com   Contact Lori La Bey.

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Supporting Dementia Caregivers

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Lance Slatton founder of All Home Care Matters interviews Dave Wiederrich and Lori La Bey the Co-founders of Dementia Map. Learn all the ways Dementia Map can support you as a family member or professional care partner. If you are a business looking to connect with those needing your services, find out how Dementia Map can assist you and your company.

You can learn more about All Home Care Matters, Dementia Map, the Memory Cafe Directory and Alzheimer’s Speaks by clicking on the logos below.

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An Amazing Conversation with Naomi Feil – A Pioneer in Healthcare

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Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Tuesday – Jan 3rd, 2023 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the 4th at 6am in Australia AEDT

Today, Eilon Caspi will be cohosting with Lori La Bey as they interview the one and only Naomi Feil. Joining us will also be Naomi’s daughter Vicki de Klerk.

A little background on Naomi Feil:

Naomi Feil is the developer of the Validation Method. She was born in 1932 in Munich Germany, graduated from Columbia University with a Masters degree in Social Work. Naomi developed the Validation method between 1963 and 1980, through practice, as a response to her dissatisfaction with traditional methods of working with the severely disoriented old. The older population was her client base.

In 1982, she published her first book, Validation: The Feil Method. Her second book, The Validation Breakthrough, was first published in 1993. Naomi and her husband Ed, have made many films and videos about aging and Validation. Since the mid-1970s, Naomi has done over 1000 workshops in the United States and Canada, plus almost 1000 workshops in Europe and Asia.

She can easily be called, the God-mother of ‘person-centered’ care.

Vicki de Klerk-Rubin is Naomi’s daughter and since 2014, she has taken on the role of Executive Director of the Validation Training Institute. She is a Dutch-trained, Registered Nurse, holds an MBA from Fordham University and is a certified Validation Master.

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Expanding Access to Art Therapies for Those Living with Dementia

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Listen Live or Listen at Your Convenience Thursday – December 29th, 2022 – 2pm EST, 1pm CST, 12pm MST, 11am PST & 7pm London GMT, 9pm South Africa SAST, and on the 30th at 6am in Australia AEDT

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.

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Song: Halfway to Heaven

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“Halfway to Heaven” is a song written for Joyce Ann Barczyk by her husband John Barczyk. There are a lot of songs about Alzheimer’s disease, but John felt there was something missing in all of them – hope. John’s goal was to frame the long hard struggle as a journey with many identifiable steps along the way, and help sufferers and their families find comfort in each successive crisis. When the song was shared with Kaitlin Ridgeway, a board-certified music therapist with Hospice of Michigan, she sang it to Joyce and then to other patients. Kaitlin commented, “I have played that song for other patients and families and every time they find such an emotional connection to the words.”

Kaitlin recorded “Halfway to Heaven” on her phone and sent it to John. John added an introduction he recorded on his phone and some images. That is what you will hear and see in the video above.

Joyce was a wonderful wife to John for over 50 years, a mother to four great kids, and an RN for whom no sacrifice was too great. She had a ready smile that never dimmed and faced her diagnosis with courage and determination. Joyce will be remembered for the comfort and joy she lovingly displayed to others. As a nurse, a friend, a mom, and a grandmother, she was always willing to offer help and support.

Joyce Ann Barczyk, of Lakeville, Michigan, passed peacefully on July 14, 2022 after a long, hard battle with early onset Alzheimer disease.

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We’re proud to partner with Mediaplanet for its Alzheimer’s Awareness campaign! Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. Not only is this disease the nation’s most expensive condition to treat and care for, but it also has devastating effects on the patient and his or her caregivers. This campaign advocates for increased education about how to better the lives of those living with Alzheimer’s, their loved ones, and their caregivers.

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Joe & Bella’s – Classy Adaptive Clothing, Making Life Easier & More Dignified

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Making Life Easier & More Dignified

Our Host, Lori La Bey talks with Jimmy Zollo the co-founder and CEO of Joe & Bella, an adaptive apparel brand for older adults. Joe & Bella’s is the first contemporary adaptive-apparel brand for older adults. They make stylish, comfortable clothes that innovatively balance form and function, in turn making dressing easier, stress-free, and more dignified.  

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Dr. Marion Somers joins Lori La Bey on Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio today.  She is recognized as a visionary and thought leader in the field of elder field of elder care.  She has over 40 years of experience as a geriatric care manager, caregiver, author, speaker, and teacher of all things elder and eldercare.  I’m honored to have Marion join us today to share her expertise.

After decades of working directly with seniors and their caregivers, Dr. Marion launched a public effort to provide practical tools, solutions, and advice to those struggling to care for our aging population. She has helped millions of Americans through her book, “Elder Care Made Easier: Doctor Marion’s 10 Steps to Help You Care for an Aging Loved One.”

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