On Tuesday, Jan 30th, 2018, Lori La Bey host of Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio will interview Michael Ellenbogen a man who has been living with a diagnosis of dementia. Michael is an international advocate who has made major contributions in shifting our dementia care, speaking at NAPA, the World Health Conference in Geneva and so many other sessions including congressional. Michael plans to leverage technology to extend his driving abilities. Join us for our conversation and hear about some of the latest new features available to drivers.
My Mom Dorothy Moeschter was a very special woman. She was loving, fun and strict. Organized and messy. She engage all and was one of the fist to reach out to help those in need. Mom believed in our democratic process and I can only imagine what she is thinking looking down on the world of politics today. She took a true interest in people and volunteered in a variety of circles from school, church, government, girl scouts and boy scouts, hockey and various boaster clubs. Mom was well liked and had a great laugh. Entertaining and sales were a passion for her and she was so much more until dementia showed up.
Although the Alzheimer’s disease took much from mom and our family over 30 years, there was much that stayed untouched. Our hearts and souls. Mom’s fun loving approach to life lived on strong throughout the dementia journey…even at the end.
Mom and Dad’s Wedding Day
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Our family cruise Mom with dementia and Dad with brain cancer
It was the rest of us who sometimes focused on what was gone, and than we missed all that was left. We had to learn to look for different things: the slight smile, the glint in the eye, the giggle, the touch and the word(s) that make your heart melt and connect us on a deeper level.
Here is just one example of Mom’s infectious love and joy.
Even when my Mother was dying she was teaching my family about the circle of life and how to care for those at the end of their journey here on earth. Even for her obituary I couldn’t resist continue moms teaching by adding the Purple Angel to her announcement.
May Your Legacy Live On Mom
Watch Maria Shriver’s Tribute to her Mother and Motherhood
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LA Times Cover’s Cruise For Those Living With Dementia & Their Families
Lori La Bey, founder of a Minnesota-based organization called Alzheimer’s Speaks, maintains an online community in which patients and their caregivers “meet” and discuss common challenges.
Now she plans to bring them and others together on a weeklong Eastern Caribbean cruise in November.
The Dementia Friendly Symposium & Cruise will feature chats in which Alzheimer’s patients discuss how they live with the disease and what strategies they use to focus on what they want to do rather than on what they can no longer do. READ FULL ARTICLE
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