Dignity Is Possible Even For Those Who Are Deeply Forgetful

I just love talking with Stephen G Post and Rev Jade Angelica! You can see from our smiles we are having fun and sharing insights on a very important topic – dignity for deeply forgetful people, which is also the title of Stephen and Jade’s book. Watch the video and pick up some new perspectives on caring for a loved or those you serve living with a form of dementia or what Stephen refers to as the deeply forgetful.

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Contact Stephen G. Post PhD

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Tuesday – June 21st, 2022 – 1pm EST, 12pm CST, 11am MST, 10am PST & 7pm London GMT, 8pm South Africa SAST, and on the 22nd at 5am in Australia AEDT

Hi Everyone – I’m looking forward to this conversation with Lakelyn Hogan Eichenberger, Ph.D. who is a Gerontologist and Caregiving Advocate with Home Instead®. I hope you can join us. We always have a great time as both of us love our work and we invite you to be part of the conversation too!

See below where you can submit questions ahead of time or you can always submit them during the live chat too.

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During This Chat You Will Learn: 

• A brief overview of dementia and the signs and symptoms 
• Tips for bringing up concerns about a loved one’s cognition
• Reasons to talk to a healthcare provider and get a diagnosis 
• Resources to support individuals and families navigate dementia

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Exploring & Understanding Compassionate Choices To Honoring Final Wishes

Thursday – Aug 19th, 2021 – 2pm EDT, 1pm CDT, 12pm MDT, 11am PDT & 7pm London BST, 8pm South Africa SAST, and on the 20th at 4am in Australia AEST

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Understanding Options & Final Wishes

Before You Need Them Is Critical!

Lori La Bey will be talking with Kim Callinan the President and CEO of Compassion & Choices and Matt Whitaker is National Director of Integrated Programs. Today we will learn about options and choices available when people are discussing their wishes when it comes to end of life.

Kim leads the organization’s strategy to empower people to take charge of the final chapter of their lives, help people plan for a possible dementia diagnosis, and advocate for closing disparities in end of life care.

Kim has led efforts around authorizing and implementing medical aid in dying in several states and jurisdictions, frequently testifies before state legislatures, and serves as a national thought leader on end-of-life care options.

Matt works to support medical education, end of life planning and client services nationwide. He has helped lead state-level campaigns to increase access to end of life choice, and has spoken at numerous conferences on bioethics and person-centered care across the country. He’s also testified as an expert resource on end of life choice to numerous state agencies and legislative committees.

Know Your Options

Show Kindness, Allow Dignity, Empower All By Giving Comfort For End Of Life Choices

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Contact Compassion and Choices

Website: https://compassionandchoices.org/

Tools:

Dementia Values & Priorities Tool – helps you develop a set of instructions outlining your care/treatment wishes at different stages of dementia

Dementia Decoder  – https://diagnosisdecoder.org/decoder/dementia – preparing for an appointment with the doctor when you or a loved one have dementia

Dementia V&P Tool Video

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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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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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Flora Making Life Brighter & Happy for Others

My name is Giada Conte, I am 38. I am Italian, but I moved to California 3 years ago, where I live with my husband. No kids, no pets, no close relatives, just the two of us! I’ve been working for more than 15 years as a theatrical set designer and painter, extremely in love with my job, and with Arts in general. Then, one day in March 2020, all of a sudden, everything changed: theatres and live events closed their doors indefinitely, and I felt completely lost.

I have been trying somehow to adjust the new reality, of Covid 19, since the beginning of the lockdown and I committed myself to practicing positive-thinking exercises as a daily routine.

At least one happy word per day

I started focusing on all the privileges my life already had (and still has, more than ever): Family, Love, Energy, Colors, Memories, Freedom, Hope, Creativity… so I reached the 50th day, with the word ‘Joy’, the day I took my pencil and started drawing…

The day Flora came

She was a little whimsical character with the mission of making me smile. It worked! Initially, the idea was to write a children’s book about her, but then I just enjoyed so much spending time making art that I forgot about that plan. 4 months and 300+ drawings later, going through the shelter-in-place and the wildfires that forced me to stay safe inside, I still fill my days doing that, looking out the window, and dreaming through her eyes.

I thought that maybe Flora could have spread a bit of color and brightness to some other’s life too.

Hence, I’ve been posting daily illustrations on social media and I created her personal blog with free educational/inspirational contents, receiving hundreds of views and daily positive feedback. But what’s motivating me the most are some special heartwarming ‘Thank You’ messages I got from persons who have been living delicate moments and difficult situations, saying that my character just helped them lighten their days with a smile. Well, there are no words to express how I feel about this. I was creating art, in my little corner of the world, trying to make the best of my social isolation, and I ended up making a difference for some others, even if only for the time of a chuckle.

As a personal journey, Flora is about exploring everyday

She looks at her life in a new perspective, observing ordinary objects with a curious eye, discovering connections, finding Beauty in the little things, getting motivated and inspired even when the whole world is upside down.

After collecting materials to create activity sheets for kids, I recently made a series of Worksheets for Seniors, and that’s what brings me here. It’s a packet designed to encourage positive thoughts and memories, keeping them busy, with a little fun too!

A free pdf copy is ready to download and print here

www.floramakesmesmile.com/post/free-printable-activity-sheets-for-seniors

If you’d like to see more about Flora, here’s where to follow her:

FaceBook: www.facebook.com/floramakesmesmile

Instragram: www.instagram.com/flora_makes_me_smile

Blog: www.floramakesmesmile.com

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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

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Finding Peace Through Love, Acceptance and Gratitude

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Lori La Bey has a fun and uplifting conversation with two Minnesota icons. Joan Steffend who was one of our beloved news anchor in Minneapolis and also the host of HGTV’s Decorating Cents.  Her husband Joe Brandmieier is a compassionate and creative storyteller – through film, video and still photography. He recently published an inspirational photography book and Produced and Directed an award-winning documentary on marriage called “I Do.”

You will find this to be a fun and uplifting conversation with Joan and Joe about their own caring journeys.  Both Joe and Joan share fantastic insights and their creative works are a gift to humanity.  This is a conversation I believe you will find enlightening from philosophies and struggles, to quotes, books, film and song.  Enjoy!

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Book Publisher:  www.tristanpublishing.com

Joan’s Books:  are “…and she sparkled” and “peace in, peace out” 

Joe’s Book:  “Up North – Reflections, Moments and Memories”

The Film “I Do?”   www.idodocumentary.com

JOAN STEFFEND   

Website:  www.joansteffend.com  

Phone:  (952) 210-2665

JOE BRANDMEIER  

Website:  www.joebrandmeier.com 

Phone:  (952) 210-2644

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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

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Laughter Yoga – Natural Medicine For Our Soul

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

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Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio host Lori La Bey, talks with Pete and Jan Girard who are certified  Laughter Yoga leaders.  Today we will learn about the power of laughter, how it changes our body chemistry and the positive impact it has on our lives.  Pete and Jan will share their personal stories of how they have been touched by dementia and why they were driven to make a difference in the lives of people living and dealing with dementia. They will share examples of laughter yoga with us. 

Contact at Pete and Jan Girard

Phone: 612-423-3167

Email: girard.janandpete@gmail.com

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Roy Tal, Founder of 2gether

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Today Lori La Bey, host of Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio will talk with Roy Tal, from Tel Aviv, who is doing amazing work to improve the lives of those living with dementia.  Roy is a 34 year old with a big heart who was touched by dementia in his own family.  Listen in on how Roy took that experience to improve the lives of others.   He is a social entrepreneur & music graduate co-founder of Imagine an NPO that empowers special needs musicians. He is also the founder and CEO of 2gether  which will be the focus of our conversation today.

 

Contact Roy Tal of 2gether:

Website:   www.2gether.fun

Email:   roy@2gether.fun

Video:   https://youtu.be/g2oHwQ9hRnA

Today our Dementia Chats Experts, those diagnosed and living with cognitive impairment, discuss what they would like to see their communities provide them to show they are truly a “Dementia Friendly Business or Communities.”  You will find great tips for businesses and communities to consider.

Our experts today are: Michael Ellenbogen, Laurie Scherrer, Bob Savage and Truthful Loving Kindness. Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates the conversation. Lori can be reached at or visit Alzheimer’s Speaks website.

Voices of Those Diagnosed with Dementia

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