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Think Dementia
Think Dementia is education and support for care partners. Listeners can record a message and Amy House, C.D.P. will unpack your question on the podcast and help you start to think dementia. This results in better relationships and less stress for care partners.
Episodes
78 episodes
Does Someone's Sensor of Humor Go Away?
Joe from Louisville, Kentucky asks Amy if a person who has dementia loses their sense of humor or if it remains unchanged. Amy tells some heartwarming stories of celebrating humor with a disease where it can be hard to find moments to ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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19:50
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Do I Really Need a Hospital Bed?
While someone is enrolling their loved one living with dementia into the hospice program they sometimes wonder, “do I really need a hospital bed?” Amy breaks down some good reasons to consider having a hospital bed for both the hospice pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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25:23
Afterthoughts with Amy: Talking to Mom About In-home Care
In this Afterthoughts with Amy episode, Amy discusses what to do if your loved one is not letting the in-home care attendant into the home. This is a follow up to a previous episode where someone is wondering how to talk to their mother a...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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16:50
Talking to Mom About In Home Care
A listener asks Amy for some tips on how to talk to their mother about having in-home care in the house 24/7. Amy gives the family some ideas on how to approach this subject in a compassionate and understanding way. Am...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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16:36
Well Meaning Family Members with Opinions
In this episode, two caregivers reveal the stresses they are under with other family members giving their opinions. One has a mother in law in Memory Care and feels criticized. The other is caring full time for her mother at home an...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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22:07
Afterthoughts with Amy: A Gain in Artistic Abilities?
In this After Thoughts with Amy episode, Amy looks into the type of dementia that someone may have that gives them a boost of artistic skills as their disease progresses. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how d...
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Season 1
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Episode 71
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22:07
What Should I Be Doing? Part 3 Household Tasks and Going Places
A listener asks how they can give their Grandma living with dementia something to do. She keeps asking “what should I be doing?” This third episode of a 3 part series talks about doing household chores and familiar tasks can give so...
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Season 1
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Episode 70
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40:50
What Should I Be Doing? Part 2 Sensory and Creative
A listener asks how they can give their Grandma living with dementia something to do. She keeps asking “what should I be doing?” This second episode of a 3 part series talks about sensory and creative activities and engagement. &nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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33:11
What Should I Be Doing? Part 1 Reminiscing and Spiritual Activities
A listener asks how they can give their Grandma living with dementia something to do. She keeps asking “what should I be doing?” This first episode of a 3 part series talks about activities and engagement for reminiscing and spiritu...
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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25:16
Bring it Hollywood! Dementia Themes on TV
Amy House has been noticing a dementia storyline in some of the shows she has been watching. What other movies and series are highlighting how dementia touches everyone somehow? Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in unders...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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28:21
Afterthoughts with Amy: Everything Incontinence
In this episode of Afterthoughts with Amy, our host Amy House discusses a few more tips on incontinence that she did not mention in the Everything Incontinence episode. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dem...
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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11:44
"Refusals" in Assisted Living
A listener wants to know more about a resident’s right to refuse care in the Assisted Living setting. Amy discusses how to proceed and ensure resident rights are upheld and cares are still done with dignity and respect. Amy Ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 65
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29:13
Norovirus
Amy has been hearing about the stomach flu around the country- how does this spread to fast and how can you support someone living with dementia?Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. Thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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24:04
Early, Middle and Late Stage Incontinence
A podcast of Amy’s webinar regarding personal cares, this episode includes how to assist someone with incontinence concerns in the early, middle and late stages of the disease. Get your pen and paper because these are all the tips and tri...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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47:03
Why Should I Draw That Clock?
An audience member at a presentation asks Amy, "Why do I have to do that test at the doctor every year? Why do I have to draw that clock?" Amy dives into the purpose of the cognitive testing that happens annually during your physical and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 62
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35:13
Should We Tell Him?
In this episode Amy discusses considerations for a man unaware of his diagnosis right now, but his family has received news via phone from the neurologist confirming he has dementia. The appointment to see the neurologist is months away ...
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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18:26
What is LATE disorder?
In this episode Amy answers a questions regarding the difference between dementia and LATE disorder. Learn more about this newly recognized type of dementia and how it is similar to Alzheimer's and FTD in some ways. LATE may even be...
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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19:54
Cold Weather Tips
In this episode Amy draws from her experience in Minnesota with cold weather and talks about how to keep someone living with dementia safe and warm. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia a...
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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13:37
Afterthoughts with Amy: Brain Donation
In this Afterthoughts with Amy episode there is a further discussions about brain health equity in brain donation and Amy covers some myths out there about brain donation.Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how...
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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7:02
Brain Donation
In this episode, Amy gives listeners information on brain donation and how it works. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from liste...
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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8:50
Afterthoughts with Amy: Denial
In this Afterthoughts with Amy the host talks about a presentation she saw with Lori La Bey, a Twin Cities dementia advocate and educator about denial. This was timely as the episode where a listener asked how to deal with spouse who is i...
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Season 1
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Episode 56
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13:18
Denial
In this episode a listener asks how to handle a situation where the spouse is in denial that his wife has signs of dementia. Amy met this listener at the Caregiving for People with Memory Loss conference in 2024 who has in-laws in their ...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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36:13
FTD and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
For National FTD Awareness Week (9/22) Amy provides education and awareness on Frontotemporal Degeneration- the 4th leading cause of dementia. Each week Amy covers a different type and variant of FTD. In this episode she talks about...
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Season 1
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Episode 55
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18:21
FTD and Corticobasal Syndrome
For National FTD Awareness Week (9/22) Amy provides education and awareness on Frontotemporal Degeneration- the 4th leading cause of dementia. Each week Amy covers a different type and variant of FTD. In this episode she talks about...
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Season 1
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Episode 54
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8:06
FTD and ALS (Lous Gehrig's Disease)
For National FTD Awareness Week (9/22) Amy provides education and awareness on Frontotemporal Degeneration- the 4th leading cause of dementia. Each week Amy covers a different type and variant of FTD. In this episode she talks about...
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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14:29