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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
98 episodes
Vision Changes with Dementia
Did you know that dementia can affect someone's vision? Even if their eyes seem okay, someone living with dementia may experience vision changes that lead to confusion, isolation, and challenges with cares. Over a decade ago, Teepa ...
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Season 1
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Episode 95
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13:30
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Break It Down
Amy talks about how to set someone living with dementia up for success who may be struggling with the ability to self-start.Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded...
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Season 1
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Episode 94
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15:10
Confusion or Delusion? How could I respond?
Someone is having a delusion, or maybe it is confusion? How can a care partner “go with the flow” when something isn’t true or the person is traveling into the past? Amy gives you some simple tips on how to respond to these situatio...
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Season 1
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Episode 93
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15:35
Bathroom Cares Are Upsetting Us Both
Amy talks about why someone may be having some challenges with evening bathroom cares and some ideas to try. Amy also shares thoughts about how traumatic caregiving can be when your loved one is distressed or not themselves. It is h...
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Season 1
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Episode 92
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36:43
Is There More Dementia In The World Today?
A guest at a health fair asks Amy if there is more dementia in the world today compared to years ago and Amy has some fascinating information to share. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the...
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Season 1
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Episode 91
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19:21
Memory Care Resident Is Taking Things and They Ask Family to Provide Oversight
Learn to Think Dementia and what is happening in a stage of the disease where someone likes to take objects even when they do not belong to them. A listener asks if a Memory Care can require the family to provide supervision during awake hours ...
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Season 1
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Episode 90
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56:53
How Can We Prevent Dementia?
Amy House provides information on types of dementia that are genetic, what the APOE4 carrier gene is about and what you can and cannot modify in your life that increases your risk for developing dementia. Amy House, C.D.P. guides ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 89
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35:03
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus- What Is It and What It The Prognosis?
Amy has a question about Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and a person's prognosis. This timely questions sheds light on a cause of dementia that can be reversible and has recently been in the headlines as Billy Joel, musician, releases tha...
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Season 1
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Episode 88
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24:17
Do I have to keep all these specialist appointments?
In this episode, Amy answers a question from a listener about if she really needs to take her grandmother to specialty appointments if she isn't going to participate and this leads to a discussion about considering why you are going to all thes...
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Season 1
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Episode 87
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18:07
Sharing great ideas from caregivers and Amy's experiences
Amy shares some creative ideas to help people living with dementia and their caregivers that she has heard from caregivers over the years or some of her own that have been more unique. Hopefully this will inspire you to think outside the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 86
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23:20
Understanding End of Life and Hospice
Whether your loved one living with dementia is nearing the end of the journey or you have not thought about what dying with dementia is like, listen to this episode to learn what happens to the brain and body during the last stages of dementia,...
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Episode 85
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52:35
How can I stop picking?
A granddaughter contacts Amy for advice on how to get her grandmother to stop picking her scalp. 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 84
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26:25
Summertime Safety
Amy House helps you Think Dementia when it comes to fun in the sun and hot weather so you know how to keep someone living with dementia safe this summer.Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the bra...
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Season 1
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Episode 83
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17:46
Afterthoughts with Amy: Should we go to the cabin?
This is a follow up episode to Should we go to the cabin? where Amy offers additional ideas to make a successful trip away from the Memory Care to the cabin for a man and his family.Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding...
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Season 1
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Episode 82
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15:09
Should we go to the cabin?
Amy's friend asks if he should bring his father to the summer cabin this year after living in Memory Care for a while. Amy talks about how this could go and ways to be successful when going somewhere familiar or unfamiliar for the day or ...
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Season 1
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Episode 81
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15:09
Afterthoughts with Amy: Let's Talk About Sex
Amy continues the discussion about sex and consenting with dementia and what can happen if someone cannot consent.Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions...
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Season 1
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Episode 80
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18:00
Let's Talk About Sex
Amy discusses common sexual situations that may present when someone is living with dementia and their ability to consent to sexual contact and sexual acts. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affect...
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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40:40
Afterthoughts with Amy: Late Stage Dementia
In this follow up episode to #76 on Late Stage Dementia, Amy House, C.D.P. gives some more information regarding tools and resources that can help with the physical demands of caregiving for someone in the last stages of dementia.A...
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Season 1
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Episode 78
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13:29
Reminiscing On The Go
A husband asks how he can learn to reminisce with his wife on the go such as in the car, while in the waiting room at an appointment or out running errands to keep her mind occupied during downtime. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care par...
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Season 1
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Episode 77
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19:26
Understanding Late Stage Dementia
This episode is a podcast version of a Tembo Health Share and Care Webinar that Amy House did in 2025 helping caregivers understand what happens to the brain and body and what care someone will need in the later stages of their dementia....
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Season 1
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Episode 76
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42:06
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
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