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Caring for Your Loved One with GRACE

I am pleased to welcome Melissa Cohn Bernstein, one of our guest bloggers this month.  Melissa and I have collaborated on online learning projects together for a number of years.  Melissa owns Dynamic Learning Online, an excellent source of continuing education for health care professionals.  Thank you Jennifer for inviting us to Guest Blog for…

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Facing the Challenge of Good Nutrition as We Age

I am very pleased to introduce you to our guest blogger this week, Kathy Birkett, RDN.   Kathy is a registered and licensed dietitian nutritionist with over thirty years of experience helping patients, clients and their family members achieve healthy lives through nutrition. She has provided nutrition advice to people in a variety of settings,…

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Tips for Making Family Mealtime Gatherings Easier to Swallow

Jennifer Brush, MA,CCC/SLP with Karen Betz Summer holidays, cookouts, and family picnics can be hard on someone who has a swallowing problem.  This week I have asked Karen Betz to serve as a guest for our blog.  Karen recently started a business called Smoothe Foods.  Karen was a caregiver for both of her parents. Her…

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The Joy of Discovering Preserved Abilities

In honor of Better Hearing and Speech month, I’d like to say a few words about communication and the relationships we have with our loved ones with dementia.   I’d like to share a story with you.  Last year I worked with a client who lived with frontotemporal degeneration.  I made a once weekly home…

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Noise Pollution

Individuals with dementia have difficulty filtering out irrelevant noise from the environment and focusing on relevant sounds pertinent to their communication partner. When noise bothers people with dementia it can cause them to become agitated and restless. Background noise hinders communication because it affects the ability of people with dementia to hear and focus on…

Welcome

 Welcome and thank you for visiting our blog.  This is our first entry.  We hope that you will stop by here regularly to read our thoughts about dementia care and share your comments and ideas with us.  We enjoy connecting with families, health care professionals, and people who are experiencing life with dementia.  Kerry is…