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November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month & National Family Caregivers Month

ByJennifer Brush

In honor of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month this November, I am offering some helpful tips for the many men and women helping to care for and support their loved ones with Alzheimer’s Disease or another type of dementia. Below are the top five most effective tips for positive communication…

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New Online Training Available to Help Navigate Neurocognitive Disorders

ByJennifer Brush

As health care professionals, our role is to collaborate with older adults, to help them fill-in the gaps of their abilities and to help them succeed at doing what they want to do. Brush Development Company is offering a new 12-hour online, one-on-one private course that invites, encourages and challenges speech-language pathologists and other health…

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First long-term Care Community in Argentina to Complete Montessori Training

ByJennifer Brush

Congratulations to the staff at Fundacion Nuevo Hohar LeDor VaDor for enthusiastically completing their first Montessori for Dementia workshop. Approximately 35 staff members from a large Jewish home for the aged in Buenos Aires spent time in intense training with me in September. As I reflect on my time with the staff, I can’t help…

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Jennifer Brush Featured in ASHA Leader Article about Helping People with Dementia Eat the Foods They Love

ByJennifer Brush

Jennifer Brush was recently featured in an article from the October 2015 issue of ASHA Leader, published by the American Speech and Hearing Association. In the article, entitled “Stepping Up to the Plate,” Jennifer was interviewed about her person-centered approach to helping older adults with dementia find ways to enjoy the foods they love while…

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Facing the Challenge of Good Nutrition as We Age

ByJennifer Brush

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,…