Today's question is: "My husband is now incontinent, but he is still mobile and refuses to wear disposable underwear. I can't have him peeing and pooping everywhere. I'm at my wit's end as to what to do." Listen to the episode to hear our suggestions of to handle this very difficult situation. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affiliate link for your Joe and Bella purchas...

Speaking of controversial issues others tend to avoid, we discuss our feeling on these new drugs that are very dangerous, and the FDA which is "fast track" approving these drugs...and why! ***REXULTI (brexpiprazole) · Cerebrovascular Disease ·Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ·Tardive Dyskinesia ·Hyperglycemia ·LDL and HDL Cholesterol and Triglycerides ·Low white blood cell count or Neutropenia ·Orthostatic Hypotension ·What Is Dysphagia ·Rexulti Safety Info ·Drug Trials Snapshots: REXULTI ·FDA...

Today we get a very frustrated person writing in. We want people to know - mostly because we want some of that stress taken off of our shoulders. Listen to the episode to hear our couple of suggestions for this very frustrated person. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affiliate link for your Joe and Bella purchases. If you appreciate the information shared on this p...

Today, Bobbi and Mike talk to Mr. John Ramsay, who is the Managing Director of Social-Ability, a member of the UK’s National Standards Committee on Ageing Societies, and a passionate advocate for raising awareness of the challenges faced by those living with cognitive challenges. Social-Ability's Happiness Program is a first-of-its-kind service that sparks laughter and happiness for everyone living with cognitive challenges. The Happiness Program is used in a range of settings, from c...

Well, it does happen. Now, the real question is, is there any point in telling them? Listen to the episode to hear some ways you may want to consider handling the situation. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affiliate link for your Joe and Bella purchases. If you appreciate the information shared on this podcast and want to say thanks, you can go to Buy Me a Coffee. All y...

Bobbi and Mike are off for Christmas, therefore, we are reposting an important previous episode with Ms. Kay Bransford where we talk about Powers of Attorney, Money Manager vs. Financial Advisor, and taking care of the financial aspects of your loved ones. Kay took care of her parents’ finances when they were diagnosed with dementia and that experience led her to pursue a passion of helping other families prepare for the financial aspects of caregiving. She has an award-winning bl...

Because dad eats breakfast later, maybe he's not hungry at dinner time. As we get older and as our metabolism slows down, food moves slower through our system. And where we might think, boy, he should be hungry by now, he may not be. The key here is to be flexible. Listen to the episode to hear some things you may want to consider. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affilia...

In today's episode, we are joined by Patricia Naraindutt to talk about caregiver care and how to prioritize setting your boundaries, care partner activities, communications and exercises. o Patricia's Webpage o Link for Patricia's Instagram o Patricia's Linked In o Patricia's YouTube Channel If you appreciate the information shared on this podcast and want to say thanks, you can go to Buy Me a Coffee. All you have to do is make a small contri...

To caregivers out there who hear this and think, well, this could never happen with my family member. It absolutely could. And women are capable of behaving inappropriately, just as men can. Women also lose their inhibitions. This is a real possibility and even probability and this is one of those scenarios people don't often talk about, one of those things that others tend to avoid. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella...

As we have stated many times here on Dementia Spotlight, and on our previous podcast, Rodger That, our goal is to educate caregivers and provide them with as many tools for success as possible. In today's episode, we are joined by Laura Wayman, aka, The Dementia Whisperer. She is an accomplished keynote speaker, author, trainer, and a dedicated Gerontologist. We touch on emotions, feelings of security and safety and how a dementia diagnosis doesn't mean the inability to do things. Link...

Listen to today's episode to hear an excellent tip we received from a family caregiver regarding mom complaining. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affiliate link for your Joe and Bella purchases. If you appreciate the information shared on this podcast and want to say thanks, you can go to Buy Me a Coffee. All you have to do is make a small contribution to help support fu...

In today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Melinda Kavanaugh who PhD in social welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her primary research area addresses an isolated and little-known caregiving population of children and teens acting as caregivers for family members with chronic illness. Dr. Kavanaugh has been interviewed on youth caregiving, and presented nationally and internationally on caregiving youth, youth program development, and the inclusion of youth in state and national car...

We will be talking with Dr. Kavanaugh about youth family caregivers that are between the ages of 8 and 18. Dr. Kavanaugh is head of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee program YCare, whose primary focus is training for young caregivers working with a parent or a family member with ALS, however, has adapted the program for youth dementia caregivers? Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click ...

The short answer to this question is YES! We did it with Mike's father. The long answer is that it's really important to understand how difficult that is, how complicated it can become and determine what exactly you're going to need and try always to be a step ahead. The best way to assure you have the best chance of keeping your loved one at home, is to be prepared by having a team in place. Listen to the episode to hear about things you need to consider regarding your ca...

The short answer to this question is - there might be more than one reason why somebody would do that. Listen to the episode to hear some of the different reasons and possible solutions. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affiliate link for your Joe and Bella purchases. If you appreciate the information shared on this podcast and want to say thanks, you can go to Buy ...

We have recently received a lot of questions regarding how to get help finding care/care homes. Because of this, we decided to repost Ms. Karen Mullen McPhail's episode that aired in March 2023. Ms. Karen Mullen McPhail, RN, BSN, MSN, LALFA, CCM, CDP, is the Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer of Eldementals LLC, a care management organization in the DC Metro area. She is a professional care manager with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She has been ...

The short answer to this question is "yes!" Listen to the episode for the longer and more detailed answer. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affiliate link for your Joe and Bella purchases. If you appreciate the information shared on this podcast and want to say thanks, you can go to Buy Me a Coffee. All you have to do is make a small contribution to help support fut...

In today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Mark D'Esposito who is a distinguished professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, talks to us about how the brain may or may not recover from injury and how there are different modules in the brain that perform different functions. We also discuss how creativity and musical abilities get brain networks to integrate and promote brain plasticity. Link for the D'Esposito Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology...

Today's episode is a little light, and yes, we do talk about farts. We were delighted to get this question which brings the idea of humor into caregiving, which is something that we don't talk about often, but it is so very important. If this man laughs at farts, wife, go for it. Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe & Bella Adaptive Clothing. Click here for our affiliate link for your Joe and Bella purchases. If you appr...

In today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Marc Alderdice, PhD who has worked in academia and with pharmaceutical companies, having even managed clinical trials for potential treatments of Alzheimer’s disease. We discuss how he learned the hard way that living with Alzheimer's personally, is much different and more difficult than studying it objectively. His book, "Don't Forget to Dance, a unique Alzheimer's journey from bizarre to blissful", takes us on his emotional journey, and shows us how ...