Dementia Spotlight Podcast

Nov 20 2024 96 ep. 15 mins 5
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Dementia Spotlight is a weekly podcast hosted by Bobbi and Mike Carducci that focuses on caregivers and those who will become caregivers. The hosts and their guests will provide tips, truths, and straight talk about Alzheimer's and the many other forms of dementia. Guests will be on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month and tips, truths, and straight talk will be on the opposite Wednesdays. Join us as we bring to light, the realities of dementia care.

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Episode 89: Tips, Truths & Straight Talk 51 - Mom Complains All the Time

Nov 20 2024 5 mins  
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 th

Episode 88: Guest Dr. Melinda Kavanaugh - An Estimated 6+ Million Youth Between The Ages of 8-18 In The US Provide Care To An Ill Family Member.

Nov 13 2024 29 mins  
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 inte

Coming November 13 - Dr. Melinda Kavanaugh Talks To Us About Youth (less than 18yo) Caregivers,

Nov 09 2024 1 mins  
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 an

Episode 87: Tips, Truths & Straight Talk 50 - "Has anyone been able to keep their loved one at home until the end? We would like to avoid assisted living, hoping to only need hospice."

Nov 05 2024 7 mins  
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 tea

Episode 86: Tips, Truths & Straight Talk 49 - "When our caregiver would give my LO a shower, he would grab the nozzle and spray her. Does anyone know why he would do that?"

Oct 29 2024 5 mins  
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

Episode 85: Repost - Guest Ms. Karen Mullen McPhail: Should A Caregiver Seek Help and How?

Oct 23 2024 24 mins  
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

Episode 84: Tips, Truths & Straight Talk 48 - "Is it possible that my loved one doesn’t know how old they are? Could they think that they are younger?"

Oct 16 2024 5 mins  
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, y

Episode 83: Guest Dr. Mark D'Esposito - Neuroplasticity and the ability of the brain to compensate or work around damage caused by a dementia and delay symptoms until the disease is quite advanced.

Oct 09 2024 44 mins  
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 network

Episode 82: Tips, Truths & Straight Talk 47: "I noticed my husband didn’t laugh anymore. I always loved his humor and missed it so much. I recently discovered he laughs over farts!"

Oct 02 2024 5 mins  
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 & B

Episode 81: Guest Dr. Marc Alderdice - "She prepared her heart, mind, and spirit for over eight years before she ever had any symptoms of Alzheimer's to where she would have this inner peace, an inner spirit."

Sep 25 2024 37 mins  
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