A listener’s mother living with dementia recently had a pet pass away. Should she get her a new one? Amy discusses the pros and cons of pet ownership as someone’s dementia advances and how there are other methods that might provide the same joy as having a pet without extra responsibilities. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questio...

Is there are risk for getting dementia after a head injury? Amy answers a question about how a head injury can increase the risk of dementia decades or years later. She reviews the differences between a concussion, mild, moderate and severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and how damage to the brain tissue can spread. Amy also talks about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) as captured in documentaries and movies like Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez and Concussi...

Caregiving can be very stressful and lonely, it can be hard to know where to begin in managing your stress. In this episode Amy gives you some ideas on what you could delegate to those that want to help as well as the feelings and symptoms of caregiver burnout and how to handle that if you are experiencing it as a caregiver. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episod...

Caregiving can be very stressful and many people around you may not realize the challenges of a lengthy caregiving journey like Alzheimer's or other types of dementia. In this episode Amy discusses the barriers to letting someone else care for your loved one, whether paid or unpaid, some caregivers feel it is more stressful. Here are some ideas on how to reduce that stress as well as some ideas on what you can delegate to others. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understan...

Caregiving can be very stressful and many people around you may not realize the challenges of a lengthy caregiving journey like Alzheimer's or other types of dementia. In this episode Amy discusses why caregiving with dementia is so different than other types of caregiving and what makes it so challenging. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their...

Hear from Amy House, how she found her calling, her experiences over the years and how Think Dementia came to be. The podcast has just hit 10,000 downloads and this is the 100th episode so Amy shares what happens behind the scenes to get Think Dementia out there each week and appreciation for all the listeners who have helped the podcast grow. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners.&nb...

Is your loved one living with dementia at risk for getting scammed? In Part 2 of this series Amy continues the conversation about the kinds of scams that are out there, ideas to protect your loved one’s finances and great information that AARP provides. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” Th...

Is your loved one living with dementia at risk for getting scammed? In Part 1 of this series Amy tells you about some kinds of scams that are out there and how AARP can help. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to better quality of life, improved relationships and empowered care p...

Amy celebrates caregivers that have great ideas and share them to inspire you. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to better quality of life, improved relationships and empowered care partners. Be part of a connected community by learning from each other’s questions. Amy Ho...

A family member contacts Amy to find out how they should approach decisions that have already been made, but forgotten, by their loved one living with dementia. They are having outbursts of anger and feeling excluded and the family wants some ideas on how to Think Dementia. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “thin...

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 Snow trained Amy House in how dementia changes the brain and this information was a game changer in how Amy communicates and solves challenges with people living with dementia. Amy gives some examples of what she has seen over the years. Amy House...

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 questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to better quality of life, improved relationships and empowered care partners. Be part of a connected community by learning fr...

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 situations. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to ...

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 hard to forget those moments even years after caregiving. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions an...

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 brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to better quality of life, improved relationships and empowered care partners. Be part of a c...

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 for their friend living with dementia that is taking things out of other resident’s rooms. Amy lends her experience as a former Director of Memory Care and explains Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care Senior Gem’s and the “Amber” stage and why ...

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 care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to better quality of life, improved relationsh...

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 that he has been receiving treatment for NPH. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you le...

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 these appointments as a busy caregiver and how it might be easier to do things differently. Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy...

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 box! Amy House, C.D.P. guides care partners in understanding how dementia affects the brain. This podcast has recorded questions from listeners. Each episode, Amy unpacks their questions and helps you learn to “think dementia.” This leads to bette...