Alzheimer's Speaks

Today, Lori La Bey, the host of  Alzheimer's Speaks, talks with Tyler Zanini, Co-founder at MemoryBoard, about their exciting news. Memory Board just launched in June of 2025.  Join us to learn m...

Lori La Bey talks with Nancy Kriseman, MSW, who is a geriatric social worker with more than 30 years of experience providing counseling, consultation, and training to family caregivers. She has three caregiving books:

The Caring Spirit Approach to Eldercare 

Meaningful Connections: Positive Ways to Be Together When a Loved One Has Dementia

The Mindful Caregiver: Finding Ease in the Car...

Featuring AlzAuthors Celebrating 10 Years of Support & Service

Today, Christy Byrne Yates from the leadership team at AlzAuthors joins Lori La Bey, host of Alzheimer’s Speaks, as they explore AlzAuthors' ten-year history and what we can expect from them going forward.

What began as a one-month campaign in 2015 by three authors has blossomed into a vibrant community. Today, we proudly connect ne...

Lori La Bey talks with Today, I will be talking with Gail Weatherill, aka The Dementia Nurse, who is a Registered Nurse, dementia care activist, and author. Her book, The Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia:  Practical Advice for Caring for Yourself and Your Loved One, has sold thirty thousand copies and earned over a thousand five-star reviews on Amazon. 

Lea...

Lori La Bey talks with Mary Jo Belmont, who, at the age of 74, wrote and self-published her first book, Our Dementia Journey and Beyond, curated from the journals she kept while caring for her husband, Jack, for 50+ years. He passed on September 18, 2021, from Lewy body dementia, vascular dementia, and Alzheimer’s dementia. She decided to write the book to educate people about dementia...

Lori La Bey talks with Crystal Gallo is the founder of Innerhive.  She has spent the past 15 years leading technical teams and growing software development companies. 

Crystal is a learner at the core and passionate about leveraging technology to solve difficult problems. Inspired by her personal journey and those on her team, Innerhive was f...

Lori La Bey talks with Donna Salaam, who works at The Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, located in Cleveland, Ohio, which is a prominent research organization that conducts state-of-the-art research to develop & deliver innovative, high-quality solutions to advance supports of older adults on the aging journey. 

Donna has a strong passion f...

 Lori La Bey talks with Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D., a Philadelphia area-based clinical psychologist, healthcare consultant, and author or co-author of three self-help books for family caregivers, as well as a columnist on caregiving on the AARP website.

Joining them is  Barry’s wife, Julia L. Mayer, Psy.D., is a Philadelphia area-based clinical consulta...

Lori La Bey talks with Mary Underwood, who has worked as a social worker for over 35 years. She founded  Empowermentia and just launched her first book, The Heart Remembers: Touching Lessons from the Dementia Journey.

Learn:

1. What was the inspiration behind Mary’s book?
2. Why did Mary decide on storytelling for your book format?
3. How is Mary’s book different from other books out there, an...

Lori La Bey talks with Dr. Anna Chodos, the Executive Director of Dementia Care Aware, an organization dedicated to supporting primary care to improve dementia detection and care, and a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF. Her ...

Lori La Bey talks with Beth Soltzberg, a clinical social worker at JF&CS in Boston who directs the JF&CS Memory Cafe Percolator and is part of the lead team for the national Memory Cafe Alliance. 

Beth Soltzberg is a clinical social worker at JF&CS in Boston. She directs the JF&CS Memory Cafe Percolator, and along with Anne Basting, Susan McFadden, and Sam G...

Lori La Bey talks with Dan Hungerford, the founder and CEO of EverFriends.ai, an innovative digital companionship platform that helps aging adults live with dignity, connection, and cognitive support.  They are seen as a leader in emotionally aware AI development. Dan is pioneering the use of hyper-realistic digital avatars to provide daily interaction, memory...

Lori La Bey talks with Nicole àBeckett, the founder and CEO of HeroGeneration, which is a platform that empowers caregivers navigating life’s toughest transitions. Drawing from her personal caregiving journey, Nicole's mission is to support the sandwich generation with practical tools, guidance, and c...

Lori La Bey talks with Ginger Smith, a retired speech-language pathologist who worked alongside neurology teams at Stanford and UCSF. After surviving a terminal dementia diagnosis, she now advocates for open-minded medicine, dementia research, and the truth that joy, purpose, and a meaningful life are still possible — even af...

Today, Lori La Bey talks with May Todd, Caregiver and Author of You Make a Big Good - a Journey with Alzheimer’s. She shares a fully authentic journey, living with grace as she experiences a wide range of emotions.

Learn:

1. Mary and Jim’s journey with dementia.
2. What were the most important messages that Mary wants caregivers to receive?
3. Some of Mary’s bi...