Memory Care with Teresa Youngstrom
"Welcome to 'A Better Approach to Memory Care'! Our podcast is dedicated to providing innovative strategies and compassionate solutions for individuals and families navigating the challenges of memory loss and cognitive impairment. Led by a seasoned Registered Nurse, Teresa Youngstrom, our videos offer practical tips, engaging discussions, and inspiring stories to empower caregivers and enhance the quality of life for those living with memory-related conditions. Whether you're a professional caregiver, a family member, or someone interested in learning more about memory care, you'll find valuable insights and support here. Join us on this journey towards creating a more understanding and supportive community for individuals affected by memory loss. Subscribe now and let's embark on this journey together."
Episodes
Hello Care Partners,
What if you could use a village of experts to help you and your family navigate your loved one's journey with brain failure?
Whatever the diagnosis, this ever-changing condition will require more help.
What if you could bring together a team of compassionate care partners who are focused on providing better care for you? Listen to the description of the client we will discuss, and then get your paper and pen out...
Hello Care Partners,
Today we are discussing Dementia Prevention with Guest Speaker Dr. Steve W. King of Mt. Lookout Chiropractic in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Steve graduated cum laude from Life Chiropractic College. He treats a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions and sports injuries. He works with many professional athletes and amateur sports enthusiasts to treat and prevent injury, as well as enhance performance.
Dr. Steve King...
Hello Care Partners,
Caring for someone with dementia can be one of the most challenging things that you‘ll ever do.
Doing it wrong, can be even more challenging.
At A Better Approach To Memory Care, we strive to bring you ideas, techniques, and answers about WHY they do what they do and how we can understand them better.
When you run into a loved one or a resident that seems to be so rude, I really want you to hit the pause button ...
Hello Care Partners,
Today we will look at why some people living with brain failure seem to stop eating or stop using their fork, and resort to using their hands to eat. We will discuss our skill fingers and strength fingers the how we frequently lose skill fingers We want to start feeding them but sometimes there is resistance and we end up chasing them with the spoon or trying to pry their mouths open. YIKES!
Teepa Snow, the Foun...
Hello Care Partners,
Celebrating family events gets more difficult as our person living with Dementia declines. Challenges like over stimulation or sheltering them from everything can both cause problems. Personalized care is important and we need to recognize this chronic debilitating disease is unpredictable and will affect your loved one in a different way than it does mine.
There can also be a more activities during the holidays...
Hello Care Partners,
Caregiving can be very difficult especially when it is a family member.
Today we will share some great tips on providing care for people with brain failure.
The challenge is that as soon as we get them figured out they change.
Let's review some important tips:
1) Approach from the Front.
2)Accept and Agree.
3)Stop Correcting Them.
4)Avoid the Yes/No Questions.
5)Don't Ask Questions/Instead Tell Stories.
6)Say, "...
Hey CarePartners,
It is vital to make plans for your "later in life" care long before you need it!
This should include your Living Will, Powers of Attorney, and All your Advanced Directives, but there is more! Although most of us plan to always stay in our own homes, statistically that will not be the way things go. You need to be proactive and make a plan for if and when your situation changes to assure you are prepared financiall...
Hello Care Partners,
We have the privilege of talking with a professional today whose reputation precedes him. Tune in and take lots of notes so you too can be prepared for what the future holds for you and your family as we age.
Dennison Keller is licensed to practice law in Ohio and Kentucky and owns The Law Practice of Dennison Keller, LLC. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, is a past president of the...
Hello Care Partners,
Please welcome my guest, Staci Hannah, who is the founder of Graceful Journey Atlanta. She is a certified Aging Navigator, independent consultant with Teepa Snow, certified Positive Approach to Care trainer, mentor, coach, and consultant, and graduate of the Rosalyn Carter Institute of Caregiving, as well as trained End-of-Life Coach.
Her goal is to educate and advocate for her clients and their families. She em...
Hello Care Partners,
Join us to learn more about Council on Aging from our guest Lisa Kruse. Lisa is an experienced Communication Professional at COA in SW Ohio. She is also a University of Xavier Graduate,
COA is a vital organization serving the five counties in SW Ohio. They strive to serve older adults so they can stay in their homes as long as desired. Some of the services include meals delivered to the home and or transportatio...
Hello Care Partners,
Caring for a loved one with memory loss can be one of the most difficult tasks you will face in your life. We usually haven't been trained for this type of care and frequently find ourselves arguing and fighting about things that really shouldn't matter but they seem to escalate into situations that can soon damage our relationship.
Thankfully there are more techniques now on how to keep the peace with a loved o...
Hello Care Partners,
The brain is an amazing and very complex part of the human central nervous system which also includes the spinal cord. It controls thinking, memory, language, hearing, learning, vision, balance and even our breathing and heart rate. It is hard to imagine all that the brain controls and monitors until something starts to malfunction.
Neurodegenerative Disease like Dementia is an umbrella term for the huge range d...
Hello Care Partners,
There are so many examples of interesting to very bizarre activities I have seen over the years.
Today I will share a few of these examples with the hope of letting you relax and hit the pause button when it happens to you.
Sometimes they are hoarding and hiding items with the hopes of making sense of it later or maybe paranoia has set in and they feel the need to block the doors or make a plan to escape.
The im...
Hello Care Partners,
Join us to review common signs and symptoms that may indicate dementia. Keep a journal in the beginning to be able to report accurately what you are seeing and concerned about.
Memory loss, Getting lost, and many more will be discussed and explained.
Dementia will look differently on each of us and our health or lack thereof will also change what memory loss looks like for you or me.
We will review the fact that...
Hello Care Partners,
Today we are going to review better ways to join your loved one or resident on their individual journey with Dementia. We will discuss the challenges with changing their locations and why this needs lots of consideration and planning in order to make this transition successful.
It's also important to always know your plan B or the alternative care arrangement just in case something should suddenly disrupt your c...
Hello Care Partners,
Join us to review your current assessment skills then enjoy a recorded drama with Teresa demonstrating a scenario she first saw Teepa Snow perform years ago.
The goal is to help you distinguish between red flags that may indicate symptoms of dementia or just normal age related forgetfulness so you can better discern if there is a real problem or not!
You will want to follow this to the end in order to take advan...
Hello Care Partners,
Join us to hear about Dr. Catherine Franssen She is recognized internationally as a public speaker, educator, and researcher. She received her Ph.D. in neurobiology from the University of Chicago and has thrived at multiple universities over the past two decades, most recently Longwood University in Virginia, where she earned tenure and launched an interdisciplinary neuroscience program.
Her collaborative resea...
Hello Care Partners,
Our guests today are Laurie Walther, M.S., CCC-SLP and Emily Briggs, OTR/L are licensed therapists who are independently certified to train on Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care (PAC) techniques.
With over 45 years of combined experience as a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and Occupational Therapist (OT), respectively, they are passionate about improving the quality of care by providing care with those li...
Hey Care Partners,
Enjoy this podcast where you will learn to observe your person living with dementia and determine in every moment if they have awareness of their memory loss or if they are in a state of complete denial and believe they are just fine.
Teepa Snow taught me about Anosognosia and I was completely surprised that in all my experience as a nurse, I had never heard of it.
In this podcast you will learn about the value of...
Hello Care Partners,
Many times people living with brain changes have a challenge with seeing their own brain changes.
Sometimes our loved ones develop Anosognosia or the inability to see their brain deficit, making it challenging initially to engage with them.
Listen to several true stories where we personalized care and engaged in a way to come alongside and serve their needs. Forget the fact that they think they back in time and ...
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