AlzAuthors: Untangling Alzheimer's & Dementia
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome to the AlzAuthors podcast! We’re so glad you found us. We are the global community of authors writing about Alzheimer's and dementia from personal experience to light the way for others. Join us each week as one of our authors shares their dementia journey, revealing intimate details and painfully obtained knowledge to help others currently on this path. We hope our stories offer comfort and support as we strive to break the silence and stigma surrounding a dementia diagnosis. May one of our authors speak to your experience. For more info please visit https://alzauthors.com.
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EPISODE 3 Untangling Caring for a Mom in a Care Home with Loretta Woodward Veney
November 16, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 83.4 MBWhen her beloved mother, Doris, was diagnosed with dementia in 2006, Loretta Woodward Veney began learning everything she could about the disease and hoped to share that information so others could be more prepared than she was for this devastating diagnosis. In 2013, that hope turned into Loretta's first book, "Being My Mom’s Mom: A Journey Through Dementia from a Daughter’s Perspective," which highlights the first six years of the family's dementia journey. This book was recently updated to...
EPISODE 3 Untangling Caring for a Mom in a Care Home: Loretta Woodward Veney
November 16, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 83.4 MBWhen her beloved mother, Doris, was diagnosed with dementia in 2006, Loretta Woodward Veney began learning everything she could about the disease and hoped to share that information so others could be more prepared than she was for this devastating diagnosis. In 2013, that hope turned into Loretta's first book, "Being My Mom’s Mom: A Journey Through Dementia from a Daughter’s Perspective," which highlights the first six years of the family's dementia journey. This book was recently updated to...
EPISODE 2 Untangling Life with a Husband with Mild Cognitive Impairment with Gincy Heins
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBGincy Heins became caregiver to her husband at the age of 49 when he was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment, also known as MCI, a neurological condition that causes a slight but noticeable and measurable decline in cognitive abilities. Memory and thinking skills are primarily affected, and there is a very real possibility of future Alzheimer’s or other dementia. At the time, he was just 55. At first disbelieving that such a diagnosis could befall them so early in life, Gincy set out t...
Untangling Life with a Husband's Mild Cognitive Impairment with Gincy Heins
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 80.2 MBGincy Heins became caregiver to her husband at the age of 49 when he was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment, also known as MCI, a neurological condition that causes a slight but noticeable and measurable decline in cognitive abilities. Memory and thinking skills are primarily affected, and there is a very real possibility of future Alzheimer’s or other dementia. At the time, he was just 55. At first disbelieving that such a diagnosis could befall them so early in life, Gincy set ...
Untangling Life with a Husband with Mild Cognitive Impairment with Gincy Heins
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBGincy Heins became caregiver to her husband at the age of 49 when he was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment, also known as MCI, a neurological condition that causes a slight but noticeable and measurable decline in cognitive abilities. Memory and thinking skills are primarily affected, and there is a very real possibility of future Alzheimer’s or other dementia. At the time, he was just 55. At first disbelieving that such a diagnosis could befall them so early in life, Gincy set out t...
EPISODE 2 Untangling Life with a Husband with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Gincy Heins
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBGincy Heins became caregiver to her husband at the age of 49 when he was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment, also known as MCI, a neurological condition that causes a slight but noticeable and measurable decline in cognitive abilities. Memory and thinking skills are primarily affected, and there is a very real possibility of future Alzheimer’s or other dementia. At the time, he was just 55. At first disbelieving that such a diagnosis could befall them so early in life, Gincy set out t...
Untangling Young-Onset Alzheimer's with Wendy Mitchell
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBWendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia in 2014 at the age of 58. At the time she worked for Britain’s National Health Service as a non-clinical team leader. Her diagnosis led to an early retirement. Post diagnosis, she was shocked by the lack of awareness surrounding young-onset dementia in both the community and the clinical world, and started a blog, Which Me Am I Today? to document and share her dementia journey. This led to her travelling aro...
Untangling Living with Young-Onset Alzheimer's with Wendy Mitchell
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 84.8 MBWendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia in 2014 at the age of 58. At the time she worked for Britain’s National Health Service as a non-clinical team leader. Her diagnosis led to an early retirement. Post diagnosis, she was shocked by the lack of awareness surrounding young-onset dementia in both the community and the clinical world, and started a blog, Which Me Am I Today? to document and share her dementia journey. This led to her travelling around t...
EPISODE 1 Untangling Living with Young-Onset Alzheimer's with Wendy Mitchell
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 84.8 MBWendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia in 2014 at the age of 58. At the time she worked for Britain’s National Health Service as a non-clinical team leader. Her diagnosis led to an early retirement. Post diagnosis, she was shocked by the lack of awareness surrounding young-onset dementia in both the community and the clinical world, and started a blog, Which Me Am I Today? to document and share her dementia journey. This led to her travelling around t...
EPISODE 1 Untangling Living with Young-Onset Alzheimer's: Wendy Mitchell
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 84.8 MBWendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia in 2014 at the age of 58. At the time she worked for Britain’s National Health Service as a non-clinical team leader. Her diagnosis led to an early retirement. Post diagnosis, she was shocked by the lack of awareness surrounding young-onset dementia in both the community and the clinical world, and started a blog, Which Me Am I Today? to document and share her dementia journey. This led to her travelling around t...
Introducing The AlzAuthors Podcast
October 21, 2020 13:15 - 12 minutes - 10.1 MBIn our inaugural episode of AlzAuthors Untangling Alzheimer's & Dementia Podcast, Christopher MacLellan welcomes podcast host Marianne Sciucco from AlzAuthors for a preview. AlzAuthors Podcast is featured on the Whole Care Network. AlzAuthors podcast will showcase a new author each week who shares their personal story to help those living with the disease, or who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia.
Introducing Untangling Alzheimer's & Dementia, An AlzAuthors Podcast
October 21, 2020 13:15 - 12 minutes - 10.1 MBIn our inaugural episode of Untangling Alzheimer's & Dementia, an AlzAuthors Podcast, Christopher MacLellan welcomes podcast host Marianne Sciucco for a preview. The podcast is featured on the Whole Care Network and will showcase a new author each week who shares their personal story to help those living with the disease, or who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia.