AlzAuthors: Untangling Alzheimer's & Dementia
Episodes
REPLAY: Gincy Heins Untangles Living with a Spouse's Mild Cognitive Impairment
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Gincy Heins Gincy Heins became caregiver to her husband at the age of 49 when he was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment, also known as MC...
REPLAY: Peter Berry and Deb Bunt Untangle How to Live Well With Dementia
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is a replay of one that appeared last year with our friends Peter Berry and Deb Bunt. They’ve written a new book, a volume of poetry, m...
Live Q&A - Love Stories: Keeping Romance Alive in Dementia Care
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Love Stories: Keeping Romance Alive in Dementia Care Caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s or other dementia carries with it a lot of changes ...
Rosanne Corcoran Untangles Dementia Care and the Sandwich Generation
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Rosanne Corcoran Rosanne Corcoran cared for her mother over a 12-year span, starting as a stealth caregiver, to full time caregiver, to in-home...
Susan Landeis Untangles Searching for Rainbows in Dementia
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Susan Landeis Susan Landeis and her mother shared a difficult childhood, leading to abandonment issues, estrangement, and then a need for care ...
Helene Berger Untangles Choosing Joy in the Dementia Journey
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Helene Berger Prior to assuming the role of dementia caregiver to Ady, her husband of fifty years, Helene Berger held major positions of leader...
Debra Tann, Ed. D. Untangles The Race of Dementia: Care, Cure, and Disparity
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Debra Tann, Ed. D. As a young child, Debra Tann encountered what she later learned to be dementia in her beloved great grandmother. At the ti...
Kimberly Best Untangles the Art of Mediation in Dementia Care
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Kimberly Best RN, MA When a family member is diagnosed with dementia, a number of complicated issues may arise: family conflict, the re-emerge...
Sue Ryan Untangles the 5 Steps of the Caregiver Journey
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Support AlzAuthors at https://alzauthors.com/donate Please leave a review and share this podcast with a caregiver or loved one on a dementia journey....
Dr. Barbara Ella Milton Jr. Untangles Caregiving While Battling Cancer
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s can be difficult. Compound that with your own cancer diagnosis and treatment, as well as 90 miles between you, ...
Jennifer Fink Untangles Podcasts, an Essential Tool for Dementia Caregivers
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Fink is the daughter, granddaughter, and great granddaughter of three women who have succumbed to Alzheimer’s or other cognitive impairment...
Edie Weinstein Untangles How Children’s Books Can Diminish Barriers Caused by Dementia
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Edie Weinstein is the youngest of the AlzAuthors. She published her illustrated children’s book, Grandpa and Lucy: A Story About Love and Dementia, ...
Cynthia Huling Hummel Untangles the Memories Behind the Masks
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Huling Hummel is an Alzheimer's artist, author, and advocate. She is the author of "UnMasking Alzheimer's: The Memories Behind th...
Pam Ostrowski Untangles Common Myths About Dementia Care
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pam Ostrowski was the first to recognize her mother’s Alzheimer’s symptoms and spent 14 years with her on her journey. This led her to become a C...
James Russell Untangles Caring for a Daughter with Dementia
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Russell is a man caring for his daughter with early onset Alzheimer’s in assisted living. (Lynne Russell passed away on January 19, 2024.) Lyn...
Bobbi Carducci Untangles The Inadequate vs. The Imperfect Caregiver
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bobbi Carducci is a national speaker on Alzheimer’s and dementia, how it affects entire families, and how to prepare to care – what adults need ...
Alex Winstanley Untangles Dementia Books for Children
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Winstanley is a best-selling author and award-winning social entrepreneur from Wigan, England. Through his books, he raises awareness of...
Donna Thomson and Zachary White, Ph.D Untangle The Unexpected Journey of Caring
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Thomson and Dr. Zachary White are co-authors of The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation of Loved One to Caregiver (Rowman & Lit...
Susan Cushman Untangles a Mother and Daughter Facing Alzheimer's
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Cushman cared for her mother during her dementia journey and considered it a blessing. One of the upsides to Alzheimer’s, she says, is that sh...
Leah Stanley Untangles Double Dementia Duty for Two Grandparents
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leah Stanley is the author of Goodnight, Sweet: A Caregiver’s Long Goodbye, the memoir she wrote years after caring for her beloved grandparents, bo...
Joy Johnston Untangles Becoming the Reluctant Caregiver
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joy Johnston is a digital journalist, author, and caregiver advocate based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her collection of personal essays on caregiving, title...
Tracey Shorthouse Untangles Early Onset Alzheimer's and Posterior Cortical Atrophy
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tracey Shorthouse was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s and Posterior Cortical Atrophy in 2015 at age 45. A staff nurse in the United Kingdom’...
HFC and AlzAuthors Present Loretta Woodward Veney, author of Being My Mom's Mom
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third and last in our Summer Book Series with HFC, aka Hilarity for Charity, for 2021. In this session Loretta Woodward Veney joined us fo...
HFC and AlzAuthors Present Daniel Potts, MD, FAAN, and Ellen Potts, Authors of A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer's Caregiver
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second in our Summer Book Series with HFC, aka Hilarity for Charity. In this session Daniel Potts, MD, FAAN, and his wife Ellen Potts join...
HFC and AlzAuthors Present an Author Talk with Peter Berry and Deb Bunt, authors of Slow Puncture: Living Well With Dementia
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AlzAuthors has partnered with HFC, (Hilarity for Charity) to present a Summer Book Series for Alzheimer’s and dementia families and caregivers. Each...
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Living With Dementia: A Virtual Q&A
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On June 15, 2021, 5 of our authors came together for our first Virtual Q&A called “Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Living with D...
Untangling What the Hell Happened to My Brain with Kate Swaffer
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Australian Kate Swaffer is a humanitarian and activist for disability rights in dementia and aged care. She's the Chair, CEO and co-founder of Dementi...
Untangling The DAWN Method with Judy Cornish
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Cornish is the founder of the Dementia & Alzheimer’s Wellbeing Network (DAWN®) in Moscow, Idaho. Through her hands-on work with dementia, ...
Untangling The Happy Healthy Caregiver with Elizabeth Miller
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Miller is the creative genius behind Happy Healthy Caregiver, a community built for caregivers who may be overwhelmed with their responsibil...
Untangling Dementia Through Writing and Podcasting with Pippa Kelly
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when two dementia advocates from opposite sides of the Atlantic who have each written books and blogs and host podcasts on the condition ...
Untangling Caring for a Wife with Alzheimer's at Home with Richard Creighton
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Creighton began his blog, “Living with Alzheimer’s: A Real-Time Account of Dementia Caregiving,” the day his wife Kate was diagnosed in ...
Untangling A Doctor's Dementia with Dr. Jennifer Bute
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jennifer Bute lives in a dementia inclusive retirement village in Somerset, west of London. Previously she worked in Africa as a doctor before wor...
Untangling Six Years of AlzAuthors
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re doing something a little different on the podcast today. It’s AlzAuthors 6th anniversary, and we’re celebrating by bringing the entire tea...
Untangling Art in Dementia Care with Katya De Luisa
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katya De Luisa is an artist, expressive arts program designer, freelance writer, and author with 20 years’ experience working with those living with...
Untangling Caring for a Husband with Early Onset Alzheimer’s with Renée Harmon, MD
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Renée Brown Harmon, MD, author of the teaching memoir “Surfing the Waves of Alzheimer's: Principles of Caregiving That Kept Me U...
Untangling Motherhood and Dementia with Ann Campanella
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ann Campanella is a former magazine and newspaper journalist, the author of two memoirs and four collections of poetry, and an AlzAuthors manager and ...
Untangling Dementia Mama Drama with Vincent Zappacosta
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent Zappacosta has been a writer and photographer ever since he was a little boy back in Catholic school. His professional background has been in ...
Untangling How to Care for Our Elders with Carol Bradley Bursack
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carol Bradley Bursack, an author, columnist, consultant, and speaker, provided care to a neighbor and six elderly family members over the span of two ...
Untangling Love and Loss with Marianne Sciucco
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we’re turning the tables on podcast host and producer Marianne Sciucco. She is the guest and Jean Lee of AlzAuthors is the intervie...
Untangling Life as a Millennial Caregiver with Lauren Dykovitz
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Dykovitz knew nothing about Alzheimer’s when her mother was diagnosed at the age of 62. Just 25, with a new career and recently engaged, Laur...
Untangling Early Onset Alzheimer's Atop a Penny Farthing with Peter Berry and Deb Bunt
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Peter Berry was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s at age 50, he took an early retirement from his job working in the family’s timber bus...
Untangling Personal and Professional Dementia Care with Paula Spencer Scott
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paula Spencer Scott is a long-time journalist and health and family-life specialist focusing on self-care, eldercare, and baby care. She's the author ...
Untangling Alzheimer's on a 10,000 Mile Trike Trip with Susan Straley
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Susan Straley, author of the dual memoirs "Alzheimer's Trippin' with George" which memorialize her 10,000-mile cross-country trike ...
Untangling Caregiver Stress by Keeping a Journal with Vicki Tapia
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When both of her parents were diagnosed with dementia, Vicki Tapia, a lactation consultant who had coached around 10,000 mother-baby pairs, found her ...
Untangling End of Life Issues with Gerda Saunders
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Gerda Saunders, author of the mesmerizing memoir Memory’s Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia, in which she describes in grea...
Untangling the Expressive Arts for Dementia Care with Daniel C. Potts, MD
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel C. Potts, MD, FAAN is a neurologist, author, poet, educator, and champion of those living with Alzheimer's and other dementias and their care p...
Untangling Lewy Body Disease with Florrie Munat
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Florrie Munat, author of the memoir “Be Brave: A Wife’s Journey Through Caregiving,” in which she shares the story of caring ...
Untangling Dementia Themes in Teen Fiction with Krysten Lindsay Hager
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Krysten Lindsay Hager, who writes funny, charming, irresistible dramas for tweens and teens. Her stories are about friendship, self...
Untangling Caring for Two Parents Diagnosed at the Same Time with Jean Lee
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jean Lee is a co-founder and director of AlzAuthors. and author of the brave, inspirational memoir "Alzheimer’s Daughter," written from a journal sh...
Untangling Working and Writing While Caring for Mom with Robin Perini
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Perini is an award-winning author of heart-stopping suspense and poignant romance novels. When not writing she works for an advanced technology ...
Untangling Life From the Corner Office to Alzheimer's with Michael Ellenbogen
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ellenbogen was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 49. Prior to his diagnosis, Michael was a network operations manager for...
Untangling Dementia Behaviors with Lisa Skinner
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Skinner is the author of "Not All Who Wander Need Be Lost,," a caregiver guide full of real-life stories and practical advice. Her dementia jour...
Untangling Long-Distance Caring for a Father with Irene Frances Olson
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Irene Frances Olson writes both fiction and non-fiction, the latter of which can be found on her personal blog "Baby Boomers and More," also known as ...
Untangling Raising Young Children While Caring for Mom with Kathryn Harrison
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Kathryn Harrison, who is not only an AlzAuthor but our Creative Director and a member of our management team. Kathryn was compelle...
Untangling Caring for a Mom in a Care Home with Loretta Woodward Veney
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When her beloved mother, Doris, was diagnosed with dementia in 2006, Loretta Woodward Veney began learning everything she could about the disease and ...
Untangling Life with a Husband's Mild Cognitive Impairment with Gincy Heins
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gincy 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 c...
Untangling Young-Onset Alzheimer's with Wendy Mitchell
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy 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 Nat...
Introducing Untangling Alzheimer's & Dementia, An AlzAuthors Podcast
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode of Untangling Alzheimer's & Dementia, an AlzAuthors Podcast, Christopher MacLellan welcomes podcast host Marianne Sciucco...