Dementia Spotlight Podcast
Dementia Spotlight is a weekly podcast hosted by Bobbi and Mike Carducci that focuses on caregivers and those who will become caregivers. The hosts and their guests will provide tips, truths, and straight talk about Alzheimer's and the many other forms of dementia. Guests will be on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month and tips, truths, and straight talk will be on the opposite Wednesdays. Join us as we bring to light, the realities of dementia care.
Podcasting since 2023 • 91 episodes
Dementia Spotlight Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 85: Repost - Guest Ms. Karen Mullen McPhail: Should A Caregiver Seek Help and How?
We have recently received a lot of questions regarding how to get help finding care/care homes. Because of this, we decided to repost Ms. Karen Mullen McPhail's episode that aired in March 2023. Ms. Karen Mullen McPhail, RN, BSN, ...
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Episode 84: Tips, Truths & Straight Talk 48 - "Is it possible that my loved one doesn’t know how old they are? Could they think that they are younger?"
The short answer to this question is "yes!" Listen to the episode for the longer and more detailed answer.Carducci Caregiving Consulting and Dementia Spotlight Podcast are proud to be an affiliate of Joe &am...
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Episode 84
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Episode 83: Guest Dr. Mark D'Esposito - Neuroplasticity and the ability of the brain to compensate or work around damage caused by a dementia and delay symptoms until the disease is quite advanced.
In today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Mark D'Esposito who is a distinguished professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, talks to us about how the brain may or may not recover from injury and ho...
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Episode 83
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Episode 82: Tips, Truths & Straight Talk 47: "I noticed my husband didn’t laugh anymore. I always loved his humor and missed it so much. I recently discovered he laughs over farts!"
Today's episode is a little light, and yes, we do talk about farts.We were delighted to get this question which brings the idea of humor into caregiving, which is something that we don't talk about often, but it is so very important. If thi...
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Episode 81: Guest Dr. Marc Alderdice - "She prepared her heart, mind, and spirit for over eight years before she ever had any symptoms of Alzheimer's to where she would have this inner peace, an inner spirit."
In today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Marc Alderdice, PhD who has worked in academia and with pharmaceutical companies, having even managed clinical trials for potential treatments of Alzheimer’s disease. We discuss how he lear...
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Season 2
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Episode 81
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