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PODCASTS
PODCASTS
Mental Health Wealth
Global TV & Radio Podcast
Date: 11/30/2022
Dr. Jennifer Stelter talks about her own mental health journey and how that steared her towards helping others.
Aging Gracefully: Brain Health
Global TV & Radio Podcast
Date: 10/6/2022
Dr. Stelter discusses brain health strategies and how to lower your risk for developing dementia.
Dementia Connection Model©
Caregiver Magazine/Podcast
Date: 9/30/2022
Dr. Jennifer Stelter and Editor in Chief at Caregiver Magazine, Gary Barg, talk about Dr. Stelter’s Dementia Connection Model© that was published in her Johns Hopkins Press book titled “The Busy Caregiver’s Guide to Advanced Alzhiemer Disease.”
The Dementia Connection Model©
Peace with Dementia Podcast
Date: 9/27/2022
Matt Estrada, Peace with Dementia Podcaster, and Dr. Stelter talk about her model of care called the Dementia Connection Model©, and she goes through an example of how to apply the model from start to finish.
What’s Trending: Alzheimer’s
Global TV & Radio Podcast
Date: 9/1/2022
Dr. Jennifer Stelter chats about what is Alzheimer’s disease and her new model of care, the Dementia Connection Model©, that was published in her Johns Hopkins Press book titled “The Busy Caregiver’s Guide to Advanced Alzhiemer Disease.”
Meets Author & Dementia Care Expert
In Pursuit of Wellness
Date: 8/31/2022
Marisa Payne, Creator of Pursuit of Wellness, and Dr. Stelter talk about her model of care called the Dementia Connection Model©, and discusses why caregivers needs to read “The Busy Caregiver’s Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease”.
Dementia Education; Why?
The Nursing Home Podcast
Date: 7/25/2022
Dr. Jennifer Stelter and Jessica Ryan talk with Shmuel Septimus, The Nursing Home Podcaster, chat about why dementia education is necessary when caring for those living with dementia.
4 Points to Address Resident Engagement & Staff Education
Bridge the Gap Podcast
Date: 6/13/2022
Dr. Stelter discusses how to best connect with residents using engagement and how education can enhance staff’s skills to do so.
BLOGS & ARTICLES
BLOGS & ARTICLES
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Gift Giving to Those with Dementia
The holidays are right around the corner. What do you get mom who is living with dementia? Or perhaps grandpa, sister, or the resident you adopted?
Source: Pedal for Alzheimer’s
Date: 12/2022
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I am Thankful for...
Wouldn’t it be amazing if those living with dementia could just articulate what they are thankful for or what makes them happy and calm?… Well, they don’t need to. We need to.
Source: Pedal for Alzheimer’s
Date: 11/2022
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The Scent of Happiness: Why Happy People Smell Differently
You’re walking down the street and pass someone who’s smiling and looks happy. You can’t help but inhale their scent — it’s warm and inviting, like you imagine the person to be. Do happy people smell differently, you wonder?
Source: The Zoe Report
Date: 10/30/2022
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In Their World at Halloween Time
Halloween can be a fun time of year for children and teenagers to dress up as their favorite characters, attend parties, go trick or treating, and eat lots of candy. Heck, even adults may partake as well. However, for those with progressing dementia, Halloween time can be quite scary, increasing unproductive and negative behavioral expressions. But why?
Source: Pedal for Alzheimer’s
Date: 10/2022
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Something smells…and I like it
Aromatherapy is a relatively safe, all-natural use of essential oils to support one’s health.
Although research has shown that a person’s sense of smell may decrease as Alzheimer’s disease progresses, the nose is still an entryway for the sensory stimuli of essential oils…
Source: McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Date: 9/26/2022
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Are You Ready for the Holidays?
Spending time together as family, especially around the holidays, is priceless. However, sometimes this can be a challenging season for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease…
Source: Pedal for Alzheimer’s
Date: 9/2022
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Older Adults And Pets
Pets can serve as a source of love and happiness for pretty much anyone—but this is particularly true for older adults. Why?
Source: Aging in Place
Date: 8/5/2022
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Is It Ok for People With Dementia to Primarily Drink Supplements?
Ponder this question…if you could only drink your meals for the rest of your life, would you want to? I think hardly not. It’s not a way of life…
Source: Pedal for Alzhimer’s
Date: 8/2022
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Boosting Staff Retention and Clinical Outcome with Dementia Training
Dementia training indicates integrity, credibility, empathy, and investment, all reasons that staff want to work for you. Then, retained and trained staff boost your clinical outcome.
Source: Bridge the Gap Magazine
Date: Summer/2022
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Social Prescription in Dementia Care
Social prescription is about getting to know the whole person living with dementia, from their preferences in life, roles they’ve been in, understanding what makes them happy and calm, who surrounds them in their life, and their strengths and weaknesses; essentially it’s the essence of who they are.
Source: Pedal for Alzheimer’s
Date: 7/2022
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Connecting to Those Who Have Dementia. It’s Simple.
What would make that individual with dementia happy again, to feel safe and secure, and calm? Although this can seem impossible to imagine, it can be quite simple…
Source: Pedal for Alzhimer’s
Date: 6/2022
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Staff Efficiency at its Best
With 80-90% of senior living facilities reporting staffing shortages, operators of these facilities should be generating ways to lower the risk of burnout and increase the likelihood of retention in their employees, besides just pay raises and bonuses.
Source: McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Date: 3/8/2022