“Senior Moment” Segment – June 12, 2021

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Hour 2 Seg 2 – “Senior Moment” Segment

DEMENTIA HELP CENTER w/ Kae Hammond re: President & Founder.
– REPORT on the Mission Statement; Save you the time, energy, money and pain that DHC has spent in learning how to do these things. How to manage the issues. Rescue plan for the family caregiver.
– REPORT that her book is “Pathways – A guide book for dementia and Alzheimer family caregivers”. You can get it from Amazon.
– REPORT that caregivers die @ a higher/faster rate than the people they are caring for. Need support.
– DISCUSSION that family members BELIEVE that they know better what their family member needs MORE than the professionals so. NOT TRUE and very hard on the caregiver that is not a professional.
– Questions from “Joey Pals”.
1. REPORT on people who know their loved one has the beginning stages of the disease and are trying to provide memories for the patient? (Yes, BUT the memories will actually be for the surviving family member).
2. Is not being able to find the “right word” a sign of the onset of dementia? (Can be, but rule out OTHER THINGS, i.e. strokes, first).
– REPORT that “when you are 16 you don’t really have a very large file cabinet, but as you age, that file cabinet becomes VERY LARGE. You KNOW that you know the answer, but you need to go thru the file cabinet to get the answer. NOT A DISEASE, JUST LOTS OF INFORMATION in storage.
www.dementiahelpcenter.com
(760) 636-6335)

Kae