Resources
The Alzheimer’s & Demential Podcast
Season 1
PODCAST 1: Welcome to the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Podcast
Susan Bossung, healthcare executive, introduces our podcast season on caring for individuals with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or dementia. Susan will be sharing her own personal experience of caring for her mother who lived with severe dementia for more than two decades.
PODCAST 2: My mom’s dementia diagnosis
Susan Bossung, healthcare executive, begins her mother’s story who lived with severe dementia for more than two decades. A new reality, lots to learn and the journey begins.
PODCAST 3: Caregiving Tips 1-6
Susan Bossung, healthcare executive, shares some informative tips she learned while caring for her own mother who lived with dementia for more than two decades. These caregiving tips will help prepare anyone whose family member has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia.
PODCAST 4: Caregiving Tips 7-11
Susan Bossung, healthcare executive, shares more important tips she learned while caring for her own mother who lived with dementia for more than two decades. Included are her comments on nutrition, managing difficult behaviors, the importance of activities, taking the car away and when is it time for hospice and palliative care?
PODCAST 5: Caregiving Tip 12
In this episode, healthcare executive Susan Bossung talks about her final tip for this season’s podcast…..Caring for the Caregiver. Last but not least and in her mind…perhaps the most important tip and consideration when it comes to caring for your loved one. Advice from someone who provided care for her mother for over two decades.
PODCAST 6: Final Outcome of my Mom’s Dementia Journey
Susan Bossung, healthcare executive, shares the conclusion of her mother’s dementia journey which lasted for two decades. She talks about her mother’s passing and coping with the reality of her death. She shares insights regarding what worked for her mother, what did not work so well and what she would do differently if she had to make the journey again. This podcast can be very helpful to others just beginning their own dementia story.
