Mar 6, 2023
THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on living a full life despite the diagnosis of dementia.
Today’s Featured Expert is Dr. Susan Wehry, Board Member of The Dementia Action Alliance, a non-profit advocacy and educational organization of people living with dementia, care partners, dementia specialists and other advocates, The Alliance has released a manual, “Pathways to Well-Being with Dementia” as a resource for those who are struggling with dementia or supporting someone in need of care .
We discuss common myths and misconceptions about dementia, whether temperament predicts affect in dementia, the new manual, as well as 7 key areas to promote healthy aging.
Episode
Timeline:
0:11
Introduction to this
episode.
4:02 Medical journey that inspired a career
working with older adults
10:15
Common myths and misconceptions about
dementia.
12:54 Personality, character and dementia.
17:42 How did it start and where did
it start?
19:50 What does dementia have in common with
disabilities?23:56 How to find the manual?
28:33 The seven pillars of healthy
aging.
Speaker
Bio:
Susan Wehry, MD is the
Director, AgingME, Maine’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
(GWEP) and Associate Clinical Professor, at the University of New
England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a physician board
certified in geriatric psychiatry, educator and passionate advocate
for promoting healthy, meaningful aging, and a member of the Dementia
Action Alliance’s Board of Directors.
Learn more about the
Dementia Action Alliance
here:
https://daanow.org/pathways-to-well-being-with-dementia/
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