Caregivers, Care Partners and People with Dementia: Brainstorming New Interventions for Dementia Care
When talking about dementia caregiving, researchers are often working toward new treatments and strategies for supporting people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. But how can we push the topic fu...
16 Sep 202123min
Tackling Stigma and Alzheimer’s Disease within the AAPI Community
Vince Tien and Dr. Dung Trinh join the podcast to discuss the many ways Alzheimer’s disease affects the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community. Vince Tien and Dr. Trinh both work as pa...
31 Aug 202125min
Creative Care: The Power of Imagination in Dementia Caregiving
What would happen if caregiving strategies were inspired by wonder rather than memory? That’s what Dr. Anne Basting, founder and president of the nonprofit TimeSlips, asked when she began her research...
17 Aug 202123min
Better Now than Never: Quit Smoking to Reduce Your Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers have produced many studies on how smoking affects parts of the body, such as the lungs or heart, but what about the brain? In today’s podcast, Adrienne Johnson, PhD, discusses her research...
3 Aug 202122min
Dentistry and Dementia: The Importance of Caring for Oral Health
Elisa Ghezzi, DDS, PhD, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of maintaining oral health throughout one’s life, and especially as one grows older. Discussing the effects of oral health on our sy...
20 Juli 202132min
Vote for Dementia Matters in the 2021 Podcast Awards!
Dementia Matters has entered into the 2021 People's Choice Podcast Awards! If you enjoy our show and want to support us, register and vote before July 31st at www.podcastawards.com, and vote for us un...
17 Juli 20211min
From Studying to Living with Alzheimer‘s Disease: A Conversation with Dr. Daniel Gibbs
Neurologist and author Daniel Gibbs, PhD, joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, “A Tattoo on My Brain,” which details his journey from treating Alzheimer’s disease clinically for 25 years to b...
6 Juli 202134min
How Close Are We to Curing Alzheimer’s Disease?
For our 100th episode of Dementia Matters, Nina Silverberg, PhD, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRC) Program at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), joins the podcast to offe...
10 Juni 202131min
