Tag: Communication
Holiday Visits: Finding Courage, with Daphne Davis
Culture, Connections and Celebrations: how to communicate and establish rapport. For people who haven’t seen their senior loved one in a while, or feel...
Dementia: Retaining freedom and dignity, with Kelley Smith
Kelley Smith, VP of sales and marketing at CarePartners Senior Living, talks at Discovery 2019, the 34th Annual Alzheimer's Regional Conference. CarePartners operates seven dementia-dedicated senior care facilities in Washington. Sometimes intervention happens too soon — it has to be the right marriage of timing and where seniors are in their journey.
How to Have Those Hard Conversations, with Daphne Davis
Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about how to have those difficult family conversations. Every single day she has these types of conversations...
Dementia & Alzheimer’s: Maintaining Communication with Music and Art
Here are some helpful tips for maintaining communication with people living with dementia who can no longer actively create or express their emotions. To...
Communicating with a Loved One who has Dementia
A well-respected geriatric care manager told me on my radio show that one-third of senior deaths involve Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related illnesses. If your...