52. The Keeper of Their Stories

04/24/24 • 34 min

Host Mary Anne Oglesby-Sutherly is definitely “The Keeper of Their Stories”. This realm and reality of her clients and the family of caregivers with dementia, enhances the dignity of physical hygiene and bathing to the understanding of routine. Dementia care is never an excuse for mistreatment or disrespect.

Mary Anne is also a clinician on the road, taking her workshops and speaking to places like Lipscomb University, Welch College and also the Timesavers’ Proactive Aging Event at Southern Kentucky University’s WCPL Memory Café. Mary Anne’s visionary force of encouraging “on-the-road” facilitating has her experiencing many young people’s interest in relationship based care and the value of education and training in the ProActive aging field.

Coming soon is a brand new video featuring the stories and people behind those stories from the Veranda Ministries. For more information get on www.verandaministries.org

Other resources worth visiting: www.dementiaminds.org and www.sokyhappenings.com/2024/03/timesavers-announces-proactive-aging-series-event/

Coming soon is a brand new video featuring the stories and people behind those stories from the Veranda Ministries. For more information get on www.verandaministries.org

Other resources worth visiting: www.dementiaminds.org and www.sokyhappenings.com/2024/03/timesavers-announces-proactive-aging-series-event/

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51. Personhood, Perspective & Hospice Care with Helen Bauer

Sometimes dealing with dementia and the end-of-life process can be as clear as mud. But today’s guest, Helen Bauer, comes as an expert in hospice care with exceptional detail that every care-partner needs. You’ll hear phrases like “senile degeneration of the brain” and “the difficulty in assessing someone with dementia at end-of-life with only a snap chat” and “the importance of education and mutual understanding of grief.” All this, and a whole lot more, during this episode includes the value of “touch, gentleness, respect and how the patient is spoken to." This is the personhood and perspective of Helen Bauer.

Helen Bauer, BSN RN CHPN, End of Life Educator and Advocate (The Heart of Hospice, LLC) has worked in nursing for over 30 years, specializing in hospice and end-of-life care since 2009. She is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Registered Nurse with a background in compliance and consulting. As owner of The Heart of Hospice, she provides end-of-life education and consulting for services for both hospice providers and consumers. The Heart of Hospice Podcast is in its eighth season as a high-ranking international podcast, heard on many networks.

More about Helen Bauer: www.theheartofhospice.com

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53. A Delightful Derby Day for Dementia

Sue Duffield, producer of the Aging Angst and Alleuias Podcast as well as newly appointed board member of the Veranda Ministries, takes her frivolity on-location broadcasting to one of the biggest days on the Veranda Calendar - Derby Day! Imagine staff and volunteers using wheeled walkers with inflated horses' heads attached, racing on the parking lot, creating howling applause and laughter by all attendees, especially those with dementia! This was a day filled with hee-haw-like joy, and this episode just gives a small glimpse into the world of dementia and the desperate need for those with cognitive impairment to have a day to be normal. As Barbara, one of the precious clients of the Veranda, says at the very end, "It's good for my brain. I love coming here."

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