"It’s Happening and We Don’t Understand It" - Guest: Christine Ebersole

11/09/23 • 23 min

Tony and Emmy award-winning actress Christine Ebersole (Bob Hearts Abishola, Grey Gardens) joins Dana for the first episode of The Memory Whisperer! Dana and Christine discuss Christine’s experience caring for her mother after her Alzheimer’s diagnosis and share their tips for interacting with friends and loved ones battling the disease. Christine reflects on the stronger sense of patience she gained caring for her mom and shares how she learned to love two mothers: the one who raised her and the one she cared for later in life.

Do you have a question for Dana? Email her directly at [email protected] or visit www.thememorywhisperer.com for additional resources.

The Memory Whisperer is written and produced by Dana Territo, with help from editor Blake Langlinais. Additional production support from Ryan Martz and Julia Weaver.

Special Thanks to Michael Andrews, a person with dementia, and Innovations in Dementia, CIC for our theme music and to Xdesign for branding and graphics.

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11/09/23 • 23 min

The Memory Whisperer - "It’s Happening and We Don’t Understand It" - Guest: Christine Ebersole

Transcript

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It started with Peggy, someone with Alzheimer's disease who never knew my name and who I companioned at her nursing home residence for twenty two years. Her influence in my life and the values I received from growing up with grandparents leaving in our home are the guiding forces and my love and advocacy for the Alzheimer's population. I'm a newspaper columnist for The Advocate in batonyge Louisiana, and the author of What My Grandchildren Taught

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