Dementia Resilience with Jill Lorentz

Dementia Resilience with Jill Lorentz


Latest Episodes

DRwJL – MCI has its challenges with working, driving and more
September 20, 2022

September 20, 2022 When a person is in the very early stages of Alzheimer's, we start noticing the issues they are having with keeping up with demands of a job. Is the boss noticing? Are you forget

DRwJL – Caring for bed bound people – the challenges are immense
September 15, 2022

September 13, 2022 Trying to care for someone in their last weeks, months is hard. Not just hard but emotionally taxing. We never understand the amount of work, the scope of care, the diligence tha

DRwJL – Avoiding or Dealing with Catastrophic Situations
September 10, 2022

September 6, 2022 My person will not talk at all about their diagnosis, is something I hear about often from clients. My person fights with me all the time. I am afraid to begin to bring up the sub

DRwJL – What is a behavior? Is it the brain function or our approach which causes the symptoms?
September 01, 2022

August 30, 2022 Understand how the brain works and then you may be able to understand more effectively why people with dementia diseases behave the way they do. I will break this down for you in ne

DRwJL – Your Legal Questions Answered
August 24, 2022

August 23,2022 Klaralee Charlton joins me again today and we cover questions from listeners about legal issues you need help with. We talk about neglect, trusts, power of attorney documents, and wh

DRwJL – What does the process of evaluating & diagnosis look like?
August 17, 2022

August 16, 2022 I am taking a different approach to the early diagnosis process today and walking you through what will happen at the doctor's office. What are they looking for in terms of impairme

DRwJL – Letting Go
August 10, 2022

August 8, 2022 This show is dedicated to the helping you through the grieving process at the end of life. How do we navigate the journey when things get rough? This is not how to work the actual pr

DRwJL – Validation Theory – A talk with Vicki de Klerk – Rubin, daughter of Naomi Feil
August 02, 2022

August 2, 2022 Last week I attended the Pioneer Conference in Denver Colorado and was enlightened by most of the speakers and subjects I listened to. One of my highlights was interviewing Vicki de

DRwJL – Denying the state of having a dementia disease
July 21, 2022

July 19, 2022 When you have a person who is denying their stage of dementia, or you are a family member who thinks your person is not as bad off as some others, or you are hesitating to move them o

DRwJL – Assisted Suicide Laws & How it Apply to Dementia Diseases
July 12, 2022

July 11,2022 Since Colorado approved the Assisted Suicide Act, I have received many questions about the rules and regulations surrounding the new law. I have answers to all your questions in this p