Dementia Chat™
Raising Voices of Those Living with Dementia
Educational, Enlightening, and Hopeful - Videos to Live Better
Dementia Chats™ was created in 2012, with the intention to educate people living with dementia, their care partners including family, friends, professionals, and advocates.
Dementia Chats™ panelists are the true experts. They are those diagnosed with some form of dementia. Our panelist vary from video to video depending on their personal schedules and new voices are always welcomed to join us.
Lori La Bey, the founder of Alzheimer’s Speaks facilitates Dementia Chats. Lori learned how essential it was to listen to those diagnosed. She found they have great insights and creative ideas to care. They show us how to be inclusive in a new ways, which allows those with dementia to continue to feel dignified and purposeful.
Future Dementia Chats Sessions
- September 24th
- October 22nd
- November 26th
- December 24th
Access All Of Dementia Chats Videos Below
Here's a Sampling of Dementia Chats Videos
Stigma – Living with Dementia on Dementia Chats™
Tips on Connections and Living in Moment From Those Living with Dementia on Dementia Chats™
Changing Process of Decision Making & When to Stop Driving
Denial By A Person with Dementia Symptoms
The Impact of Pain When Living with Dementia
Living with Dementia – Stigma, Education & Adapting
Preparing & Adapting to Change
Coping with The New Normal
The Impact of Humor and Laughter when Living with Dementia
How to Communicate with People with Dementia
When & How Confusion Impacts Those Living with Dementia
Depression, Grief, Sadness and Dementia
Stress, Dementia, & Gratitude on Dementia Chats
Technology – Help or Hinder?
Drugs, Trust and the Inequity of Care vs Cure
Do Experts & Care Partners Really Know What A Person With Dementia Wants?
Dementia Advocacy, Roles, Duties, Terms & Successions
What Triggers “Off Moods” and How to Pull Yourself Out of Them
How Dementia Impacts Other Conditions
Initial Dementia Diagnosis & Doctor’s Roles
Accepting Dementia in Your Life
Moving & Construction When Living With Dementia
Dementia: Complications & Work Arounds When What is Said Is Not Heard
Lori learned so much from her own Mother's thirty year journey with dementia. Her Mother was and continues to be the inspiration for all of the initiatives Alzheimer's Speaks provides.
Wonderful Resources!
Recognitions and Awards
Lori La Bey is a change agent shifting dementia care around the world.
Just ask Oprah, Maria Shriver, Sharecare, AARP MN, or The National Institute for Dementia Education who have recognized her cutting-edge approach to shift global dementia care.
Lori's own mother lived with dementia for thirty years, so you can be comforted knowing she truly understands the needs of those diagnosed, their families, and professionals who care for them.
Oprah Winfrey
Lori La Bey named "Health Hero & Alzheimer's Empath" by O Magzine.
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Maria Shriver
Lori La Bey named "Architect of Change for Humanity" by Maria Shriver.
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