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.
Dementia: Complications & Work Arounds When What is Said Is Not Heard
What Triggers “Off Moods” and How to Pull Yourself Out of Them
Drugs, Trust and the Inequity of Care vs Cure
Upcoming Dementia Chats Sessions For 2023
- September 26th
- October 24th
- November 28th
- December 26th
Changing Process of Decision Making & When to Stop Driving
When Dementia Takes a Back Seat To Other Health Issues
Denial By A Person with Dementia Symptoms
How Weather and Astrology Effect Their Life Living with Dementia
Examples of When & How confusion Impacts Those Living with Dementia
Preparing & Adapting to Change
Living with Dementia – Stigma, Education & Adapting
Holiday Stress Triggers for those Living with Dementia
Stress, Dementia, & Gratitude
Was the New Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm A Good Decision?
Dementia and the Arts Nov 2021 part 1 of 2
How to Communicate with People with Dementia
Examples of When & How Confusion Impacts those Living with Dementia
The Benefits of Arts & Dementia As Told by Those Living with Dementia – 1st in a Series
Technology – Help or Hinder?
Depression, Grief, Sadness and Dementia
Stress, Dementia, & Gratitude on Dementia Chats
Coping with The New Normal
Dementia Advocacy, Roles, Duties, Terms & Successions
How Dementia Impacts Other Conditions
Initial Dementia Diagnosis & Doctor’s Roles
Do Experts & Care Partners Really Know What A Person With Dementia Wants?
The Impact of Humor and Laughter when Living with Dementia
Accepting Dementia in Your Life
Moving & Construction When Living With Dementia
Why do people challenge a dementia diagnosis?
Here's a Sampling of Dementia Chats Videos
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 fro Humanity" by Maria Shriver.
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