Dementia, Covid19, Memory Care, Oh My

New normal in dementia care Memory Units in the age of Covid19. Social distancing? Right. Live in the moment. Honor the caregivers. Help the helpers.

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Professional Talking Heads spout a nebulous New Normal in Coronavirus land. I slip into anticipation of the new normal, as well. I’m sure we don’t have a clue how much our lives are beginning to change. We are in the fog of unsettled. We are dazed and can’t see the feet we feel on the ends of our legs. When my dad died, when my son died, I was in that fog sitting on the precipice, gazing into the abyss of grief. Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life! People with a new challenging diagnosis, facing death, and family members of those sliding into dementia, know that eerie foreshadow of a new normal. Last week Jill Johnson-Young spoke about the Dementia-Friendly City, Riverside, CA, created for a more positive new normal for family holding onto life with dementia. Today, we’ll talk with Stephanie Oden about managing a Memory Care Unit and Jennifer Keeney about her dad living in a memory care unit in the age of Covid19.

Introducing Stephanie Oden

Stephanie Oden is a nurse who has worked in nursing homes, hospitals, adult daycare, mental health, private duty nursing, and assisted living. Her passion is memory care. Every…