{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Navigating Dementia","title":"Alzheimer's and Memory Loss: Why They Remember the Past but Forget Today","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":879,"description":"How can someone with Alzheimer’s remember an old song but forget a conversation from five minutes ago?\nThat difference can be confusing, especially when you’re answering the same question again or trying to help with an appointment they don’t remember discussing.\nIn Episode 11 of Navigating Dementia, Carlyn Lenfestey explores Alzheimer’s disease through Know the Waters, the first step in The Signal Guide Navigation System™. We look at what the diagnosis can tell us about everyday challenges and how to offer support that fits the abilities available right now.\nIn this episode, we talk about:\nWhy familiar songs and older memories may remain accessible when recent information doesn’t.\nHow Alzheimer’s can affect attention, language, judgment, sequencing, and visual-spatial processing.\nWhy making coffee or getting dressed involves more brain work than we realize.\nWays to offer information without depending entirely on memory.\nHow to make conversation feel less like a memory test.\nWhy sudden confusion needs immediate medical attention.\nA question to carry into your week:\n“How can I make this easier to do with the abilities that are available right now?”\nTry noticing one moment that asks the person to remember something. Could you offer the information when it’s needed, show the next step, or use a reminder they can understand?\nNext week, we’ll explore Lewy body dementia, including changes in attention, alertness, movement, and visual experience.\nConnect with Carlyn\nFREE Weekly Newsletter, Finding Our Way In Dementia Care -> https://abetterwaydementiacaresolutions.com/page/weekly-sign-up-1?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep11_shownotes\nWebsite -> https://www.abetterwaydementiacaresolutions.com\nFacebook -> https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562478140551\nInstagram -> https://www.instagram.com/abetterwaydementiacaresolution/\nLinkedIn -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyn-lenfestey-abetterwaydementiacaresolutions\nPinterest ->...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kxG2MQlw-KyK0vkzoPtoiNR1h7W5sOJsTBmA53TnLEM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YmE4/NzVkNzgyNjliMDI5/ZmEwNmZmZGRmZjBj/Y2ExMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}