{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Navigating Dementia","title":"Why Physical Function in Dementia Isn't Just About Strength","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":993,"description":"Before you decide someone \"just can't do this anymore,\" ask the question that actually changes things: what's different about this moment, not this person?\nIn this episode, Carlyn tells the story of a woman at an adult day program who had the hardest time getting out of a chair. Staff would walk her through it step by step, scoot forward, feet back, lean forward, push, stand, and the more instructions she got, the more stuck she became. But if Carlyn simply held out her hand and said \"come with me,\" she had a much better chance of standing up on her own. Same woman. Same chair. Same legs. What changed wasn't her strength, it was what her brain was being asked to do with the information coming at her. That's the doorway into the third spoke of the Wheel of Function™: physical function, and why it is so much more than a question of \"is she strong enough.\"\nThe problem was never just about the chair, or the six-step instruction, or the sweater that didn't get finished. Carlyn walks through why \"he did it this morning\" doesn't mean \"he can do it tonight,\" why a couch can be a harder physical task than a dining chair even for the exact same person, why unexplained pain often hides behind \"he doesn't want to,\" and why more help isn't always better help. She makes the case that physical function fluctuates the same way it does in any of us, and that the real question is never \"can they or can't they,\" it's \"what do they need to be successful right now.\"\nIn This Episode\nThe chair everyone assumed was a strength problem\nThe six-step instruction that got in the way\nWhy \"he did it this morning\" doesn't mean \"he can do it tonight\"\nWhat \"how much help is actually helpful\" really means\nWhat's coming next in the series\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=ep6_shownotes\nWebsite ->...","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}