Now or Never: Long-Term Care Strategy with Kosta Yepifantsev

Join Kosta and his guest: Kevin Jameson, Founder, President, and Chief Volunteer of Dementia Society of America, a non-profit working to educate and promote awareness of all types of dementia.

In this episode: Dementia looks different for everyone, how does technology aid in providing personalized care options, specifically in improving community engagement and communication? There are important distinctions to be made between Dementia and Alzheimer's, why do you think so many think of these conditions synonymously?  Why do you think so many people are afraid to bring technology into the care process? We use technology and automation for almost every other part of our life, why is this different?  

Find out more about Kevin Jameson and Dementia Society of America:
https://www.dementiasociety.org/

Find out more about Kosta Yepifantsev:
https://kostayepifantsev.com/

What is Now or Never: Long-Term Care Strategy with Kosta Yepifantsev?

Now or Never: Long-Term Care Strategy is a podcast for all those seeking answers and solutions in the long-term care space. Too often we don’t fully understand the necessity of care until it’s too late. This podcast is designed to create solutions, start conversations and bring awareness to the industry that will inevitably impact all Americans.

Kevin Jameson: That's the key in
discussing this with people

because don't jump to the
conclusion somebody has

Alzheimer's because in reality,
unless you're a doctor, unless

you're a neurologist, unless
they've undergone the PET scans,

the cerebral spinal fluid taps,
the genetic testing, and all the

other things that go into making
a much more precise diagnosis.

I'd watch calling it Alzheimer's
until then.

Caroline Moore: Welcome to Now
or Never Long-Term Care Strategy

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Yepifantsev a podcast for all

those seeking answers and
solutions in the long term care

space. This podcast is designed
to create resources, start

conversations and bring
awareness to the industry that

will inevitably impact all
Americans. Here's your host

Kosta Yepifantsev.

Kosta Yepifantsev: Hey, y'all,
it's Kosta. Today, I'm here with

my guest, Kevin Jameson,
Founder, President and Chief

Volunteer of Dementia Society of
America, a nonprofit working to

educate and promote awareness of
all types of dementia. Kevin,

you started the dementia Society
of America after experiencing

the difficulties and isolation
that comes with dementia

firsthand. How did your personal
journey with dementia shaped the

structure and vision of this
organization?

Kevin Jameson: No, I appreciate
that constant. Thanks for having

me today. So you know, the
dementia society was kind of

born out of a need that, that I
saw after my wife had kind of

gone through the trajectory of
living with dementia. And you

know, the caregiving experience
and she ultimately was in a

nursing home in a in a dementia
carry community within the

nursing home. And then she
entered hospice for the last

part of her life. And so I
retired when she entered

hospice, even though I had been
caring for her a lot, I did have

professional care in the
beginning and then move your to

the nursing home. But you know,
the dementia society really was

born out of this, this need that
I saw that people didn't know

what dementia really was. It
didn't understand it.

Oftentimes, the question would
be, what's the difference

between Alzheimer's and
dementia? And we still get that

question today. But when we
started, we knew that people

were searching for help and for
looking for answers. Because

they might go to a doctor, they
may have a loved one with

dementia, and they really had
little to go on. You know, they

didn't, they were drinking water
from a firehose, and they needed

some help. So I felt that there
was an opportunity there to

educate people, because I've
been in sales and marketing. And

so you know, my expertise was in
the kind of education process,

getting people to understand
this or that, so why not apply

that to dementia?

Kosta Yepifantsev: When, in
2001, when as I was reading your

bio, and your wife had a
terrible car accident, she

suffered a traumatic brain
injury, which, you know,

obviously, is the sort of the
initial the initial beginnings

of her developing a dementia
diagnosis. How difficult were

those next eight years before
she went into assisted living

and how ill prepared were you
and maybe, maybe reflecting back

almost thinking to yourself, Why
did no one tell me anything? Why

did no one give me any guidance?

Kevin Jameson: Well, a couple of
clarifications, she didn't

really move into assisted
living, she actually went from

her home into a dementia care
community within a nursing,

okay, which is a little bit
different than assisted living.

But I mean, the reality is, in
the beginning, probably for at

least two or three years after
her accident, it was kind of

business as usual. I mean, we
really didn't think about it.

And it's only in looking back,
that I was able to kind of

pinpoint, a dramatic change in
her personality. You know, it

wasn't memory loss. Initially,
it was a dramatic change in her

personality. And she became very
caustic. And just just, she was

typically a bubbly, friendly,
beautiful person. But but that

personality change caused us to
have some marital difficulties.

And in the process of going
through those marital

difficulties is when our
therapist we went to a marriage

therapist, and counselor and she
said, You know, I think there's

something going on with Ginny
doesn't seem like it's a problem

with the love between the two of
you. But there's there's

something and I can't put my
finger on it. And, and I really

didn't know what that meant, and
I don't think therapists knew

what that meant. She's just said
recognized some something was

off. And so it really didn't
manifest itself in a way that

was meaningful to me in terms of
her cognition, until we went out

to dinner one night, and she
asked me how I knew the hostess

because I walked in, I sent a
letter to the hostess. And she

goes, How do you know the
hostess? I said, well, since

last time, we were here, same
same person. She goes, I've

never been here before. And and
I'm like, What are you talking

about? We're just here last
month, you know, I can tell you

what we had, where we sat. She
denied it all. She said, You

must have been here with another
woman. And that, to me was the

sign. That was that there was
something going on beyond

personality change. And so that
became the trigger for me to

say, We got to get to the bottom
of this, you know, I was

planning to divorce her. I
wanted to leave the house at

least. And that all changed that
night. Because I was like, This

is not right. It's not really
her. It's something that's going

on in her brain. Right, and we
need to get to the bottom of it.

So I just started this kind of
long trajectory of pinging her

doctor, you know, trying to get
the doctor to take it seriously.

You know, and that was very
difficult, because she was in

her 60s. And you know, most
people don't have cognitive

challenges, or, you know, or if
they do, they're not caused by

an underlying disorder, they
might just be stressed out, they

might be depressed. I mean,
there could be a lot of

different things going on. They
might have a medication

imbalance issue, they might have
hormone imbalance, they might

have a vitamin deficiency. I
didn't know what it was. And so

that's kind of was the beginning
of the of the process.

Kosta Yepifantsev: Before we get
too far into the episode. There

are important distinctions to be
made between dementia and

Alzheimer's. Why do you think so
many think of these conditions?

synonymously?

Kevin Jameson: Well, in some
ways, they are synonymous,

because the reality is that, but
they are different. So let's get

into it. So dementia is not a
disease. Okay, that's the number

one thing to know. And doctors
will call it a disease. The

National Institutes of Health
does a little bit better job

than that the World Health
Organization does a better job

than that Cleveland Clinic, Mayo
Clinic, you know, and a lot of

leading organizations in the
country and around the world get

it. But unfortunately, at a at a
physician level of primary care

physician, or even some
neurologists, they will still

refer to dementia as a disease.

And you see that a lot of times
in their webpages, you see it in

care communities, they, they,
they they they call it a disease

professionals, but it's not.

Right. It's a syndrome. And what
does that mean? And how is that

different? A syndrome is a
collection of symptoms. Okay,

typically without a cure, and
typically will be a fatal cause

of death and Alzheimer's
disease. And we can call that a

disease there is a there is a
pathological change and there

are pathological markers for it.

Causes dementia, I say can cause
it, and I use the word can

because not everybody with
Alzheimer's disease in their

brain will express dementia. And
but so vascular disease many

strokes will cause dementia.

Lewy Body disease causes
dementia. frontotemporal

degeneration causes dementia,
CTE, what football players and

soccer players can get can cause
dementia, TBI, traumatic brain

injuries, normal pressure
hydrocephalus, great show the

ACO wernicki Korsakoff. The list
goes on and on and on. And the

the important distinction is to
know that those are all

conditions and disorders and
diseases that express dementia

and dementia to define it is
cognitive challenges as a result

of those underlying disorders
that are so severe that you

cannot perform your activities
of daily living. That's really

the technical default definition
of dementia, and also that it's

progressive, that it gets worse
over time. So when you have

something that's an underlying
disorder, expressing it selloff

in these cognitive challenges
that are so severe that you

cannot do your activities of
daily living, coupled with the

fact that it gets worse over
time. That's the definition of

dementia. So people, people that
have Alzheimer's disease,

typically will express dementia.

But somebody with dementia does
not necessarily have Alzheimer's

disease. And so fascinating.

That's the key in discussing
this with people because don't

jump to the conclusion somebody
has Alzheimer's, because in

reality, unless you're a doctor,
unless you're a neurologist,

unless they've undergone the PET
scans, the cerebral spinal fluid

taps, the genetic testing, and
all the other things that go

into making a much more precise
diagnosis. Hmm, I'd watch

growling at Alzheimer's until
then,

Kosta Yepifantsev: you know,
usually when we look at

dementia, and the syndrome, as
you're describing it, and we

think of ways to support
individuals that suffer from it,

or have to live with that type
of condition, we always look to,

you know, kind of the human
element, the human caregiver,

that's going to step in and
assist with those activities of

daily living, especially as it
progresses to the point to where

an individual may start
forgetting things significantly.

They may, you know, at times,
even forget how to talk, how to

walk, etc. But I want to talk a
little bit about a separate

component of care. And I want to
talk about technology. How does

technology aid in providing
personalized care options,

specifically in improving
community engagement, but also

communication?

Kevin Jameson: Well, it depends
that there are tools out there

from a technology standpoint
that people have introduced, you

know, for folks living with
dementia, and we by the way, we

don't say suffering with. So you
made a great correction on your

part,

Kosta Yepifantsev: yes, because
I've made that mistake before.

Kevin Jameson: Not everybody is
suffering who's living with

dementia, that's the one I mean,
there's anxiety, there are

things that go along with it
that are not necessarily good

things. But sometimes the person
living with dementia is really

not suffering, it may be the
care partner that suffering,

because they're not able to talk
to their loved one as they once

did, or do things that they once
did. So living with dementia as

the way we would put it, and
there are beautiful things that

can happen. And things that
wouldn't have happened if the

person hadn't, you know,
developed dementia, right? New

ways of relating to somebody,
you know, new, a deeper

understanding of one's love and
commitment to somebody.

Absolutely. But when it comes to
technology, I would say the

number one thing is the use of
music. So you're wearing

headphones, I'm not but but but
headphones remind me of the fact

that, you know, one of the
simplest things we can do for

folks that are living with
dementia is remember just to

play music. Because even you
know, a spoken word may not be

understood. But music resides in
different parts of the brain.

And so even though certain parts
of the brain may be affected by

the pathology of a dementia, but
the totality of the brain may

not be and that's where music
resides. Right? Because music is

a is a lot of things. Music is
sound, it's vibration, it's

memories, it's good times it's
bad times there's emotional

content related to music. So I
would always say that that's a

great way to engage in a
community with somebody, either

one on one or with multiple
people is live music, recorded

music, you know, virtual music,
you know, over the whatever, you

know, whatever, whatever form it
takes. If it's related to that

person's kind of younger age,
let's say when they were 1718

What were they listening to? So
for me when I get to be 95 You

know, I want to be listening to
the Bee Gees, I want to be

listening to Aerosmith. I want
to be listening to the Eagles,

you know, but somebody today
who's 85 or 90 might be

listening to Sinatra or Benny
Goodman or you know, Tony

Bennett or jazz or gospel.

Kosta Yepifantsev: So as these
as music engages the neural

pathways, is it the fact that
sometimes especially when

dementia, the syndrome
progresses to a certain point,

does music allow you maybe not
even verbally, but just in terms

of body language and attention
and interaction, allow you to

communicate with an individual
who has who's living with

dementia? Is that sort of the
theory behind it? Oh,

absolutely.

Kevin Jameson: In fact, there,
you know, there is a, there is a

kind of part of the dementia
landscape called aphasia, where

somebody cannot retrieve words,
or come up with the word for a

particular thing. You know, you
or you call it banana, and, you

know, a wrench. I mean, there's
all sorts of interesting things

because the brain is so complex,
right? How are these connections

made? And why would somebody
look at a banana and call it a

wrench, but at the end of the
day, play a song and sing the

verses of that song, they will
sing it perfectly? Absolutely.

Some people who stutter, as an
example can sing well, right. So

this is no different when
there's, when there's a little

bit of a mismatch in our brains
with regards to word retrieval,

and so forth being lyrical in
your communication, singing a

question to somebody? How are
you today? You know, and that

may make an impact on the person
versus saying, How are you

today?

Kosta Yepifantsev: Absolutely.

Right. How can technology create
more independence, and even more

safety for those that are living
with dementia?

Kevin Jameson: Well, I come from
a background of, you know,

having sold and marketed
electronic sensors for 3535

years. And a big part of that
was, you know, door sensors,

motion detectors, video cameras,
you know, and we're talking

about in the 80s, and 90s. And
in the early 2000s, you know,

this technology is just, you
know, really blossomed in terms

of what you could do and how
much it would cost? Well, today,

you know, you can get a camera,
you know, on the internet and

plug it in, and you're looking
at it on your phone, you know,

from your vacation in the
Bahamas. Absolutely. So you're

watching your cat, your dog, but
you know, at the end of the day,

that type of technology, Zoom
technology, you know, this type

of teleconferencing that we're
doing right now can be really

impactful. Because it'll, it
still allows a personal

interaction, without you having
to physically be there. Other

things that people can use from
a technology standpoint would be

the sensors. Knowing when a mom
and dad a husband, a wife, a

loved one gets up and, and moves
or doesn't move, right? If

they're if they're not going to
the refrigerator, if they're not

going to the bathroom, if
they're not turning on the water

for water, if they are turning
on the stove, if they are

opening the sun, the gun safe,
these are all things that

technology can help you with,
because the person who's living

with dementia may, you know, not
be doing the things that they

would normally do to keep
themselves satiated, hydrated

and safe. And so, you know, you
can you can add sensors to the

home to assist with that. People
have introduced apps, and you

know, any variety of tools for
the caregiver as well.

Kosta Yepifantsev: You know,
what you're what you're

describing is believe it's it's
the term is remote supports. And

I am curious, like you work with
people all the time that are

that are not necessarily I'm
sure you work with service

providers, but you probably talk
to a lot of sort of higher think

tanks, you know, people that are
looking at a problem and trying

to quantify it and say, okay,
you know, how do we put apply,

like a macro application to
solving this problem? If we stay

on the topic of technology, and
primarily on the topic of remote

supports, how do you think that
it's going to change in 10 or

maybe even 20 years as it
relates to the care process and

for long term care overall?

Kevin Jameson: Well, you know, I
really can only speak to the

dementia side of that absolutely
great care because, you know, if

you if you if you have a hip
replacement, and you talk about

long term remote, you know,
telemedicine, so to speak, you

know, that's, that's, that's
different, right? You can you

can even film yourself doing
your exercises, you can film

yourself, you can have a
conversation with the doctor,

you know when to press the
buttons and you know, how to

make the connections to that
telemedicine visit. Potentially

right if you're if you're
cognitively intact. But, but

what ends it really least to
dementia, I'm gonna say the

human element is going to be
more important than the Tech

Tech element. And because
because we're human, we're not

machines. And, and having a
smile, just like you're doing

right now, having a smile,
having a warm hand to touch your

hand, a reassuring voice, that's
hard to do remotely, you know,

they're getting better with
remote robotics, but, but I

don't know how warm that handle
will be, unless they put a

heater in it. So

Kosta Yepifantsev: my will
though in 20 years, I mean, cuz

Kevin Jameson: I'm gonna, I'm
gonna say as long as we're

human, yeah, we're gonna want
human interaction in person.

That's one of the downsides of
many, that we just went through

with COVID as an example, the
lack of the lack of human touch,

and the social isolation that
occurred from that. But going

forward, it taught us a lesson
that people do suffer when they

can't. It's just like, if you if
you don't hold a baby, when it

comes out of the womb, it
doesn't thrive.

Kosta Yepifantsev: Right? And it
makes sense.

Kevin Jameson: Humans are I
mean, adults, humans are

different. So you know, that I'd
say that technology will have a

role in certain aspects, of
course. But it will never really

positively replace the benefit
of a human human interaction.

Kosta Yepifantsev: So here's the
overarching question. So a

little bit of statistics here,
okay. If humans are the answer,

but less and less humans want to
work in this industry,

healthcare in general, while the
aging population continues to

grow as a as a imbalance in
terms of relative to the other

populations. So if the demand
continues to climb, but the

supply will not have already
find enough humans to be able to

effectively provide the type of
care that will meet their needs,

without devoting a huge, if not
a outsized amount of resources

to the development of
supplementation of the human

element. Yeah, I

Kevin Jameson: get it. I mean, I
think that, you know, Costa,

here's the thing. Again, if you
look at things that are non

dementia related in terms of
medical conditions, right, so

non cognitive related, I think
technology will be a will, is

today and will continue to grow.

And you'll be able to supplant,
you know, some of the rehab work

that's being done, because
you'll do a self rehab, and

you'll monitor it yourself. And
you'll have others to speak with

about monitoring it just like
you couldn't do an exercise

class or a yoga class online
today,

Kosta Yepifantsev: right at
using the peloton. Yeah, but,

Kevin Jameson: but, but dementia
is different. And, and I will

only say that, you know, the
available humans to support that

community to support the medical
community will probably have to

shift upwards towards supporting
those living with dementia. You

know, if in fact, there's not
some and multiple silver

bullets, right, because people
talk about a cure for dementia?

Well, as I mentioned at the
outset, it's not a disease,

you're not curing dementia,
you're you would attempt to cure

the underlying causes of
dementia. Right? And it's going

to be a set in essence, like
cancer is today. There are

multiple therapies out there,
right? You can literally cut out

cancer, you can radiate cancer,
you can provide chemotherapy,

you can provide immunotherapy.

And you might have to do all of
those things with cancers. So

you're you're you may be finding
people in remission,

potentially, somebody cured of
their cancer. And that's the

type of thing that may be true.

30 years from now with dementia.

Kosta Yepifantsev: Are you
pretty optimistic about the

drugs that are being approved by
Medicare right now to treat

Alzheimer's? Is that is that is
that a positive? Are we moving

in the positive direction?

Because it seems that
Alzheimer's is, I mean, people

that are living with dementia,
the statistics that I've seen is

that it's about 7% of the
population, which is pretty

significant. I think when

Kevin Jameson: you add up all
dementia is it's a much bigger

number than Alzheimer's alone.

Right. Right. And it could be,
you know, our estimates or

estimates are it's double the
number, right. Okay. So you've

got a bunch of folks, you know,
they're living with a lot of

different causes. And they've
been underrepresented. You know,

they're not underrepresented,
right, and they're not

underrepresented at the
dimension. So sidey because

we're looking out over all
causes, and the resulting

cognitive impairment which we
would call dementia, the severe

cognitive impairment. But I will
say this, you know,

pharmaceuticals in general, have
to make progress, somehow. Sure.

But we're not a pill popping
organization, and we don't, you

know, it's not something that,
oh, the only answer is a drug.

In the same way that the only
answer for certain cases of

diabetes is a drug, you can also
change your eating habits,

right, you can, you can improve
your your, your, your blood

sugar, just by eating
differently as well. I mean, you

might have to couple it up with
with some pharmaceuticals as

well. So I think that there,
it's a mixed bag. And I would

say that the people that are
able to and qualify for some of

the new infusion technology
that's being introduced and

pharmaceuticals that are being
introduced, if they can afford

it, if they're appropriate for
it, and they've been tested so

that they're an appropriate
candidate. And they want to do

it for the benefit of others,
that there'll be something to be

learned out of it. It's a good
thing, but it's not for the

masses

Kosta Yepifantsev: right now.

And I I agree with you, 100%. As
you're talking, something keeps

popping into my mind. And I
know, we started this

conversation about the confusion
between Alzheimer's and

dementia. And as you look at the
Alzheimer's Association's and

just Alzheimer awareness in
general fund runs, etc. It seems

like Alzheimer's is a, it's like
leading the charge when it comes

to support for cognitive
decline, and trying to reverse

some of the effects or at least
treat some of the effects of

that decline. This is gonna
sound like a really silly

question. But I just wanted to
ask you, since you're the

expert, why not change the name
of dementia to something else?

Because it just it's, it doesn't
sell well, too, in terms of

getting people engaged with, oh,
my gosh, we it doesn't make

anybody feel. And I know that
I'm making it sound like people

are fickle, but sometimes they
are. It doesn't, it doesn't

provide you with the emotional
sort of pull because of the of

the term. You know, it's like a
variation of demented and

Kevin Jameson: yeah, I would
disagree with you totally. I

would disagree with you totally.

Kosta Yepifantsev: Let me know,
let me know. I

Kevin Jameson: mean, maybe not
totally. But here's the thing,

you know, is, is cancer a good
word? No, no. So there are lots

of words. And you know, we as
humans need a way to express

something, right? We got to put
a label on things, whether we

like it or not, you know, if you
can't put a name on it, it's

hard to describe it. Or if you
can describe it, you know, it's

hard to transfer that knowledge
to somebody else. You know, if

we didn't call a car, a car,
what would you call it? An

automobile? A horse with an
engine, you know, what would you

call it? So at the end of the
day, right, things do change,

right? When we talk about
horsepower, a great example of

horsepower. So that was a real
thing. Right? How many horses

did it take to pull a tractor to
pull a cart? So horsepower

became, you know, related to
engines and engines became

related to mobile, mobile
devices like automobiles, but I

would say no, I mean,
Alzheimer's as an example, but

Lewy Body, frontotemporal
Critchfield, yaka? You know, all

of these are distinct
pathologies. Technically, today,

the DSM five, which is a manual
for a lot of psychiatric

conditions, and human
conditions, you know, medical

conditions, cause it major
neurocognitive disorder.

Kosta Yepifantsev: Okay.

Kevin Jameson: And that's fine.

But that's a mouthful, right?

And actually, people almost
would rather hear dementia than

Alzheimer's. Interesting. And,
and so, we, and this is just

coming from the 1000s of calls
that come in to us. You know,

somebody will say, you know, my
mother didn't have Alzheimer's,

she had dementia. Well, you
know, I don't know what that

means, except to say she didn't.

She was tested and maybe she had
vascular disease that causes the

dementia or frontotemporal or
Lewy body. So at the end of the

day, you know, we impart a
negative or a positive on any

anything we say If you look at a
hot dog from Chicago, you ever

seen a Chicago dog? It's got a
sickle on it. It's got, you

know, celery, see, somebody can
look at it and go, yuck. I look

at that and go.

Kosta Yepifantsev: That's great.

Yeah.

Kevin Jameson: So it's our
perspective, right? Yeah. There,

we can change our perspectives.

Right? We're able to do that
we're human.

Kosta Yepifantsev: And
literally, that's what you're

trying to do every single day.

Yeah. And I, I applaud you for
it. Because educating people on

something that hat we honestly
haven't educated them up to up

until maybe a few years ago, is
quite the task. Before we wrap

up, I want to talk about Jenny
Gibbs, and named in honor of

your incredible wife, Jenny, how
is this grant program assisting

caregivers and those living with
dementia?

Kevin Jameson: Right, so we
established any goes well,

mainly, one, one thing to know
is that Jenny and I met on a

dance floor, okay. We've always
been into music and movement.

And she's always she was always
very athletic, I was a little

bit less so. But the one thing
we know for sure Costa is that

there are non medical therapies,
if you want to call them

modalities as another word, that
positively impact people living

with dementia and their
caregiver. So we talked about

music, but art, making art
discussing art, viewing art, you

know, art in general, just
creative expression, making

music, singing, listening,
discussing movement. So things

that get us to move our bodies,
right, whether it's dance, or

yoga, or tai chi, or just simple
stretching, holding hands,

touch, so any sensory
stimulation. So all of these

things are in the Ginny Gibbs
grants, and any nonprofit care

community, they have to be a 501
C three nonprofit care community

can apply for a Jenny Gibbs
grant. And then we will help

them by supporting their
program, whether it be art,

music, movement, sensory
stimulation, you know, and so

we're we're doing that and it's,
it's their phenomenal programs

to see come to life.

Kosta Yepifantsev: And you guys
are all across the United States

and internationally. That's
amazing. How much money have you

guys donated to this endeavor?

Kevin Jameson: Well, I can't say
Ginny gives specific because I

mean, it's a part of what we do.

So, but we have raised millions
of dollars, and we've invested

millions of dollars. It's
amazing. So it not just in Jenny

gives but in education
awareness, research, we fund

research into different types of
dementia. So it's uh, you know,

we do a lot of different things
under the one umbrella.

Kosta Yepifantsev: So we always
like to end the show with a call

to action. If you could go back
to 2001. And give yourself one

piece of advice on how to
navigate dementia and your

journey as a caregiver. What
would it be?

Kevin Jameson: Well, I wouldn't
go back as far as 2001. Maybe

because I was not aware, I'd go
back to 2000 to 2003 2004. And

say, once something became
evident that there was a

cognitive challenge for me as a
caregiver. Now, granted, when

she had her accident, there
could have been a lot of things

we did differently in 2001. But
we didn't know what we didn't

know. But I think the issue is,
is that when you do get the

inkling of something, then the
call to action is take action,

do something, get a workup, talk
to a professional push through

it don't take no for an answer.

If and write everything down
with a time and date stamp when

something happens that's unusual
for that person or yourself

because that'll create a record
of the of the challenges that

you're seeing either in yourself
or somebody else. And you can

present that to medical
professionals and it will help

them kind of drive a diagnosis.

Caroline Moore: Thank you for
joining us on this episode of

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