Dementia Care at Home: Professional Support That Makes a Difference

Lori La Bey talks with Lakelyn Eichenberger, Ph.D., a gerontologist and caregiving advocate with Home Instead, an Honor Company, who educates professionals, families, and communities on aging challenges and resources. A nationally recognized speaker and media contributor, she hosts the Caregiver Chats podcast and is deeply committed to helping aging adults and family caregivers navigate the complexities of caregiving.

Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog Post

https://alzheimersspeaks.com/blog/

Watch the Video Interview Below

https://youtu.be/4fcttw4m48s

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/26dDpetg4byx2J3diQGXEB

Other Podcasts

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Dementia Map

https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/2/19/dementia-care-at-home-professional-support-that-makes-a-difference

Contact Dr. Lakelyn

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakelyn-eichenberger/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lakelyn.eichenberger/

Instagram @lakelynk

Contact Home Instead

Website www.HomeInstead.com

What’s Next Guide https://www.homeinstead.com/care-resources/care-planning/40-70-rule-action-plan-successful-aging/

Facebook @homeinsteadind

https://www.facebook.com/homeinsteadinc

LinkedIn @homeinsteadinc https://www.linkedin.com/company/homeinsteadinc

Instagram @homeinsteadinc

https://www.instagram.com/homeinsteadinc/

YouTube @homeinsteadinc

TikTok @homeinstead.inc

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

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Echobox Memory Vault - Continuity of Care through Quality of Life

Lori La Bey talks with Tim and Tannis Roberts, the cofounders of Echo Box, who observed something profound and couldn't let it go. They witnessed something special and knew in their hearts it had to be expanded to help so many others. Listen in to what they experienced and the path it has led them on.

Tim is an artist, writer, and musician with a love for hockey, and his wife, Tannis, enjoys travel, good literature, researching genealogy, and camping in the mountains. They live in Calgary, Canada, with their two daughters and continue to manage Echobox’s growth with heart, purpose, and gratitude for those working towards a higher standard of living.

Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog Post

https://alzheimersspeaks.com/blog/

Watch the Video Interview Below

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https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3

Other Podcasts

https://pod.link/986940432

Dementia Map

https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/2/10/echobox-memory-vault-continuity-of-care-through-quality-of-life

Contact Information

Website https://echobox.ca

Email info@echobox.ca

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/echobox.memory.vault/

Instagram @echobox.memory.vault.ltd

Tim on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-roberts-455b281b8/

Tannis on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tannis-roberts-0800921b9/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@echoboxmemoryvault416

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites, since 2011.

Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network.

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Why Having a Caregiving Plan Matters to You, Your Family, and Your Money

Lori La Bey talks with Raymond Lavine, an advisor for extended care benefits. Ray helps individuals and families design long-term care benefit packages. He also works with businesses as they evaluate their company's benefits package.

Learn:

1. What is long-term care insurance, and how does it differ from regular health insurance or Medicare?
2. Why do people need long-term care as they age, and what are the odds that someone will require it?
3. What types of services and settings does a typical long-term care policy cover?
4. How much does long-term care typically cost without insurance, and what are the main factors that affect policy premiums?
5. What alternatives exist if someone can't afford or doesn't qualify for traditional long-term care insurance

Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog Post

https://alzheimersspeaks.com/why-having-a-caregiving-plan-matters-to-you-your-family-and-your-money/

Watch the Video Interview Below

https://youtu.be/XkVTiyJ3bp4

Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-having-a-caregiving-plan-matters-to-you-your/id986940432?i=1000748295595

Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/59gxuG3hwGaJoKtY1CnoZ8

Other Podcasts

https://pod.link/986940432

Dementia Map

https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/2/3/why-having-a-caregiving-plan-matters-to-you-your-family-and-your-money-160-160-160

Contact Raymond Lavine

Website www.lavineltcins.com

Email

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LongTermCareInsurance

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ltc-benefits/

Phone 253.275.6091

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites, since 2011.

Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network.

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Lori La Bey talks with Dr. Dennis Dulniak, who serves as President and Founder of the Nana’s Books Foundation. He brings to this role a distinguished background, including 40 years in higher education and seven+ years of caregiving for his wife Nancy, who lived with Alzheimer’s disease until 2021.

Dennis will share his mission of educating children about dementia and caring for others by giving free books to Title One Schools. Dennis has given away over 20,000 books for his cause through Nana's Books Foundation.

Learn how Dennis is doing what he is doing, and how you can join his efforts!

Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog Post

https://alzheimersspeaks.com/nanas-books-foundation-20000-books-in-4-years/

Watch the Video Interview Below

https://youtu.be/7iTzAhYodkw

Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast

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Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vDidBGNxFSMbwDy9dGZBE

Other Podcasts

https://pod.link/986940432

Dementia Map

https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/1/28/nana-8217-s-books-foundation-distributed-20-000-books-in-4-years

Contact Dr. Dennis Dulniak of Nana’s Books Foundation

Website www.nanasbooks.org

Email

Phone 407-592-6670

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ddulniak/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nanasbooksfoundation

Nana’s Books Newsletter https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/fo8qml6

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nana-s-books-5721212a2/

ADRC Website https://adrccares.org

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites, since 2011.

Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network.

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Living with Incurable Brain Cancer and the Commonalities of Care

Lori La Bey talks with Daniel Hight, the founder of More Than Our Story. After being diagnosed with incurable brain cancer, he decided to create a platform to bring people together through sharing their stories and realizing we’re never alone.

Live Life Looking Through The Windshield, NOT The Rearview Mirror

Daniel's work is so helpful to many, as his interviews are inspiring, and amplify how similar we are, no matter what we are going through in life, including how we can care for others, how we need to learn to ask for help, and how to be gracious, letting others care for us when we need assistance.

Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog Post

https://alzheimersspeaks.com/living-with-incurable-brain-cancer-and-the-commonalities-of-care/

Watch the Video Interview Below

https://youtu.be/68hGDuvz_fs

Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6APWbbXGjcSDUiCQm9K48A

Other Podcasts

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Dementia Map

https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/1/29/living-with-incurable-brain-cancer-and-the-commonalities-of-care-160-160-160

Contact Daniel Hight of More Than Our Story

Website https://morethanourstory.com/

Email daniel@morethanourstory.com

Linktr.ee https://linktr.ee/morethanourstory

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@morethanourstory

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/more-than-our-story/

FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/morethanourstory

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/morethanourstory/

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites, since 2011.

Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network.

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Echo's Insights - Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Reactions

Today on Alzheimer's Speaks, our host Lori La Bey talks with Echo Bodine, who was recently diagnosed with a form of dementia. This is a new series called Echo's Insights. In this episode, Echo shares her symptoms, how and why she got diagnosed, as well as her reaction and others' to finding out she had Alzheimer's disease.

Learn:

1. Common symptoms
2. Doctors' reactions to Echo stating she was having memory issues
3. How and when a neurologist finally figured out what was wrong, even though Echo went in for migraines.
4. Echo’s reaction to hearing her diagnosis, and how family and friends reacted.

Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog Post

https://alzheimersspeaks.com/echos-insights-dementia-symptoms-diagnosis-reactions/

Watch the Video Interview Below

https://youtu.be/c0XC-xdAZ9Y

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/echos-insights-symptoms-diagnosis-and-reactions/id986940432?i=1000746538438

Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/255okRnEgfCUqXq1NWcrT3

Other Podcasts

https://pod.link/986940432

Dementia Map

https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/1/25/insights-with-echo-symptoms-diagnosis-and-reactions

Reach out to Lori La Bey if you are interested in connecting with Echo Bodine.

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites, since 2011.

Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network.

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Lori La Bey talks with Rachael Savage, who is the Artistic Director of Vamos Theatre, the UK’s foremost full mask theatre company. She works nationally and internationally as a theatre director, consultant, and workshop leader, and is a leading figure in mask and non-verbal theatre.

Since creating Vamos Theatre’s award-winning show about dementia, Finding Joy, in 2013, Rachael has continued to create connections with health and social care professionals and organizations to promote the arts as a powerful tool for change, developing performances and workshops specifically for the sector.

Rachael’s work in the field of non-verbal communication emphasizes empathy, listening, trust, and truthful connections.

Learn:

• What Full Mask theatre is.
• How non-verbal theatre works, and how it works around language barriers.
• New ways to shift our care culture.
• Why experiential training is so powerful.
• What "Joy in a Box" is.
• How humor changes perceptions and outcomes.
• Two critical questions to ask every resident
• How Racheal used her creative ways to stay connected to residents and staff during the pandemic.
• About the Wednesday Wave
• About some powerful reactions to Rachael's work.
• What is the "Art of Care?"
• How to participate in Rachael's work.

Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog Post

https://alzheimersspeaks.com/new-ways-to-shift-dementia-care/

Watch the Video Interview Below

https://youtu.be/xh6bnBADXBc

Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-change-in-dementia-care/id986940432?i=1000746157831

Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nqHIa8uY6CvPShysBMNs0

Other Podcasts

https://pod.link/986940432

Dementia Map

https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/1/27/culture-change-in-dementia-care

Contact Rachael Savage of the Vamos Theatre

Vamos Theatre, The Swan Theatre,

The Moors, Worcester, WR1 3ED

Web www.vamostheatre.co.uk

Phone +44 (0)1905 312 921

Facebook /vamostheatre

Instagram VamosTheatre

For more information and to book, please visit - https://www.vamostheatre.co.uk/arts-in-health/our-mission/culture-change-in-dementia-care

Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/

Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites, since 2011.

Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network.

Support this Show: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/donate-now/

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