1. The Dementia Whisperers Featuring: Laura Wayman Laura Wayman is an accomplished keynote speaker, author, trainer, and a dedicated Gerontologist.(A.A. degree in Gerontology, Social Services Designee Certification)

2. The Dementia Whisperers presents: A Loving Approach to Dementia Care

3. The Silent Pandemic! FACT-Dementia is now one of the world’s fastest growing diseases and it won’t be “going away” anytime soon, with no cure, prevention or ability to slow down the progress as of today. FACT-This year, 17 Billion hours of unpaid dementia care was provided by family, friends, and community members – a whopping 37% increase from last year! FACT-About 13% of Americans over the age of 65 have some form of dementia, and half of those over age 85 will develop some form of dementia. Source: Alzheimer’s Association’s 2008 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures

4. Percentage Change in Leading Causes of Death From 2000 to 2010 Cause 2000 2005 %Change Heart disease 710,760 649,399 -8.6 Breast cancer 41,200 40,870 -0.8 Prostate cancer 31,900 30,350 -4.9 Stroke 167,661 143,497 -14.4 Alzheimer’s 49,558 71,696 +44.7 Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports, and Reports of the American CancerSociety.A13 Alzheimer’s disease is among the top 10 leading causes of death for people of all ages, and is No. 5 for those aged 65 and older. Most Seniors are more afraid of contracting Alzheimer’s than of dying.

5. Peggy

6. You May Be Surprised to Know -Primary Family Caregivers – (Especially a Spouse) Are at Risk… 68% of them will die before the person with dementia-primarily due to the stress!

8. Would It Be Okay Today If We Made Your Care Giving Job Easier?

9. What is Dementia?

10. The Word Dementia Comes From… The Latin Derivative “Dis” Meaning Away From And “Mens” Meaning Mind

11. Dementia is a List of Symptoms, and Caused By: Illness/Disease Severe Urinary Tract Infection Medications Head Trauma or Injury (There is an estimated 70 different causes of dementia!)

12. What does Dementia look like? Confusion/Disorientation Difficulty Tracking or Processing Information Anxiety, Fear or Paranoia Spatial or Depth Perception Difficulties Short Term Memory Loss

13. Short term memory loss caused by a form of dementia is different! We all forget things occasionally…

14. birth present childhood AdolescenceTeen Years AdultMiddle Age Senior Short Term Memory Loss

15. Remember The Good Ole’ Days?

16. Understanding The Dementia Wonderland

17. Frances

18. Visit The Dementia Challenged In Their Reality, Let go of the expectation that they can exist as before.

19. What will happen when you win an argument with someone with dementia!

20. Who What Where When How Why? Do You Remember? No!Don’t!You Can’t… Why Avoid Whenever Possible----- -----

21. Person’s with dementia struggle making decisions.

22. Patience, Patience and even more Patience

23. Where are we going? Where are we going? Where are we going? Where are we going? Where are we going? Where are we going? Where are we going? Where are we going? What time is it? What time is it? What time is it? What time is it? What time is it? What time is it? Where is my daughter? Where is my daughter? Where is my daughter? Where is my daughter? Where is my daughter? Where is my daughter? Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? When can I go home? When can I go home? When can I go home? When can I go home? When can I go home? When can I go home? When can I go home? When can I go home?

24. Help them to know they still have a valuable place in the world

25. Lucy

26. Love Value Safety Securit y

27. Speaking and Understanding the Special “Dialect” of Dementia

28. Affirm the Feelings and Language From The Past. Respond as if it is “NOW”!!!

30. April Showers???? It’s Bath Night !

31. Talking from your heart... Person’s with dementia react to your feelings…

32. People may forget what you said… And they my forget what you did… But they will never forget how you made them feel. … Maya Angelou

33. Natalie

34. If you keep doing what you are doing ~ You will keep getting what you are getting!

36. HAVE FUN!

37. Take time for yourself…

38. Publisher, John Hopkins University Press Read Laura Wayman’s book, Now available on AMAZON.COM