Season 1, Episode 1 – Show Notes and Resource Links

October 31, 2021

By Sherri Snelling

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Joan Lunden Talks Caregiving and Self-Care; Also Experts on Alzheimer’s, Brain Health and Preventing Falls at Home

To kick off National Family Caregiver Month and National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, Sherri talks to:

TV host Joan Lunden and author of “Why Did I Come Into This Room? A Candid Conversation About Aging” about her caregiving journey with a mom with dementia and how she finds balance and self-care through humor and fun

Brooks Kenny, general manager of Brain Guide and executive director of WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s, talks about brain health assessments and resources from MyBrainGuide.org

George Netscher, founder and CEO of SafelyYou, who is an entrepreneur with a mission to stop falls in the home for those with dementia

Brooks Kenny – BrainGuide, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s

Sherri also reports on the latest news in caregiver wellness, creating wellness home design and gives her pop culture insights on movie reviews and recent TV news specials:

Caregiver Wellness News

Weight gain during COVID cause of increased stress according to the American Psychological Association 2021 “Stress in America” survey
UCSF study: happiness or depression in early adulthood can either protect from or increase risk respectively for Alzheimer’s disease later in life
Caregiver declining emotional health and burnout are issues employers need to address with more workplace support according to the Embracing Carers – Carer Well-Being Index Survey 2020
National Alliance for Caregiving report: Lessons From the Workplace: Caregiving During COVID-19 is a great resource for CHROs and HR benefit managers on what is needed to support employees who are also caregiving. The report quotes Sherri Snelling, as a member of its Career and Workplace Task Force:

“Employers feel like they are offering the right benefits. That they can check the right boxes and that’s enough. But caregivers are saying ‘not so fast’ . . . this doesn’t mean we should pull back from the caregiver conversation, it means we need to broaden the tent.”

Sherri Snelling, a corporate gerontologist and chief executive officer of the Caregiving Club,
which consults with employers on caregiver wellness

Pop Culture

Sherri discusses the following movies and recent news stories about caring for those with Alzheimer’s:

“What They Had” movie trailer

“The Notebook” movie trailer

“Alive Inside” documentary

Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga first concert since his Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Wellness Home Design News

Sherwin Williams color of the year 2022 “Evergreen Fog” sparks a rebirth and re-emergence at home
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America publishes a guide book for dementia home design, The Apartment

Me Time Monday Wellness Hack

Sherri ends each podcast episode with a special wellness hack from her upcoming book, Me Time Monday – Weekly Wellness for a Wonderful Life. This episode is “5 Senses in 5 Minutes for a Brain Health Boost”