Port of Call | The Dementia Awareness Podcast
Port of Call is the monthly podcast from The Dementia Lifeboat, created for caregivers, families, and professionals who are seeking clear, compassionate answers about dementia.
Hosted by Laura Wayman, the Dementia Whisperer, and Jocelyn Ives, a certified life coach for caregivers, each episode explores the real questions people ask when dementia symptoms begin to show up: changes in memory, behavior, communication, and daily functioning.
Together, Laura and Jocelyn blend education and emotional support, helping listeners better understand what dementia is (and what it isn’t), how it’s diagnosed, and how it affects both the person experiencing symptoms and those who care for them.
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Port of Call | The Dementia Awareness Podcast
Latest Episodes
How Do You Stop Feeling Guilty as a Dementia Caregiver?
Caregiver guilt almost always starts with an expectation — that you should be doing this better, giving more, feeling less frustrated than you do. In this episode of Dementia Lifeboat: Port of Call, Laura Wayman, The Dementia Whisperer, and cer...
How Do You Sell Dementia-Aware Care? And How Do Families Recognize It?
What separates a beautiful building from truly dementia-aware care? And what should a family actually ask before moving a loved one into memory care? In this episode of Port of Call, Laura Wayman, the Dementia Whisperer, and Jocelyn Ives, certi...
Dementia Aware Activities That Actually Work
Why does someone with dementia symptoms stop doing activities they used to love? It's one of the most common questions family caregivers and memory care professionals ask — and the answer isn't loss of interest. It's a loss of the brain's abili...
How Do You Successfully Visit a Parent with Dementia Symptoms?
In this episode of the Port of Call podcast, Laura Wayman and Jocelyn Ives sit down with Ami Reichman, a senior living advisor and daughter caring for a father living with dementia symptoms.Ami spends her professional life helping famili...
How Do You Care for a Parent with Dementia?
In this episode of the Dementia Lifeboat Port of Call podcast, Laura Wayman and Jocelyn Ives sit down with caregiver Joe Dunham to talk about the emotional reality of caring for parents with dementia symptoms, medical complications, grief, and ...