Teepa Snow - Communicating with Persons with Dementia & Developmental Disabilities

Teepa Snow - Communicating with Persons with Dementia & Developmental Disabilities - Ep.

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Elizabeth Miller - Happy Healthy Caregiver, LLC

2 жыл бұрын

In today’s show I am shining the caregiver spotlight on someone in the caregiving space that has my utmost respect - Teepa Snow. She’s an Occupational Therapist with over 40 years of rich and varied clinical and academic experience. Her company, Positive Approach to Care® (PAC) provides online and in-person education and products for anyone impacted by dementia. I can say firsthand that Teepa presents with extraordinary expertise and humor to audiences throughout the world.
In today’s show we learn how Teepa’s experience caring for grandparents shaped her career focus, the language and visual cues to use to better communicate with our care partner, her self-care rituals, where she obtains her trusted dementia information, how her training may also help better communicate with persons with developmental disabilities, and the story of how she got the name ‘Teepa’.
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@irmapena9319 2 күн бұрын

Gracias Teepa. Gracias Eizabeth

@janetpogue4970 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Teepa ❤

@happyhealthycaregiver Ай бұрын

Find a whole round up of dementia resources here happyhealthycaregiver.com/dementia-caregiver/

@Aimee-md4dt 3 ай бұрын

So much learning! Thank you for explaining the real reality of caregiving!

@happyhealthycaregiver 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for tuning in to the podcast ❤

@happyhealthycaregiver Ай бұрын

Find a whole round up of dementia resources here happyhealthycaregiver.com/dementia-caregiver/

@user-ci5si8jz5h 2 ай бұрын

Great information and helpful ❤

@happyhealthycaregiver Ай бұрын

Thank! Find a round up of all kinds of dementia caregiver resources here happyhealthycaregiver.com/dementia-caregiver/

@janetpogue4970 3 ай бұрын

Great information, you help our family

@happyhealthycaregiver Ай бұрын

Find a whole round up of dementia resources here happyhealthycaregiver.com/dementia-caregiver/

@janetpogue4970 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@lornalewis6429 2 ай бұрын

Thank you guys...I am learning alot.

@happyhealthycaregiver 2 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@happyhealthycaregiver Ай бұрын

Find a whole round up of dementia resources here happyhealthycaregiver.com/dementia-caregiver/

@kathleens.laroche754 Жыл бұрын

Elizabeth and Teepa, thank you so much for this video! Teepa, I have just gone off the cliff again! You are very successfully helping me to not condemn and beat myself up as I endeavor to support someone, but to learn from the experience, re-strategize and keep on going. God has given you a tremendous gift of understanding, and you are helping those you teach to truly "love one another." May God bless you abundantly.

@kathyeaston9976 Жыл бұрын

Gosh rhis really resonated with me. I cared for my mum three years she was difficult stubborn and angry...now thanks to you I understand why....I never got any help had frequent hospital visits...having to leave work for various falls etc....it took me down stressed me out and my mental health took a battering...taken me a long time to recover....Still have triggers now...wish I had known where to find help. Lost my daughter mum relationship and just became someone to get things done. Makes me sad looking back for both of us.......Teepa you are amazing..really appreciate your advice... My hubby is now seven years in on his Parkinsons journey so hope I have learned from past experience...God Bless you. X

@happyhealthycaregiver Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Each person with dementia is so unique and Teepa really does give us some great strategies. While I'm not caring for someone with dementia currently, I find her advice also applies for my brother who has a developmental and intellectual disability. No guilt on the past. More grace. When we know better we do better and the systems in place don't really help family caregivers. We just get thrown in the deep end of the pool and have to start to tread water while managing life.

@janetstarnes3405 Жыл бұрын

You are SO intelligent 🙏❤️

@janetstarnes3405 Жыл бұрын

@@happyhealthycaregiver I pray to God that caregivers are watching Her. 🙏

@user-qr8jd5jm7t Жыл бұрын

Iam new at watching your videos my husband is about to be put into long term care for his dememta

@happyhealthycaregiver Жыл бұрын

Thinking of you. I have a dementia resource page on my site happyhealthycaregiver.com

@enchantedstudios1078 Жыл бұрын

My husband wanted to know what was going on with him. We get a CT scan it shows shrinking in 2 parts of the brain. So we go to a Nero doctor and she does no testing she tells him that because of what kind of job he did 25 years ago that her test would not work. So she tells him to go to another doctor. But he got so angry that she just shoved him to someone else that he refused to go.. then we see a report she sent to his primary doctor that said he is at high risk of vascular dementia. But never told us. But his primary doctor has him on some treatment to help to hold off the dementia. What made me upset is that she never talked to him.. now he says I just want to life until I can't anymore...I hurt for him.. but teepa I am deep breathing...

@happyhealthycaregiver Жыл бұрын

Thinking of you. Our healthcare system needs more dementia education (I'll add neurodivergent education, too).

@Followyourdreams88442 Жыл бұрын

I wish every carer had Teepa’s knowledge and skill. What an awesome lady who should have every government in the world adopt her teaching. Elderly would be so looked after, instead of feeling frustrated, lonely and invisible.