Conversations Through Alzheimer's

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A Year into Alzheimer’s diagnosis: New Bloodtests, What We've Learned, and More with Rose

2026-09-2137:28

Send us Fan Mail This is our season one finale, recorded on our mom Rosemary's birthday, and it holds three things: what's changed in Alzheimer's diagnosis and research over the last year and a half, an honest look at where we actually are now compared to where we thought we'd be, and a conversation with our mom herself to close out the season. We start with the biggest shift in diagnosis since our mom's own P-tau217 test: several new FDA-cleared blood tests have come out in just the past yea...

Questions Answered on Alzheimer’s Caregiving, Processing in RealTime, and Grief

2026-09-0735:47

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a Q&A where we answer some of the most common questions we’ve gotten from support groups, forums, and our DMs about caregiving for someone with Alzheimer’s. We cover the guilt that comes with getting frustrated or short with a loved one even when you know it’s the disease, how to know when it’s time to push for a cognitive evaluation instead of explaining symptoms away, and why Alzheimer’s rarely progresses in a straight line, plateaus can last a while and...

Noticing Alzheimer’s Cognitive Fatigue in Real Time During Summer Trip | Caregiver Update

2026-08-3159:36

Send us Fan Mail This is a real-time early-onset Alzheimer’s update from our mom Rosemary’s two-week visit to see us in New York this summer, documenting what we noticed as the trip went on and what we learned about how much is too much right now. We cover the travel logistics first to help support her: using a gate pass and the Sunflower program for hidden disabilities. Then we walk through the trip day by day: how good she seemed in the first few days, a pattern we started to notice where s...

The Spouse’s Side: Our Dad on Caring for Our Mom Through Alzheimer’s Earlier Stages

2026-08-2442:15

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with our dad, Lyle, about his experience as the spouse and primary caregiver for our mom Rosemary since her early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis. We talk through what it was like for him in the years before her diagnosis, including a career change and job loss in 2019 that he now recognizes as an early sign, and the long process of considering anxiety, depression, and ADHD before Alzheimer’s was ever on the table. He also talks about deciding to re...

You’re Not Alone: Alzheimer’s Caregiver Resources We Wish We’d Known About Sooner

2026-08-1740:22

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the caregiver resources and support systems we wish we'd known about sooner in our mom's Alzheimer's journey. We start with a quick check-in about our mom going to bingo with friends for the first time since her diagnosis, and the different instincts Amber and Felicia had about whether that was a good idea, which opens into a broader conversation about staying connected with someone who has Alzheimer's, including a TikTok tip on why "want to get dinner?...

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