Dementia Talks is a first person point of view of what it is like to live with dementia. The Author, Ted Obenour was diagnosed at Cleveland Clinic Feb 2020. After receiving his diagnosis, he quickly realized that there is very little about actually living with LBD from a person that has dementia POV. In this Podcast we will talk about thing that can help you stay positive, things to help you cope, things that help you be a better person , even though your life has changed. This Podcast is part of Waneringlite.com and DementiaTalks.net
Dementia Talks
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Dementia Talks is a first person point of view of what it is like to live with dementia. The Author, Ted Obenour was diagnosed at Cleveland Clinic Feb 2020. After receiving his diagnosis, he quickly realized that there is very little about actually living with LBD from a person that has dementia POV. In this Podcast we will talk about thing that can help you stay positive, things to help you cope, things that help you be a better person , even though your life has changed. This Podcast is part of Waneringlite.com and DementiaTalks.net
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July 17, 2026
Dangers in Todays Sport for Frontal Lobe Dementia
<p>Most people do not understand the significance of Frontal Lobe Dementia, although Alzheimer's constitutes 60% of all dementia cases and vascular 20%, more body 10% frontal accounts for 5% is increasing rapidly the balance is mixed dementia. Today there are 57 billion people suffering from dementia worldwide and 10 million of those are new cases discovered this year furthermore 60% live in low and middle income countries by 2050 this will increase by 71% of which 75% they undiagnosed. That means that for every three seconds a new case is discovered.</p><p><br></p><p>Today's discussion will be on the primary cause for Frontal Lobe Dementia, unlike other dementias (FTD) is preventable and is largely caused to injuries to the brain caused by blunt trauma such as concussions from sports auto injuries, etc.</p><p><br></p><p>This Sunday is the final of the World Cup between Argentina and Spain watch how many times the players user head as if it is only simply append a their body, the result of you in your head in this sport be it the international football or American football the probability of these impacts to the head will largely result in damage that will show up in their early 50s and 60s and is totally preventable. Join me in fighting the use of I had in this and American football. In the US many colleges in the hell are using specialized home it's for practice because it starts recognize the problem they are not using the solids during regulation games. Things need to change only you can help.</p>
April 16, 2026
Introducting Patsy my Service Dog
<p>Having a service dog when you have dementia can be a significant challenge. I started out with meeting with some friends that had a service dog which supported him with his needs related to diabetes..</p><p><br></p><p>Sophie, his service dog could sense when he needed his meds and would bring them to them. They would have them prepackaged up and Sophie would go into the bathroom and bring them to him in a sack.</p><p><br></p><p>Step two was my research related to having a service dog with a neurological disease. Neurological meaning someone who has brain damage caused by some form of dementia.</p><p>Step three was I talked to my doctor about it and he agreed that having a service dog would help me particularly with my attention to the dog and also there was a lot of studies related to the benefits of having a service dog. There are also challenges with having a service dog to glory what happens if you pass away and your caregiver is stuck with taking care of the service dog.</p><p><br></p><p>After lots of discussions my caregiver (m decided that a service dog was a good move for me particularly sense I was having trouble walking and taking the dog for walks could be a great benefit to me.</p><p><br></p><p>This turned out to be very true, the VA was recommending a very heavy will scooter because at the same time I also had Parkinson's disease and they believe that I couldn't control the scooter because of my Parkinson's disease. Today I am back walking with to Patsy only with a cane and enjoying my life with my service dog. This podcast is an introduction. I hope it helps.</p>
April 2, 2026
Moving Beyond Acceptance to Finding Purpose
<p>This is the second book about living with dementia from a personal point of view. First book was titled" a personal journey into dementia" and was published in 2022.</p><p>The new book was published in 2025 with deeper snow and her team and his title quote moving beyond acceptance to finding purpose"(personalizing the journal of dementia) by j. Ted Obenour. With contributions from people snow founder of a positive approach to care (PAC).</p><p>The new book is available on Amazon both in hard and soft copy as well as Kindle and Kindle subscription and over a dozen different languages.</p><p><br></p><p>We have reduced the price to help more people get access to this book and we have worked to increase our target audience with not only caregivers and people potentially with dementia, but also psychiatrist and psychologist doctors and other professionals who deal with people struggling with brain disease.</p>
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