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The role of an occupational therapist in dementia support (part 2)
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Laura Stasinowsky is an occupational therapist (OT) and dementia consultant who is passionate about supporting people to live well with dementia. Laura works within the Your Brain in Mind clinic in Brisbane. She supports people at any stage of their journey with dementia, working with both the individuals who are diagnosed with dementia and their families.
Coral and Laura discuss managing the stress of a new diagnosis. Laura offers strategies to help manage stress. There will be changes in your life and lifestyle and you may experience grief.
It’s really important to plan for the future while your cognition is still intact. Consider legal obligations and future care planning. When is a move to a residential care facility needed?
In this episode:
- Can people with dementia misrepresent their cognitive ability?
- Dealing with the stress of a new diagnosis
- Be kind to yourself
- Changing roles and responsibilities
- Grief
- Planning for the future
- Advance health directive
- Strategies, assistive technologies and mobility aids
- Sundowning and how to reduce it
- When is the right time to move a loved one into residential aged care?
- Laura’s advice if you have a loved one who is getting forgetful
Resources mentioned:
Connect with Laura Stasinowsky:
- Website: Alongside You
- Website: Your Brain in Mind
- Email: LStasinowsky@alongsideyou.com.au
As part of the Your Brain in Mind Online Education Series, Laura is holding a webinar on the 17th of December called "What does a diagnosis of dementia mean for me and my loved ones?"
This session will explore what dementia is, how it affects a person and their family, and what can be done to make the journey with dementia easier. This session is particularly designed to support people who have been recently diagnosed with dementia, as well as those who know a friend or family member with the condition.
Webinar Details
Topic: What does a diagnosis of dementia mean for me and my loved ones?
Presenter: Laura Stasinowsky
Date and Time: 6:00 PM QLD Time (AEST), Tuesday the 17th of December 2024
Platform: Zoom
Registration: Please register here to buy tickets and receive the zoom link
Cost: $10 + Eventbrite ticketing fee (total: AU$11.73)
What will be included in this webinar:
- What dementia is
- What a diagnosis of dementia means for a person with dementia and those close to them
- What can be done to make the journey with dementia as manageable as possible
- Q&A with Laura / time for open discussion
Connect with Coral Wilkinson:
More about Your Aged Care Compass podcast:
Are you supporting an older loved one at home and ready to give up because it’s just too hard? Your Aged Care Compass is aimed at anyone who is caring for an older loved one who still lives at home and is wondering what support is available to them.
We're Coral and Michelle, the sisters behind our business, See Me Aged Care Navigators.
Coral is a registered nurse with over 30 years’ experience in both health and aged care. A former assessor with the aged care assessment team, an advocate and author, there’s not much Coral doesn’t know about Australia’s aged care system.
Michelle is a former pharmacist with over 30 years in the public health and private sectors of pharmacy. Michelle is now client care manager for our business.
Our story started as one of supporting our parents to remain in their own home, to be as independent as possible and remain connected to their community. We reached a point however, of needing extra support and we achieved this because we know Australia’s aged care system so well, we knew what programs could assist us and our parents.
This podcast, Your Aged Care Compass, brings together not only our personal experience in supporting our own ageing parents but also our vast professional experience in supporting other families to keep their loved ones at home.
We will help you makes sense of Australia’s aged care system, from your first contact with My Aged Care through to the different funding streams and assessment workforces, management options for home care packages and extra funding that people might be eligible for.
There's so much more. Topics relating to dementia and legal and financial considerations will be covered, as well as real life stories of where it went wrong for people and how we guided them to get it right.
Your Aged Care Compass will guide you clearly and compassionately to the right support at the right time for your ageing parents and loved ones.
Like what you hear? Please leave us a Rating and Review. We’d love you to share this podcast with any friends or family who have older loved ones.
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