Show Notes
OPEN MIC Exposes The Truth About Repetitive Phone Calls & A Solution Today, Kirstin Thomas, Co-founder of KindredMind, joins our host, Lori La Bey, to share their new technology leveraging AI to reduce caregiver stress and increase the comfort of a person living with dementia. If you are caring for a loved one living with dementia, you most likely have dealt with repetitive behavior at one time or another. Repeated phone calls are one of the things we hear from families constantly, which causes them great stress and guilt. Not having the time to answer and respond to a loved one’s calls or not knowing how to calm them down and remove the anxiety they are feeling over what they keep asking over and over again. Well, it just gets overwhelming. Yet what we don’t discuss much is what’s behind the need for these repetitive calls. Today, Kirstin will give us some great insights as to the “whys” and a solution, KindredMind, that she created due to her own experience caring for her mother, who would sometimes call her 10 times before lunch.
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OPEN MICs on Alzheimer's Speaks podcast's mission is to shift dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world, one episode at a time. We love raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites! We invite you to tell us how you are improving dementia care on our next OPEN MIC. We just ask all parties to hold to have a respectful conversation. Share your dementia or caregiving story. Tell us about the service, product, or tool you have that can help others dealing with dementia. Have you written a book, penned, or produced a song or film? If so, we want to hear from you. Maybe you are working on a research project or have a trial you are promoting. These conversations are always interesting. Here are future recording dates if you would like to join us. Recording Date Air Date June 16th June 23rd July 21st July 28th Aug. 18th Aug 25th Sept. 15th Sept 22nd Oct. 20th Oct 27th Nov. 17th Nov 24th Dec. 15th Dec 22nd Contact Us To Be On The Next Open Mic https://alzheimersspeaks.com/be-a-guest
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