How To Be An Advocate For A Loved One Living In a Long-Term Care Facility

Laurie was so wonderful to interview! We bonded over our heart-centered missions and our passion for improving dementia care. This is a great episode to share with anyone with a loved one living in a nursing home or memory care facility - not just those living with FTD.

Click Here to Listen: Expert Chat: How to Advocate For A Loved One Living in Long-Term Care

Here are some of the resources discussed in the episode, as well as some other’s Laurie graciously shared with us:

• National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care

• Residents’ Bill of Rights

• Long Term Care (LTC) State Ombudsman Programs (by state & region)

• Partnership of The National Consumer Voice, Center for Medicare Advocacy

• Americans With Disabilities Act/Rights & Complaints

• Five Wishes Personal, spiritual, medical & legal wishes all in one form

• Caregivers for Compromise (Because Isolation Kills,Too) Founded by Mary Shannon Daniel

• Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman Trade Book/Folktale about family and finding the beauty in every situation and making the best of circumstances.

You can learn more about Laurie’s beautiful business, NANA’S BOOKS, another amazing resource for caregivers engaging with their loved ones here.

If you find any of these resources have really helped you, let us know! Shoot us an e-mail or DM us on instagram @remembermepodcast.

xo Maria