In this episode, Brain & Life Podcast co-hosts Dr. Katy Peters is joined by Kitty Norton, the director of documentary called Wine, Women, & Dementia. Kitty shares about her experience caring for her mother as she lived with dementia and how in her film, she uses her unique experiences to share how patients with dementia are living and how their caregivers are coping with caring for their loved ones. Dr. Peters is then joined by Dr. Victoria Pelak, Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine with subspecialty fellowship training in Neuro-ophthalmology and subspecialty certification in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. Dr. Pelak explains what dementia is and how important the role caregivers play is.

Additional Resources

Wine, Women, and Dementia Film

Advice for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Dementia

Five Ways to Address the Stress of Caring for Someone with Dementia

A Dementia Handbook for Patients and Families

Other Brain & Life Podcast Episodes

Navigating Complicated Caregiving Journeys with Jacquelyn Revere

Journalist, Producer Kitty Eisele’s Honest Recount of Her Time as Caregiver

The ‘Humor and Heartache’ of Caregiving with Filmmaker Michelle Boyaner

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