Open to meet Jennifer Fink, podcaster and blogger at Fading Memories, and find our latest podcast, events, and more!
Dec 01, 2021 5:00 pm
Dear AlzAuthor,
Jennifer Fink started a podcast to support Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers four years ago. Based on her own personal experience caring for her mother, Jennifer imparts both wisdom and humor in her weekly episodes, where she interviews a variety of knowledgeable guests. And she's started a blog to support the podcast.
Jennifer says:
The goal for creating the podcast was simple: offer caregivers a simple way to access support and information while handling their many tasks. Being able to tune in to a topic when you need help or inspiration is one way to help a caregiver in the thick of a challenge.
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On The Podcast
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Huling Hummel is an Alzheimer's artist, author, and advocate. She is the author of "UnMasking Alzheimer's: The Memories Behind the Mask,” a collection of photos of the 36 masks she created as a participant in an arts program called "Art Reflects" for those living with memory loss and their care partners. Cynthia says she started with one mask and couldn't stop! Each one reveals a story that speaks to her experience of living with early onset Alzheimer’s. In this episode, we discuss how life doesn’t stop after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, her new ministry as an advocate for those living with dementia, and her exhaustive schedule of activities, filled with the arts, education, and many surprising adventures. Start listening now.
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Carol Bradley Bursack, an author, columnist, consultant, and speaker who provided care to a neighbor and six elderly family members over the span of two decades. This experience led her to write Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories, a portable support group for caregivers that is also used as a college text for gerontology and nursing home administration classes. In this episode we discuss caring for our loved ones with dementia by entering their world, managing medications, and the trials and tribulations of long term care. Start listening now.
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Each season our podcast brings you six of our authors sharing their dementia journeys. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you don’t miss a word. If our authors’ stories move you please leave a review. And don’t forget to share our podcast with family and friends in need of knowledge, comfort and support on their own dementia journeys.
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Join Us for our Next Author Meet Up: December 1
It's not too late to sign up for our next Meet Up on Wednesday, December 1st at 4 pm EDT.
We'll kick off the hour with a brief talk about the importance of social media, then Jean Lee will give a tutorial on how to use the free design app "Canva" to create beautiful graphics to use across your social media, website, blog, newsletters, wherever you spread the word about your book and Alzheimer's and dementia awareness. You can get a head start by signing up for a free account at Canva.com.
We'll also talk a bit about our new Round Robin Book Review Circles and Marianne will give a short demo on how that works. Authors are already reading and reviewing each other's books! If you're looking for book reviews you don't want to miss this.
At the end we'll break into small groups for further discussion. And, this time we'll be using Zoom so hopefully we won't run into any techy glitches.
Our goal is to create a personal connection, to build our community of 300 authors into a force to not only raise awareness of the dementias and reduce the stigma associated with a diagnosis, but to get much needed resources into the hands of those who need them.
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Women on a Mission
Join co-founder and director Marianne Sciucco when she goes live on Hélène Stelian’s "Women on a Mission" on Facebook Live on Wednesday, December 8th at 1pm EST! She’ll discuss “How to Start a Podcast in Mid-Life,” where she’ll talk about how the idea for the Untangling Alzheimer’s and Dementia podcast blossomed, the sharp learning curve she faced in making this dream a reality, obstacles she encountered, and her joy at seeing it take off. Please join Hélène’s Facebook group today at this link (and make sure to answer the first membership question for admission):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomenmidlife
This way, you’ll be able to join them live in the group to hear Marianne's story AND have access to the replay. See you there!
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The Round Robin Reviews are coming in!
Are you taking advantage of our FREE Round Robin Book Review Circles? Book reviews - whether for your own book or ones you've written for others - can help position you as a leader in dementia care, and give you credibility as an author and expert. Reviews are also a great way to gain visibility for your book, attract readers; drive sales; build social media content; and more. Our review circles help you find books to review as well as other authors looking to review books. What a win-win! The reviews can then be used as a steady stream of content for your social media, blog, newsletter, etc. If you are not yet a member of this private Facebook Group please contact us at alzauthors@gmail.com. We will then invite you to join. The instructions for how to participate are posted on the group page. Happy reading and reviewing!
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AlzAuthors on Amazon Live!
We were thrilled to be on Amazon Live yesterday with Motivational Listener D. Scott Smith and Aging Enthusiast Christine A. Smith. They offered us their support on #GivingTuesday to help raise awareness of AlzAuthors and our collection of books to Amazon shoppers, to encourage them to choose us as their designated charity for their SMILE program. SMILE enables Amazon customers to support their favorite non-profits at no personal expense. Over a dozen of our authors met online and spoke about their books. You can catch the replay here. And don’t forget to choose AlzAuthors as your SMILE charity!
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Show us some love on Google
Please leave a review on Google.
This helps caregivers find us on the crowded internet.
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Our mission is to provide quality resources for those concerned with Alzheimer’s and dementia. If you would like to help here are several ways you can support us:
Follow our podcast and leave a review
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Thank you for supporting our mission to connect caregivers with resources.
Your AlzAuthors Management Team
L to R: Marianne Sciucco, Jean Lee, Vicki Tapia,
Kathryn Harrison, and Ann Campanella
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