Writers Authors On Fire Podcast

Judy Cornish is an attorney who specializes in elder care and has become an expert on providing dementia care. Here's the link to the show notes page for Judy's interview and her book. Judy is the author of The Dementia Handbook: How to Provide Dementia Care at Home and a second book going deeper into the intricacies of dementia care. In this interview, Judy explains what dementia is and that it's a condition, not a disease. She talks about the differences between providing care versus treatment. Her book is unique in how it looks at dementia as a psychological condition rather a medical condition. Providing care and keeping a loved one safe while helping them maintain a high quality of life is an important factor. Judy stresses how we have accepted childhood and adulthood as stages of life, but we've forgotten that elderhood is equally as valuable and is different than adulthood.