In this Caregiver Spotlight episode, meet Lisa B. Capp who is a Writer, Activist and Dementia Caregiving Survivor. Lisa traveled the world for her job as a business transformation consultant for a Fortune 100 company but helping executives embrace change was much easier than the 18-year personal journey of transformation she and her mom shared when dementia altered their lives. In this episode we talk about grace, working while caregiving, and what we can all do to unleash our power to help other caregivers.
Listen to the show: Caregiver Spotlight – Lisa B. Capp
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Links & Resources Mentioned
- Join Lisa and Elizabeth at the 2019 National Caregiving Conference. Exciting news! Lisa and her conference partner Mary Anne Sterling have put a new two day tract focused around caregiver policy, advocacy and activism. The tract includes speakers from AARP, The Illinois Department on Aging, The National Alliance of Caregiving, TBI Warrior Foundation, The Partnership to Improve Patient Care, The Difference Collaborative, Traumatic Brain Injury, Caring Across Generations, The Bob & Diane Fund, and Amy Johnson who was recently featured on 60 minutes sharing about her personal experiences caring for her husband.
- The 60 minutes piece on frontotemporal dementia that Lisa mentioned where Amy Johnson’s story(toward the end of this video) will tug at your heartstrings even the reporter says ‘he was most impressed with the caregivers’.
- Another speaker at NCC19 (she’ll be on the main stage which means it will be available as part of the Virtual Sessions) is Elisa Camahort Page founder of BlogHer and a co-author of Roadmap for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism and Advocacy for All. Lisa explains this is a book about how kitchen table topics can make a difference for all and references Elisa Camahort Page’s TedTalk.
- Lisa’s mom experienced terrifying delusions and hallucinations with her dementia. This can be a common symptom with Lewy Body Dementia or later stage Alzheimer’s. They found a Geriatric Psychiatrist to help.
- Like former podcast guest Dr. Nicole Rochester, Lisa too identifies as a Type A person who could handle most things.
- Lisa also has great respect for founder of Caregiving.com Denise Brown and references Denise several times in this episode. Listen to Denise’s Caregiver Spotlight episode.
- Lisa shared that Edward Jones is a good example of a company that is putting focus on eldercare caregiving in their workplace.
- Lisa shared some of her responses in the lightning round of the episode. This part of the episode reminded Lisa of one her of favorite shows from the past called Inside the Actor’s Studio. However, the questions she answered came from the Just for You: a Daily Self-Care Journal.
- Find out more about Lisa B. Capp on her website: http://www.lisabcapp.com/
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