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What Dementia Cannot Smell
TEEPA CARE-TIP VIDEO:
Dementia dangerously alters a person's sense of smell. Teepa Snow brings to light what people with dementia smell - and what they don't. Learn to prevent hazards and frustrations. (Video)
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- Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA is a nationally acclaimed Alzheimer's and dementia care specialist. With over 30 years of experience, Teepa Snow teaches her students how a person with dementia perceives his/her world and how caregivers can best provide dignity and the best quality of life.
SOURCE:
- This video is an excerpt of a Teepa Snow seminar called, "Making Visits Valuable", given for the Alzheimer's Support Network.
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Peter Berger
With experience in dementia caregiving, public education, and Alzheimer’s-focused writing—and a professional research background shaped in what many consider one of the world’s top laboratories—I work to make complex findings clear, practical, and genuinely helpful for families and professionals providing care.
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is there a transcript available? i can't get the video to play.
There is a transcript available on YouTube.com.
I don't have a sense of smell and never did. I get along just fine without it. I am 52 years old.
Yes but there is a difference between learning to live without a sense of smell at a very early age and learning to live without a sense of smell after at least 50-60+ years of using it and relying on it just as much as your other senses. Anyone would be thrown off in a major way just with the loss of smell alone. Then throw in the change in mental ability and comprehension that comes with Dementia.
Very interesting