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11/10/2025

🎄🕯️ Getting Through the Holidays with Dementia 🧠💛

The holidays can be joyful—but also challenging—for people living with dementia and their caregivers. A little planning can make all the difference.

Some tips to help:
-Introduce Yourself & Your Approach: Be clear, calm, and consistent.
-Talk About Memory Thoughtfully: Use gentle reminders without correcting.
-Plan Activities Wisely: Keep gatherings predictable and avoid overstimulation.
-Prioritize Self-Care: Caregivers need breaks, support, and patience too.

💡 Small adjustments can turn holiday stress into meaningful connection and joy.

11/09/2025

The General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) is a quick, practical tool for detecting cognitive changes in older adults. Perfect for busy clinics, it helps identify early signs of dementia and guide next steps in care.

Learn more: https://gpcog.com.au/

11/09/2025

🦷💙 Happy Geriatric Tooth Fairy Day!

Today we celebrate Sonya Dunbar — “The Geriatric Tooth Fairy” — a passionate advocate for senior oral health and dignity in care.

Sonya reminds us that oral health is overall health, especially for older adults and those living with dementia. Simple daily care can prevent pain, infection, and improve quality of life.

Let’s honor her mission by bringing more smiles to senior care! 🌟

11/08/2025

🌿 Book Spotlight 🌿
Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle is a powerful memoir about love, loss, and mindfulness through the Alzheimer’s journey. 💜

When Olivia’s husband is diagnosed, their story becomes one of courage, presence, and finding grace in both the joys and the sorrows.

A beautiful read for anyone supporting families through dementia or seeking a deeper, more compassionate lens on caregiving.

11/07/2025

💡 Thinking about starting your own ABA practice in dementia care?

Our course “Starting Your Own Practice in Dementia Care” walks you through identifying your niche to building sustainable systems that make a real impact for older adults. 🧠💜

✨ Each CE includes guided notes PDFs, so you can follow along, stay organized, and turn key takeaways into action.

Whether you’re just getting started or ready to grow, this course helps you build a practice rooted in compassion, quality, and evidence-based care.

🎓 Enroll now: www.abilities.today/learn

11/06/2025

🎤✨ Honored to Present at Association of Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA) 2025!✨

It was an incredible experience sharing insights on how BCBAs can expand their impact in senior care and dementia services, especially as our population ages and our roles evolve.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended, asked thoughtful questions, and joined the conversation about bridging behavior analysis and gerontology. Looking forward to carrying this momentum forward—and continuing to shine a light on meaningful, evidence-based care for older adults.

11/05/2025

🌟 Let’s Highlight a Behavior Gerontologist! 🌟

We’re spotlighting Dr. Jane Fisher, a leader in aging, behavioral health, and caregiver support. 🧠💙

Dr. Fisher is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she directs both the Nevada Caregiver Support Center and the Elder Abuse Prevention Program. Her work bridges research, education, and advocacy—focusing on Alzheimer’s, caregiver well-being, depression in older adults, and elder abuse prevention.

She’s also shaping the next generation of clinicians through her teaching in clinical assessment, lifespan development, and geropsychology.

👏 👏 👏 We’re inspired by her lifelong commitment to improving quality of life for older adults and those who care for them. 👏 👏 👏

Learn more about her work:
🔗 UNR Profile - https://www.unr.edu/psychology/jane-fisher

11/04/2025

💙 November is National Caregivers Appreciation Month! 💙

Behind every senior, every person with dementia, every client we serve—there’s often a caregiver holding it all together. Their dedication, patience, and love are the backbone of quality care.

For BCBAs, this month is a perfect time to:
🫶 Acknowledge caregivers as key members of the care team.
🧩 Assess caregiver needs—what support, training, or respite could help?
📊 Use data to highlight progress and celebrate caregiver success.
💬 Model compassion and active listening—our behavior sets the tone.

Caregivers are behavior change agents, too. Let’s make sure they feel seen, valued, and supported—not just this month, but all year long.

11/04/2025

🩺 It’s Check Your Blood Pressure Day!

High blood pressure affects nearly 70% of adults over 65—and for those with dementia, cardiovascular health impacts cognition, mood, and daily functioning.

For BCBAs working in senior care, this is a great reminder that behavior support can extend to health routines, too:
✅ Use task analysis to teach or prompt accurate BP checks.
✅ Create visual cues for when and how to take readings.
✅ Collect data on consistency and independence.
✅ Reinforce follow-through to make health habits stick.

💡 And here’s a pro tip: checking blood pressure before the busy holiday season gives us a baseline—so if stress, diet, or routine changes affect readings later, we’ll know.

11/03/2025

🎶 She Misses Him by Tim Rushlow
A heartfelt country song that captures the emotional impact of dementia on loved ones. A reminder for anyone in senior or dementia care that behind every diagnosis are relationships, memories, and dignity worth preserving.

💜 Listen & reflect: youtube.com/watch?v=4XQm7p_ET7w

11/03/2025

🧠🎙️ New episode alert!
On Behaviour Speak, Episode 236: “The Intersection of Aging and Behaviour Analysis with Jacqueline Pachis, MA, MS, BCBA and Nehal Siam MPEd, BCBA, R.B.A. (Ont.)"

The host dives into how BCBAs fit into care for older adults. Featuring Jacqueline Pachis, MA, MS, BCBA and Nehal Siam, MPEd, BCBA, R.B.A. (Ont.), this episode explores key issues like quality of life assessment, ageism in behaviour‑analysis settings, cultural responsiveness, and leveraging ABA skills in gerontology.

Whether you’re working directly with seniors, supervising a team transitioning into older‑adult services, or simply curious about what behavioural science can bring to aging care — this episode’s got insightful, actionable content.

🎧 Listen here: behaviourspeak.com

11/02/2025

🧼 Scrub-A-Dub-Dub: Shower Routines in Dementia 🎓
CE course for BCBAs! Learn practical strategies to support seniors with dementia during bathing—reduce refusal, preserve dignity, and improve quality of life.

📘 3 CE credits | 155 min | $50 | Access 30 days
👉 Enroll here: www.abilities.today/learn

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