Blogs, Books & Podcasts
BLOGS
Click on the boxes below to visit recent blogs created by some of our National Council of Dementia Minds members:
My Life with Frontotemporal Dementia: I may lose words, but not my voice
by Raimund Oberschmid (2025)
by Raimund Oberschmid (2025)

DEMENTIA DENIED: One Woman's True Story of Surviving a Terminal Diagnosis & Reclaiming Her Life
by S. R. Hatton and Ginger Smith (2025)
by S. R. Hatton and Ginger Smith (2025)

Dementia Man: An Existential Journey: Choosing Life and Finding Meaning with Alzheimer’s
by Samuel A. Simon (2025)
by Samuel A. Simon (2025)

My Life With Dementia
by Pat LaGrone, Nurse Practitioner (2025)
by Pat LaGrone, Nurse Practitioner (2025)

More Books
Click on eack book title below to learn more about each book, including where to buy it:
My Journey into Alzheimer's Disease, by Robert Davis (1989)
Living in the Labyrinth: A Personal Journey Through the Maze of Alzheimer's, by Diana Friel McGowin (1994)
Just Love Me: My Life Turned Upside-Down by Alzheimers, by Jeanne L. Lee (2002)
Alzheimer’s from the Inside Out, by Dr. Richard Taylor (2006)
Dancing with Alzheimer's, by Delores Attias (2006)
From the Corner Office to Alzheimer's, by Michael Ellenbogen (2013)
Dementia Activist: Fighting for Our Rights, by Helga Rohra, (2016)
The Lewy Body Soldier, by Norman McNamara (2016)
Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's, by B. Smith & Dan Gasby (2016)
The Dancing Dementia Dude: An Urgent Conversation Between Dementia Folks, Care Partners & God, by Dallas Dixon (2017)
Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia, by Gerda Saunders (2017)
Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, by Jarem Sawatsky (2017)
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's, by Greg O'Brien (2018)
Somebody I Used to Know, by Wendy Mitchell (2018)
Dementia from the Inside: A Doctor's Personal Journey of Hope, by Dr. Jennifer Bute (2018)
Talking Sense: Living with Sensory Changes and Dementia, by Agnes Houston (2018)
Dear Alzheimer's: A Diary of Living with Dementia by Keith Oliver (2019)
Dignity & Dementia: Carpe Diem, by Mary Beth Wighton (2021)
Please Remember Me as I Was: A Memoir of Living with PCA Alzheimer's, by Valerie Blumenthal (2022)
PODCASTS
These podcasts were created by Patrick Dunn for a podcast called Michigan’s State of Health, which was produced by Issue Media Group and made possible through funding by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. They feature National Council of Dementia Minds members:
Dementia is not a death sentence
Second Wave Podcast Episode 1 (2023)
Second Wave Podcast Episode 1 (2023)

No more "Diagnose and Adios" - Rethinking dementia diagnosis
Second Wave Podcast Episode 2 (2023)
Second Wave Podcast Episode 2 (2023)

Dementia disparities in communities of color
Second Wave Podcast Episode 3 (2023)
Second Wave Podcast Episode 3 (2023)

Building support for dementia caregiving challenges
Second Wave Podcast Episode 4 (2023)
Second Wave Podcast Episode 4 (2023)



