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Dementia Across the Stages: A Guide for Families and Caregivers

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This stage-based dementia guide helps families, friends, caregivers, and staff better understand how support needs may change across the progression of dementia. Therapists can use this resource to facilitate conversations around communication, daily care, behavior, safety, comfort, and preserving dignity and connection throughout changing stages of the disease.
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Advocating for Anesthesia Preferences

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This handout helps you support informed, patient-centered conversations about cognitive risks related to surgery and anesthesia in individuals with baseline memory or thinking changes. You can use it to help patients and families understand perioperative brain health, prepare questions for the medical team, and recognize warning signs of delirium or cognitive changes after surgery.
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Supporting Your Brain Through Cognitive Changes

July 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This patient-friendly handout helps individuals and families understand early signs of mild cognitive changes while emphasizing realistic, evidence-informed ways to support brain health. Therapists can use this resource to guide supportive conversations about movement, sleep, social engagement, routines, vascular health, and other lifestyle factors without promoting fear or false promises.
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A Guide to Responding to Confabulation

June 30, 2026 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides a practical framework for helping families move beyond fact-checking and toward emotional connection. It supports therapists in reframing confabulation as a neurological symptom rather than a behavioral issue.
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Using ChatGPT to Support Person-Centered Neuro Rehab

February 27, 2026 by Megan Berg.
This guide helps therapists use ChatGPT to support person-centered thinking rather than jumping straight from a cognitive skill to a generic activity. It offers a clear workflow that keeps therapy grounded in what truly matters to the person, using AI only to brainstorm meaningful, real-life ideas and questions.
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Should I Switch to a Basic Phone?

February 27, 2026 by Megan Berg.
Guide clients through the real trade-offs of switching from a smart phone to a basic phone when technology feels overwhelming. This handout supports collaborative decision-making by naming how each option can shift cognitive load, effort, and expectations around communication.
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Long-Term Care Through Medicaid: Waiver Slots and Placement Pathways (United States)

February 27, 2026 by Megan Berg.
This resource offers a clear, patient-friendly overview of Medicaid long-term care pathways (HCBS waivers, nursing facility coverage, PACE, and assisted living) along with a companion documentation reference page for therapists. Use it to support informed decision-making, clarify common misconceptions, and guide families while also having quick access to phrasing and concepts that strengthen interdisciplinary documentation.
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UTI and Confusion

February 1, 2026 by Megan Berg.
This handout helps families and staff understand how sudden confusion can be an early sign of a UTI, especially in older adults or those with cognitive vulnerabilities. Use it to support interdisciplinary communication when they notice subtle changes in thinking during sessions.
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