Conversations Through Alzheimer's

In 2019, we slowly started to watch our mom, Rose Marti, lose cognitive function and our family didn't have answers for years. Her PCP told us she was "just getting old." We didn't accept that, and we kept fighting. In 2025, she was finally diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 61. This podcast is what comes next. Conversations Through Alzheimer's follows a real family in real time. The fear, the love, the logistics, and the moments nobody warns you about. Hosted by sisters Amber Marti and Felicia Wood, this is an honest and authentic look at what it actually means to walk through this together. This podcast is also meant to be a resource because there's a lot of information out there about Alzheimer's and almost none of it is in one place. Each episode weaves our family's lived experience with practical education: the medications that have been tried, functional medicine support, the legal forms you should complete while your loved one is still here mentally, how to build the right medical team, what the Alzheimer's Association can do for you, and how to find your people as a caregiver. If your family is in this too — or if you're just starting to wonder — this is for you. New episodes every Monday. Season 1 launches June 1, 2026.

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  Episode #16

  Questions Answered on Alzheimer’s Caregiving, Processing in RealTime, and Grief

  Sep 7, 202636 minS1

  Send us Fan Mail This episode is a Q&A where we answer some of the most common questions we’ve gotten from support groups, forums, and our DMs about caregiving for someone with Alzheimer’s. We cover the guilt that comes with getting frustrated or short with a loved one even when you know it’s the disease, how to know when it’s time to push for a cognitive evaluation instead of explaining symptoms away, and why Alzheimer’s rarely progresses in a straight line, plateaus can last a while and then something changes without warning. We also talk through what’s often called ambiguous grief, the experience of grieving someone who’s still alive, and the different ways we’ve each tried to process that, including finding gratitude for what our mom can still do rather than only focusing on what’s changed. From there we get into sibling dynamics and how we’ve managed disagreeing on caregiving decisions without it damaging our relationship, and we answer the question we get asked most often: why we chose to share something this personal publicly instead of keeping it private, including how it feels different watching supportive comments come in from podcast listeners versus the more anonymous judgment that can show up on TikTok. This episode covers Alzheimer’s caregiver guilt, when to seek an Alzheimer’s evaluation, ambiguous grief and dementia, sibling conflict in caregiving, and why we’re documenting our mom’s early onset Alzheimer’s journey publicly. Support the show Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026. If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsthroughalz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThroughALZ Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

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  Episode #15

  Noticing Alzheimer’s Cognitive Fatigue in Real Time During Summer Trip | Caregiver Update

  Aug 31, 20261 hourS1

  Send us Fan Mail This is a real-time early-onset Alzheimer’s update from our mom Rosemary’s two-week visit to see us in New York this summer, documenting what we noticed as the trip went on and what we learned about how much is too much right now. We cover the travel logistics first to help support her: using a gate pass and the Sunflower program for hidden disabilities. Then we walk through the trip day by day: how good she seemed in the first few days, a pattern we started to notice where she seemed to be pushing herself to prove nothing was wrong, and the specific moments that showed us she was reaching what we started calling “cognitive fatigue” repeating the same questions and stories, getting turned around with directions and orientation, and struggling to make small decisions she normally wouldn’t think twice about. We also talk honestly about the toll a long visit takes on the caregiver side, including the tension between wanting to protect her cognitive energy through advance planning and simply running out of our own capacity to do that, and the guilt that comes with needing space from someone you love and are also grieving in real time. We end with the question we’re still sitting with: whether shorter, more frequent visits are actually better for her wellbeing than longer ones, even when she strongly disagrees. This episode covers early onset Alzheimer’s caregiving, cognitive fatigue in Alzheimer’s patients, traveling with someone who has Alzheimer’s, airport accommodations for hidden disabilities, caregiver burnout, and long-distance caregiving for a parent with dementia. Support the show Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026. If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsthroughalz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThroughALZ Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

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  Conversations Through Alzheimer's

  The Spouse’s Side: Our Dad on Caring for Our Mom Through Alzheimer’s Earlier Stages

  Aug 24, 202642 min

  Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with our dad, Lyle, about his experience as the spouse and primary caregiver for our mom Rosemary since her early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis. We talk through what it was like for him in the years before her diagnosis, including a career change and job loss in 2019 that he now recognizes as an early sign, and the long process of considering anxiety, depression, and ADHD before Alzheimer’s was ever on the table. He also talks about deciding to retire early to spend more time with her, and the emotional weight of realizing that some of the things he’d hoped to share with her going forward, like a piece of land he bought in Colorado, may not look the way he expected. We get into the specific ways he’s had to change how he communicates with her, including lowering his tone and intensity, treating a question asked for the twelfth time like the first, learning not to argue or point out what she can’t see or remember, and why that adjustment has taken real time and self-reflection rather than happening automatically. He also shares what he’d tell another spouse who just received this same diagnosis, and what he wishes friends and family understood about supporting a caregiver. This episode covers being a spousal caregiver for Alzheimer’s, early onset Alzheimer’s and marriage, caregiver communication strategies, coping with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis as a spouse, caregiver burnout and self-care, and long-term grief in dementia caregiving. Support the show Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026. If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsthroughalz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThroughALZ Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

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  Episode #13

  You’re Not Alone: Alzheimer’s Caregiver Resources We Wish We’d Known About Sooner

  Aug 17, 202640 minS1

  Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the caregiver resources and support systems we wish we'd known about sooner in our mom's Alzheimer's journey. We start with a quick check-in about our mom going to bingo with friends for the first time since her diagnosis, and the different instincts Amber and Felicia had about whether that was a good idea, which opens into a broader conversation about staying connected with someone who has Alzheimer's, including a TikTok tip on why "want to get dinner?" can feel harder to answer than "dinner's at seven" for someone with dementia. Then we walk through the resources: the Alzheimer's Association's free 1-800 line and one-on-one consultations with dementia specialists, caregiver support groups (including a Zoom-optional daughters-of-Alzheimer's group), the difference between support groups for children versus spouses of someone with Alzheimer's, books like Travelers to Unimaginable Lands and The End of Alzheimer's, individual therapy for processing caregiver triggers, county-level Area Agency on Aging programs, geriatric care managers and memory disorder clinics, the FAST scale for measuring cognitive decline, and state-specific driving evaluations for people with dementia. This episode covers Alzheimer's caregiver support, Alzheimer's Association resources, caregiver support groups, early onset Alzheimer's, dementia driving evaluations, the FAST scale for cognitive decline, caregiver therapy and burnout, and books about caregiving for Alzheimer's and dementia. Resources: Alzheimer's Caregiver Resources: https://www.alz.org/help-support/caregiving Find your local chapter for getting involved: https://www.alz.org/local_resources/find_your_local_chapter Find a support group: https://www.alz.org/help-support/community/support-groups Support the show Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026. If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsthroughalz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThroughALZ Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

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  Episode #11

  Will We Get Alzheimer’s Too? What Our Mom’s Diagnosis Taught Us About Our Own Brains

  Aug 10, 202627 minS1

  Send us Fan Mail This episode is about a question we hadn’t tackled yet on this podcast but have thought about every day since our ’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis: what does this mean for our own risk of getting the disease. Today we share more about what we learned regarding inherited risk of Alzheimer’s disease. More commonly genetics is just one contributing factor among many. We use the APOE2, APOE3, and APOE4 gene variants (our mom is A3/A3, or “neutral risk”) and we found a garden analogy — genetics as the soil, risk factors as weeds you can manage but never fully control — to explain how we’ve been think about this. We also share the specific lifestyle changes we’ve each made since her diagnosis: strength training for hippocampal health and insulin sensitivity, cutting sugar, sauna use, treating hearing loss and sleep apnea early, managing blood pressure, and staying socially connected — plus the 2024 Lancet Commission finding that 45% of dementia cases link to 14 modifiable risk factors. This episode covers Alzheimer’s risk factors, the APOE gene, Alzheimer’s prevention, genetic risk of early onset Alzheimer’s, modifiable dementia risk factors, hippocampus health, sleep apnea and Alzheimer’s, and lifestyle changes to reduce Alzheimer’s risk. Healthy brain habits: https://www.alz.org/help-support/brain_health/10-healthy-habits-for-your-brain Support the show Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026. If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsthroughalz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThroughALZ Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

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