Lori La Bey talks with the Executive Director of Maude’s Awards and a couple of the 2024 Maude’s Awards winners!  Joining me is

Marilyn Raichle is the Executive Director of Maude’s Awards, which was created to reward innovations that enrich the quality of life for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias as well as their care partners. The 2024 Annual Award recipients have just been announced.

Arlieta Hall was a caregiver for her father who lived with Alzheimer’s disease. She used improv and stand-up comedy to communicate with him and took videos of their everyday life which ultimately led to the creation of a documentary: “Finding Your Laughter.”

Roxana Delgado is a Professor and Director of the Caring for the Caregiver program of the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Learn: 

1. About Maude's Awards - Who can apply, what they might win, and how and when you can apply!

2. Find out about Arlieta Hall, the use of humor with dementia, and how it's changing lives

3. About the work Roxana Delgado, PhD is doing at the University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio - Caring for the Caregiver Program (C4CP) came to be and how caregivers benefit from this.

Watch the Video Interview Below

https://youtu.be/BMg2PWeebXk

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Contact Information

Maudes Awards

www.maudesawards.org

Arlieta Hall

Website  www.findingyourlaughter.com

Website  https://arlietahall.com

Roxana Delgado, PhD - University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio

Website  https://utcaregivers.org

Website   www.uthscsa.edu

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