EP 114 :: Early Onset Dementia in the Workplace :: Joy Loverde
On this episode, Joy Loverde highlights the importance of helping people in the early stage of dementia to continue working and living their best life. Join us as we talk about the issues facing younger people who are getting diagnosed with dementia – How can employers create a dementia-friendly workplace? Does HR have a plan for such patients? Are there protections provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act? These are all important questions to ask as we seek to create a healthy dialogue and an environment that helps patients live with this disease.
Dementia is not just a disease for older people. Early-onset dementia affects people younger than age 65 and its instances are growing rapidly, with many in their 40s and 50s. They have families and careers, but they probably don’t have a dementia-friendly community. Guest Joy Loverde – author, advocate, and marketing & media consultant to the eldercare industry – discusses with Bobbi and Mike the challenges facing more and more people of working age who are getting diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
She is the author of The Complete Eldercare Planner, now in its 6th edition and Who Will Take Care of Me When I’m Old? Critics hail her work as “illuminating, eye-opening, and required reading for everyone over 40.”
She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, among many others. She has appeared on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, and NPR numerous times.
You can find more information about Joy on her website and follow her on Twitter
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