Dementia Explained: Signs, Care & Prevention |with Dementia Expert Ellen Samson"

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Dementia Explained: Signs, Care & Prevention |with Dementia Expert Ellen Samson"   Ellen Samson, certified dementia practitioner, sits down with host Butz Bartolome to break down the hard truths about dementia—a condition far more serious than simple forgetfulness. Whether you're a family member, caregiver, or simply concerned about brain health, this conversation offers practical knowledge and heartfelt advice.  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Subscribe to Business Franchise Guru: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessFranchiseGuru   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters  Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes  #philippines #entrepreneur

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00:00Butch Bartolomeo, the business mentor blog over Manila Times.

00:29We are over 50 episodes, you know that.

00:34And you know, alam niyo naman, tuwing Sunday, we always try to make sure we find the right person who can really inspire us.

00:43And today, this morning, this Sunday morning, friends, I would like to ask you,

00:50ikaw ba ay makalimutin? Ikaw ba ay parating sinasabi ang kulit mo? Ikaw ba ay parating paulit-ulit ang mga sinasabi mo?

01:02Or nakikipagtalo ka sa iyong kaibigan, sa iyong mahal?

01:07So, what am I trying to say?

01:10Ito, meron tayong kaibigan all the way from Los Angeles, California,

01:15a certified dementia practitioner as well as a blogger.

01:22You will always find her in FB, Facebook, as well as in her podcast.

01:28So, without further ado, tawagin natin si Ellen Samson.

01:34Ellen, good morning to you. How's the Sunday morning?

01:39Yes, good morning, good morning.

01:42Yeah, I hope everybody went to church na.

01:44So, Ellen, everybody seems to be talking nowadays, unlike nung araw,

01:53pag sinabi natin, ano ba yung dementia na yan?

01:57Minsan nga nagkakaroon ng joke, di ba?

01:59Yung bang nakalimuta mo, naku, baka meron ka ng dementia.

02:02What is, ano ba talaga ang dementia in your own words of as being a practitioner, Ellen?

02:09Yes, ang dementia is actually something with the brain.

02:16Ayan eh, tungkol sa yung inability natin to do things and recall.

02:22Marami yan na bakit mo sa Facebook, but I only, in Facebook, in Google,

02:26the only meaning na pwede kong sabihin dyan is,

02:31dementia is brain failure.

02:32It's the incapacity of your brain to do its functions that it affects your life,

02:40your moods, and everything about, you know, your being.

02:45Yan ang dementia.

02:46It's a deceit.

02:47It is not something that's normal for seniors.

02:51A lot of people would always say, Ellen,

02:54well, ay katandaan na yan.

02:57Tanggapin mo na ang katandaan,

02:59at ikaw ay makalimutin na.

03:01Pero, is it something, because, alam mo,

03:04with all this technology now,

03:06people are, nakakaroon ng awareness, no?

03:08Before, nung araw, alam ko, natatandaan ko yan eh.

03:11Pag sinabing, ah, ano na yan,

03:13makalimutin na yan, ay, tumatandaan ko yan, di ba?

03:16Are we going to accept this,

03:19or is there a technology now that is bringing to height

03:23the level of awareness about dementia?

03:26At, wait, wait, wait.

03:29Nung araw kasi, pag sinabi mong demensya,

03:31ah, matandaan na kasi, kabaw lang yan,

03:34you know, makakalimutin.

03:35They just dismiss it.

03:37And it's something not talked about.

03:40Ayaw na yung pag-usapan,

03:41yan, parang, parang,

03:42parang as in accepted na,

03:44dahil matandaan na,

03:45ganyan na magiging makakalimutin.

03:47But, because of the advent of technology,

03:50marami na nga yung mga research,

03:52nalalabas dyan,

03:53nagkakaroon ng awareness about demensya,

03:57alam na ngayon,

03:58and right now,

03:59marami na rin technology

04:00para malaman kung ikaw ay magkakademensya,

04:03magkakademensya ka in the future,

04:05which is what you call the functional medicine.

04:07But at the same time,

04:08ang pinakamasakit nito,

04:10despite of the advancement in technology,

04:12hanggang ngayon,

04:13walang gamot sa demensya.

04:15Walang gamot sa Alzheimer's.

04:17Nothing.

04:18So, the only way is

04:20how we can manage it

04:22and make sure that the person

04:24na magkakaroon ng demensya

04:26and the families

04:28are prepared for it.

04:30Kasi, lalo na,

04:31kung kung nga rin meron ka ng APOE gene,

04:34which is the dementia gene,

04:36and then meron ng nanay mo,

04:37meron ng tatay mo,

04:38it runs in your family,

04:39and you don't take care of yourself,

04:42magkakaroon ka talaga.

04:44Pero kung kahit na meron kang gene,

04:46no, positive kang medyo na

04:48sa lahi ninyo,

04:49pero inalagaan mo yung sarili mo,

04:52you could slow down

04:53the progression.

04:55At the same time,

04:56have a healthy life,

04:58a fruitful life,

04:59and enjoy your family.

05:01O, alam mo,

05:01alam mo, Ellen,

05:02one of the celebrities

05:04and people I really learned

05:07when I visited

05:07the Ronald Reagan Museum.

05:10And I really stayed

05:14for a few minutes

05:16pondering

05:17on the type

05:18when he learned,

05:20no,

05:20when he learned

05:21that he's

05:21falling into a demensya.

05:24You know,

05:24I mean,

05:25nagano na siya,

05:26naging recluse na siya,

05:28no,

05:28ay hindi na siya lumalaba.

05:30Right away.

05:31It's actually,

05:32what I'm noticing

05:33dyan sa Pilipinas,

05:34they're using,

05:35may mga blogs

05:36akong nakikita,

05:37they're using it

05:38as a laughingstock.

05:39Like,

05:40porky pa ulit-ulit,

05:41tinatawanan nila.

05:42It's something that's,

05:44it's not funny.

05:45It's not funny.

05:46Kapag po,

05:47may demensya na

05:48at medyo hindi na maganda,

05:49pigyan niyo po

05:50ng digdidad yung tao.

05:52You know,

05:53I'm always saying,

05:54don't laugh at it.

05:55Because this person

05:56who has demensya,

05:58she is going through,

06:00sorry for the term,

06:01hell.

06:02Kasi hindi niya alam

06:03kung sino siya,

06:05wala na siyang controls

06:06on everything

06:08that she does.

06:09And,

06:10tuwawa naman.

06:11Kaya ako minsan,

06:11parang,

06:12inaano ko na lang

06:13na kung bupwede,

06:13huwag na lang,

06:14huwag na lang i-feature.

06:15Kung mag-feature kayo,

06:17let's,

06:17yung legacy ng tao,

06:19yung magaganda,

06:20huwag na lang yung

06:21vulnerability

06:22ng matanda

06:23kasi wala na siyang ilalaban

06:24and use.

06:26Pagdating na nga,

06:27makakarma kayo

06:28kasi ganyan din

06:29ang gagawin sa inyo.

06:30Correct.

06:30So,

06:30yung human dignity,

06:32kasi nga,

06:32a lot of people,

06:33and there are more

06:34celebrities or that.

06:35I read about it.

06:38It's not

06:38President Ronald Reagan

06:40alone,

06:41but there are also

06:42singers,

06:43no,

06:43na talagang

06:44nag-ano na lang.

06:46They out,

06:46they hid themselves

06:47from the limelight.

06:48Tony Bennett.

06:50Tony Bennett.

06:52Yeah.

06:53Don't forget his music.

06:54Correct.

06:55I left my heart.

06:56I left my heart

06:57in San Francisco,

06:58right?

06:59I mean,

06:59so he left his heart

07:01in San Francisco.

07:02Yan nga.

07:03So,

07:04but,

07:04ano ba talaga

07:05ang mga common signs

07:06na dapat natin

07:08or our viewers

07:10in a layman's world,

07:12ano ba dapat na

07:13mga symptoms

07:14na dapat natin malaman?

07:16It can be the self,

07:17it can be your loved ones,

07:19it can be friends

07:20or people,

07:21your fellow office workers.

07:23Ano ba yun?

07:25Usually,

07:26with dementia kasi,

07:27explain natin

07:28yung sa dementia,

07:29the progression.

07:31So,

07:31umpisa,

07:31why are there,

07:33bakit nagkaka-demensya?

07:34Because the brain

07:35is malfunctioning.

07:37So,

07:37nangyayari,

07:38unang-unang

07:38nagpa-folder dyan

07:40yung short-term memory,

07:43yun yung hippocampus mo.

07:45Hindi nila na po-process

07:46yung bagong

07:47information.

07:48Kaya nga minsan,

07:49sinasabi ko,

07:50one of the signs

07:51na dapat yun is,

07:53paulit-ulit na ba yung tao?

07:55How often is paulit-ulit?

07:58Kasi minsan,

07:58meron tayong mga kaibigan

08:02talaga makulit eh.

08:03Yung bang,

08:04hindi ba,

08:06yung bang,

08:06kung ikaw yung boss of Sina,

08:09meron kang in-importanting

08:10gagawin,

08:10deadline,

08:11uulitin mo

08:12di sa staff mo,

08:14after about 30 minutes,

08:15dahil hindi pa umaksyon,

08:16yun ba,

08:17isang sign eh,

08:18delikado na.

08:19Ang sign dito,

08:21tulad yung pag sinabi niyang,

08:23bakit tayo nandito?

08:25Andito po tayo

08:26para tignan kayo ng doktor.

08:28After that,

08:29mga,

08:30sandali lang,

08:30mga,

08:31another 10 minutes,

08:33bakit tayo nandito?

08:35Or,

08:35minsan naman,

08:36kahit hindi yan,

08:37kasi habang,

08:38habang umiigsi,

08:40yung intervals

08:40ng questioning,

08:41hindi sabihin lumalala,

08:43kasi minsan naman yan,

08:44paulit-ulit,

08:45paulit-ulit,

08:46malalayo pa,

08:47pero,

08:48kinuwento na,

08:48at saka yung paulit-ulit

08:50ang kwento,

08:51hindi dalas nagtatanong,

08:53sinabi niya,

08:54sabihin niya,

08:55ang kwento niya,

08:56karamihan,

08:58eh,

08:58kami nga nung araw,

08:59nung panahon ng hapon eh,

09:00o kami nga nung ganito,

09:02mga ganong kwento,

09:04mga ganong araw,

09:05bakit ganun ang kwento,

09:07bakit yung mga kwento nung araw,

09:09ang lagi nalang,

09:11kinukwento,

09:12kasi,

09:13ang unang-unang nagpo-folder,

09:14eh yung short-term memory,

09:16hindi na lalagyan ng,

09:18walang bagong memory yan,

09:19dahil hindi na nagpa-function yung gatekeeper,

09:22hindi na pumapasok,

09:24yun nalang naiwan,

09:25ay naiwan,

09:26yun yung panahon nung hapon,

09:28nung panahon nila nung araw,

09:29yun nang naiwan nalang,

09:31kasi that's the only data,

09:32that the brain can process,

09:36yun nang ikukwento niya sa'yo,

09:38hindi dahil sa,

09:40feel na feel niya,

09:41na ikwento yun,

09:42pero dahil yun nalang,

09:44ang naiwang memory,

09:46habang,

09:47in other words,

09:48sa dami-dami ng memory,

09:49yun nalang natatira,

09:50in other words,

09:51yun ang something memorable,

09:53pero yung bang,

09:54like for example,

09:55there are cases wherein,

09:57is it also related to hereditary,

10:01and diet,

10:03meron bang ano yun,

10:04meron bang relationship yun?

10:08Matinding relationship yun,

10:09you know,

10:10what we put in our mouth,

10:12of course we were hereditaris,

10:14because again,

10:15I mentioned the APOA gene,

10:17kung ikaw ay carrier,

10:18kung meron ka nun,

10:19may gene kang gano'n,

10:20so at the same time,

10:22pag nakita mo sa nanay at tatay mo,

10:25I mean some people would say,

10:26no,

10:26hindi naman hereditary,

10:28whether it's hereditary,

10:29or whether you have the gene,

10:31the way you take care of yourself,

10:34is key,

10:35kasi imagine mo,

10:36kung ikaw ay may diabetes,

10:39high blood pressure,

10:41at meron kang mataas na kolesterol,

10:43at meron kang sakit sa puso,

10:45yan ay actually mga precursor,

10:47kasi what's good for your heart,

10:50is good for your brain,

10:52na pag kunwari,

10:53nagkakaroon ka ng problema,

10:54hindi nakakapagpump ng dugo,

10:57na carrier ng oxygen sa ulo mo,

11:00walang oxygen,

11:01namamatay yung brain cells,

11:02nagkakastroke ka,

11:04you know,

11:04nagkakastroke ka,

11:05and kapag ikaw nagkaroon,

11:06tawag doon vascular dementia,

11:09namatay yung brain cells,

11:10so nangyari,

11:12walang wala kang,

11:13yung area,

11:14ang tinamaan kunwari yung panahon ng 1970,

11:17pagpalagay natin,

11:19nakakalimutan yung 1970,

11:21pero kung may naiwan naman,

11:22maaalala niya yung 1990,

11:25or iba,

11:25hindi na pare-parehas,

11:27maraming klasit na dementia,

11:28iba-iba,

11:30iba-iba,

11:31so,

11:31again,

11:33given the fact na

11:34it's so sad,

11:35technology is still

11:36trying to discover

11:39the cure for it,

11:41but

11:41in sort of like palliative,

11:44ano ba talaga

11:44ang mga dapat gawin?

11:46For example,

11:48ito ba sa atin,

11:49sa Pilipinas,

11:50alam mo na yung nanay mo,

11:52or kapatid mo,

11:54or whatever,

11:55paano ba alagaan talaga

11:57na talagang

11:58na-diagnose na siya,

12:00na-confirm na,

12:01which is very important,

12:02now you have to,

12:03you have to get a medical professional

12:05to really confirm,

12:07di ba?

12:07Not just like,

12:09ah,

12:09ito,

12:09makaliputin na ito,

12:10dalin na lang natin ko sa ganito,

12:12di ba?

12:14Hindi ganun dapat,

12:15first of all,

12:16only a doctor

12:17can diagnose dementia,

12:19hindi yan tipang,

12:20naktinig din ko lang may dementia,

12:21of course,

12:22alam natin,

12:23but there are,

12:24actually,

12:24we can test,

12:27like,

12:27mini mental state exam,

12:28marami yan sa internet,

12:30meron yung SAGE,

12:31yung,

12:31um,

12:32self-administered

12:33geo-cognitive exam,

12:35so,

12:35pwede mong i-administer sa nanay mo,

12:37tanungin mo,

12:37meron yan,

12:38makukuha mo yan,

12:39and then,

12:40there are other tests,

12:41ngayon,

12:41kunwari,

12:43positive,

12:44dalin mo sa doktor,

12:45ipakita mo yun,

12:47huwag mong decision na na,

12:47ikaw pa ngayon.

12:48what kind of doctors

12:50should they,

12:50ano,

12:50should they really approach?

12:52Usually,

12:52pinakamaganda neurologist,

12:54but,

12:54kasi dito sa US,

12:55you need to go through

12:56your primary physician first.

12:58Yung primary physician,

12:59yung internist,

13:00yan yung tipong,

13:02maraming klase ng doktor,

13:03yun yung,

13:04how tingnan lahat ang doktor.

13:05Ngayon,

13:06but if in case,

13:07you know,

13:08diyan,

13:08hindi ko alam how it works

13:09in the Philippines,

13:10but,

13:11pinakaano yan,

13:11it's the neurologist

13:13who actually,

13:13um,

13:14diagnosed.

13:15Pag titest ba yan,

13:16EMRI yan,

13:17meron bang brain shrinkage?

13:19Meron ba siyang blockage?

13:21Or na-stroke ba?

13:22Or what?

13:23But,

13:23specialist dyan is neurologist

13:25or a gerontologist.

13:27Somebody who actually,

13:29who specializes in seniors

13:31and med,

13:32uh,

13:32elderly.

13:34Pero,

13:34pwede rin naman sa doktor mo

13:36kung tutusin.

13:37And the doctor,

13:38will just check kung

13:40bibigyan ka ng

13:40mini mental state exam

13:41or what.

13:43Pero,

13:43hindi basta-basta

13:44kasi din na-diagnosyan.

13:45Baka nga,

13:46pseudo-dimension lang yan.

13:47Baka may infection

13:48kaya na-diagnos makakalimutin.

13:50Oh.

13:50Baka,

13:51hindi umiinom ng tubig.

13:53You know?

13:54Pero,

13:55uh,

13:55pero tell me,

13:56with these,

13:57uh,

13:57workloads that a lot of people

13:59are now facing,

14:00you know,

14:00the challenges,

14:02uh,

14:02in,

14:03in this life

14:04that we are in,

14:05uh,

14:05does stress really lead to

14:07what?

14:07Permanent dementia

14:08or is it like

14:09nagkaka-pseudo-demensya?

14:12So,

14:12umpisa stress

14:12sa pseudo-demensya lang yan.

14:14Pero pag-consistent yan,

14:15eh,

14:16candidate ka na.

14:17In other words,

14:18the stress,

14:18yes,

14:20it,

14:21yung,

14:21yung brain mo

14:22is overworked,

14:24you know,

14:24and a lot,

14:25with stress,

14:26tumataas ang blood pressure mo.

14:28May stroke ka,

14:28magkaka-vascular ka,

14:30or may pumutok kang

14:31veins because of the pressure,

14:33or,

14:34sa dami,

14:34pag overloaded ang heart,

14:37ang puso mo,

14:38at ang utak mo,

14:39eh,

14:39magkaka-demensya ka nga.

14:40Ano yan,

14:41hindi yan right away,

14:43but,

14:43you know,

14:43as it piles up.

14:45And stress,

14:46actually,

14:48contributes to depression

14:49sa matatanda.

14:51You know,

14:51yung depression

14:53actually is a precursor

14:55ng ano yan,

14:56demensya yan.

14:56Pag laging malungkot,

14:58laging na lang malungkot.

14:59Minsan kasi,

15:01akala lang natin,

15:02din sasalita ganyan,

15:03but it already started.

15:04Yung,

15:05my tita,

15:06her,

15:06um,

15:07dementia started

15:08with the depression.

15:10You know,

15:10it starts with depression,

15:12hindi namin alam,

15:12kasi at that time,

15:13di pa,

15:13practitioner.

15:14Malaman ko na lang,

15:15huli na.

15:16But,

15:17precursor din ang depression

15:18sa matatanda.

15:21Bakit nagkaka-depression?

15:22Kasi,

15:23unang-una,

15:24pag naline-depress,

15:24hindi na lumalapas,

15:25hindi na haarawan.

15:27Kulang ng vitamin B to help.

15:29You know?

15:29Kaya,

15:30yung depression na yan,

15:31hindi yan dapat ina-value

15:32wala sa matanda.

15:34You have to talk about it.

15:34So, in other words,

15:35in other words,

15:37para mga lumalabas natin ngayon eh,

15:39talagang you have to really interact.

15:41And, you know,

15:41don't forget your parents.

15:42Don't forget their loved ones.

15:44Yes.

15:45Siguro,

15:46hindi na kayo nakatira

15:47sa inyong magulang,

15:48pero make it a point na

15:49get in touch, you know.

15:51Marami naman technology,

15:52di ba?

15:53I mean,

15:53you can do a Zoom,

15:54you can do a meditation,

15:56di ba?

15:57Zoom,

15:57camera,

15:58camera,

15:59o kausapin mo lagi,

16:00or papapashel ka ganito,

16:02tignan mo yung refrigerator.

16:03Tignan mo,

16:05baka may nabubulok na.

16:07May nabubulok ng pagkain.

16:09Hindi na naaalala.

16:10O kaya tignan mo

16:11kung nabubuksan ba ang mail.

16:13Kailan huling nagkaroon ng mail.

16:15Tignan mo kung lumalabas.

16:17Or kailan ba ang mga maruruming damit.

16:19Baka mamay,

16:20hindi na naglalaba.

16:21Things that actually

16:22is going to,

16:24it's going to give you

16:26clues na

16:27they're not functioning well.

16:30Hindi na naglalaba.

16:31Hindi na liligo.

16:32Tignan mo yun?

16:33Hindi na liligo.

16:34Sometimes,

16:35o kaya

16:35walang laman,

16:36hindi na mamalengke.

16:37Kailan huling lumabas?

16:40You have to really check on them,

16:41particularly

16:42if dementia is

16:43ano sa age.

16:44Kung medyo may idad ka.

16:46So,

16:47when is the time?

16:48When is the time?

16:49Like say,

16:49for example,

16:50di ba,

16:50marami sa atin,

16:51oh,

16:52we can have a kasambahay.

16:54But,

16:55is it enough

16:56na meron kang kasambahay

16:58or pamangkin

16:59who will stay

17:00with your loved one?

17:02But,

17:02is it more

17:03that they have to have training?

17:04More awareness ba?

17:07Yes.

17:08Kasi kung

17:08usually,

17:10pagkamag-anak,

17:11mas mahirap nga

17:12pagkamag-anak eh.

17:13Kasi,

17:13lalo na't hindi trained.

17:15Lalo na kung kasambahay lang

17:16na kinuha mo

17:18para maging kasambahay lang.

17:20Hindi siya trained

17:20sa demensya.

17:21If there is already

17:22a diagnosis

17:23at may duda ka na,

17:25go get somebody

17:26who is trained.

17:28A trained

17:29a trained

17:30demensya

17:30caregiver.

17:32Hindi lang

17:32basta nakakuha

17:33ng NC2,

17:34okay na.

17:35There is a language

17:36or there's a science

17:38to it.

17:39So,

17:39and one more thing,

17:41consult.

17:41Ito nga yung problema

17:42wala sa Pilipinas

17:43ng care management.

17:44That's what I do.

17:45Tingnan nyo po

17:46doon sa mga videos

17:46ko sa Facebook.

17:48Meron po tayo

17:49sabihing road mapping.

17:51There is now

17:52a diagnosis.

17:53Anong gagawin natin?

17:55Siya ba

17:55ay titira sa bahay lang?

17:57Siya ba

17:58ay dadali natin

17:59sa nursing home?

17:59Pagdating ng araw,

18:00sino magdadala

18:01sa kanya sa doktor?

18:02Sino mag-aalaga

18:03sa kanya?

18:04Paano na natin

18:05siya kakausapin?

18:07Paano natin

18:07siya ngayon?

18:08Ano na gagawin natin?

18:10Sino sa ating magkakapatid

18:11ngayon

18:12ang dapat tumi?

18:12Sino ang power of attorney

18:14for healthcare

18:15or for finances?

18:16Sino mag-be-decision?

18:18Kinakailangan,

18:19meron tayong sinasabing

18:20family dynamics meeting.

18:23Hindi yan

18:24basta lang na

18:24o sige,

18:25ikaw na ganito,

18:25hindi.

18:26That's the job

18:27of a dementia practitioner

18:29or a geriatric care manager.

18:30Siya yung object.

18:31But you know,

18:32Ellen,

18:33there are a lot

18:34of entrepreneurs,

18:35no?

18:36Mga rami mga negosyante

18:37diyan, no?

18:38Kung halimbawa,

18:39may mga family businesses.

18:41Alam naman natin,

18:4296%

18:43ay family businesses

18:44sa Pilipinas, no?

18:46So,

18:47I think basically,

18:48kung halimbawa,

18:49ang parents mo

18:50mayroon ng sign,

18:51siguro,

18:52you have to prepare

18:53the succession,

18:55right?

18:55I mean,

18:55kasi may mga magulang

18:57na,

18:57no way,

18:58no way,

18:59unless I am still alive,

19:01ako ay hahawak pa rin

19:03ng negosyo.

19:04So,

19:04I think it's just

19:06being fair

19:06to want,

19:08you know,

19:08to maintain

19:08the sustainability

19:09ng family business,

19:11right?

19:11So,

19:12this is

19:12very critical,

19:13ha?

19:14Yeah,

19:15that's actually,

19:15I have a course

19:17about that.

19:18You know,

19:18for,

19:19kasi ginagawa ko

19:20in sa mga,

19:20I have several

19:22clients in the Philippines

19:24that I talk to,

19:25kasi ako yung,

19:26ako yung professional,

19:29I am the professional

19:30relative who is

19:32thinking objectively.

19:35Correct.

19:36You know,

19:36hindi ko kayo kakilala,

19:37ito dapat ang gawin natin,

19:38but again,

19:40it's the communication

19:41and the family dynamics.

19:43Kapag hindi ka marunong

19:44makipag-usap

19:45sa nanay mo

19:46o sa tatay mo,

19:46talagang hindi

19:47ibibigay sa'yo

19:48ang control.

19:49There is a way

19:50to make them say yes

19:52with what you say,

19:53it's on the verbiage

19:54and on the approach.

19:56The right language

19:57and approach.

19:58Just like one of those

19:59that, you know,

20:00when you say,

20:01instead of saying,

20:02you have to do this,

20:03daddy,

20:03kasi gaito yan,

20:04you have to do this,

20:05kasi sasabihin ng daddy mo,

20:07eh, ba't ako kukuha

20:07ng order sa'yo?

20:09Bakit ko naman ganito?

20:11You don't take away

20:12the control

20:13of their lives

20:14from them.

20:14So what you could

20:15always tell them,

20:16you are the boss,

20:18you can do

20:19anything you like

20:20as long as not

20:20going to kill you.

20:22If they know

20:23that they are not

20:24threatened

20:25and they would

20:25think of you

20:26as the good guy,

20:28you can get

20:28the cooperation.

20:29But if you keep

20:30on yelling at them,

20:32trying to make

20:32your point,

20:34mag-aaway kayo,

20:35you can never

20:35get your point.

20:36There is a science

20:38to that.

20:39Oh.

20:39Yeah.

20:40So very important.

20:41Nako, eh,

20:41talagang,

20:42Ellen,

20:43eh, talagang

20:44mga marami

20:45nanonood sa ating

20:46mga negosyante

20:46all over the Philippines

20:49and even overseas,

20:50no?

20:50Tell me,

20:52Ellen,

20:52how can they

20:53get in touch

20:54with you

20:54and for

20:55entrepreneurs

20:56who want you

20:56to become

20:57their professional

20:58relative?

21:00Yes.

21:00Okay.

21:01How can they

21:01get in touch?

21:03Yeah,

21:04there's,

21:04I have a Facebook

21:05page.

21:06I answer

21:07each and every

21:08message,

21:09you know,

21:09just send

21:10a message

21:11and then after

21:12that we can

21:13schedule a

21:13Zoom meeting.

21:15I usually,

21:16I usually

21:17meet families

21:18over Zoom

21:19and then I

21:20would ask

21:21them that,

21:21tulad nyan,

21:22I would ask

21:23for like the

21:24medical history,

21:25ano ang gusto mo,

21:25there's a form,

21:26I just give them

21:27the link,

21:28fill up,

21:29anong gusto mo,

21:30what do you wanna,

21:31what do you

21:31accomplish from

21:32this?

21:33And then,

21:34usually kasi

21:34ang gusto nila

21:35is what will

21:36be the plan

21:36of care,

21:37what will be

21:37the roadmap,

21:38anong gagawin

21:39namin,

21:40that one,

21:41I designed

21:41for them.

21:42Hindi nalang

21:43susundan nila

21:44yun kung paano

21:46at the same time

21:47I do the

21:47family dynamics

21:48meeting,

21:49kunwari,

21:49you have five

21:50children with

21:51five different

21:52opinions on

21:53what to do

21:54with you.

21:55And I also

21:56counsel or

21:57help people

21:59na medyo

22:01maayos pa

22:01ang isip,

22:02wag mong

22:03pag-away-away

22:04ng pamilya mo,

22:04ngayon palang

22:05isulat mo

22:05na ang gusto mo,

22:07paano ka

22:07magpeprepara?

22:09I have

22:09several

22:10big family

22:12political plans

22:13in the Philippines

22:14that I did

22:14that.

22:15Kasi

22:15kung hindi

22:16niya gagawin,

22:17siguro mag-away-away

22:18sila.

22:18So in front

22:19of the lawyer

22:20and the accountant,

22:20we did

22:21something already.

22:23Sabi niya,

22:23wag niyo akong

22:24dadalin sa nursing home.

22:25Ang gusto

22:26ko ganito,

22:26ang kape ko

22:27ganito kainit,

22:28dapat,

22:29wag niyo,

22:30gusto ko

22:30ang paligo ko

22:31sa ganitong

22:32oras lang.

22:32Kasi

22:32eventually,

22:34kapag hindi mo

22:35sinulat yun,

22:36gagawin nila

22:37yung alam lang nila.

22:39So ngayon,

22:40we call it,

22:40it's charting

22:41whatever you like

22:43in life.

22:43I want the curtains

22:44drawn.

22:45In other words,

22:46nilista muna

22:47kung anong dapat

22:48gawin sa'yo

22:49before you lose

22:50that precious

22:51memory.

22:52Di ba?

22:53Yes.

22:53And especially,

22:55I think,

22:55it's also being honest,

22:57no?

22:57If you have

22:58extended family,

23:00you have also

23:01to consider that.

23:02Kasi

23:02what you don't want

23:04is

23:04lahat ng pinagpaguran

23:06yung negosyo

23:07or whatever

23:08that legacy

23:09that you want

23:10to live

23:10must be

23:11living in a way

23:12it's harmonious,

23:13no?

23:14So yun ang important.

23:16May mga

23:16problem

23:17nagiging

23:18nagkakaroon ka

23:18ng manol po

23:19kung hindi ka

23:20magkakaroon

23:21ng

23:21sumat lahat

23:23diyan,

23:23no?

23:24Right,

23:24right,

23:25right.

23:25I help

23:26them

23:26chart that

23:27roadmap.

23:28That's actually

23:29a part of

23:30what I really

23:30do.

23:31I help

23:32families

23:32do the

23:33roadmap.

23:34Where do we

23:35go from

23:36here?

23:36Exactly,

23:37exactly.

23:38Well,

23:39Ellen,

23:39I will not

23:39take much

23:40of your

23:40time this

23:41Sunday

23:41and you

23:43have been

23:43so much

23:44helpful

23:44in this

23:45topic

23:46about

23:47awareness

23:48of

23:48dementia.

23:49So again,

23:50I'm sure

23:51a lot of

23:51people will

23:52be watching

23:52you,

23:53following

23:54you,

23:54and getting

23:55in touch

23:55with you.

23:56So,

23:56ano yung

23:57glass word

23:57mo

23:58sa mga

23:59meron

23:59ng

24:00nakikitang

24:01mga

24:01alaga

24:02na may

24:02dementia?

24:03Ano yung

24:03dapat nilang

24:04tandaan

24:05at huwag

24:06nilang

24:06kalimutan?

24:09Number

24:09one at

24:10huwag

24:10nilang

24:10kalimutan

24:11is live

24:11in their

24:12world.

24:13Live

24:13in their

24:13world.

24:15Huwag

24:15niyong

24:15ibang

24:15pilitan

24:16yung

24:16tingin

24:17ninyo

24:17sa

24:18tingin

24:18nila.

24:19Kasi

24:19apektado

24:20na yung

24:20utak,

24:21iba

24:21na

24:21ang

24:21mundo

24:22nila.

24:23And

24:23don't

24:24look

24:24at

24:25what

24:25the

24:25negative,

24:26but

24:26look

24:26at

24:27the

24:27person.

24:28Yung

24:28love

24:28ang

24:28mang

24:29ibabaw.

24:30Pero

24:30paano

24:30mo

24:30itindihin

24:31at

24:31bibigay

24:35to learn

24:36dementia.

24:37The

24:37right

24:38language

24:38and

24:38approach.

24:39Kasi

24:39kahit

24:40gaano

24:40kakagaling

24:40magpaligo

24:41ng

24:41matanda

24:42or

24:42mag-alaga,

24:43kung

24:43hindi

24:43mo

24:44alam

24:44kung

24:44paano

24:45sila

24:45kakausapin

24:46at

24:47paano

24:47mo

24:47i-interpret

24:48yung

24:49kanilang

24:49utak,

24:51you

24:51cannot

24:52deliver

24:52the

24:52proper

24:53care.

24:54And

24:54for

24:54everybody,

24:57dementia

24:57does not

24:58just affect

24:58the

24:58senior.

25:00It

25:00affects

25:00the

25:01whole

25:01family,

25:02most

25:03especially

25:03the one

25:04who's

25:04going

25:04to

25:04care.

25:05So

25:05it

25:06is

25:06very

25:06important

25:07in

25:07a

25:07book,

25:08everybody

25:08should

25:09learn

25:09dementia,

25:10not

25:10just

25:11reading

25:12it from,

25:12it's

25:12the

25:12right

25:13language

25:13and

25:13approach.

25:15It's

25:15really

25:15domino

25:16effect.

25:16If

25:17there's

25:17one,

25:17it's

25:17right.

25:18It's

25:18affected

25:19a lot.

25:20Emotionally,

25:21you

25:22really don't

25:22know what

25:23to do

25:23with it.

25:24But

25:24I

25:24guess

25:24also

25:25for

25:25the

25:25sake

25:26of

25:26people

25:26who

25:26might

25:26be

25:27losing

25:28a

25:28loved

25:28one,

25:29preventing

25:29them

25:29is

25:30having

25:30a

25:30tag,

25:30right?

25:31Having

25:31an

25:31ID

25:32tag

25:32or

25:33you

25:33know,

25:34parang

25:34ano

25:35matawag

25:35natin

25:36sa

25:36mga

25:36soldiers,

25:37is it

25:37they call

25:37it

25:38dog

25:38tag,

25:38right?

25:39That's

25:39something

25:39or a

25:40tracker.

25:42Yeah,

25:42or a

25:42tracker.

25:43Meron na

25:44ngayon,

25:44may mga

25:44tracker

25:45na

25:45available

25:45technology

25:46wise.

25:47Kasi

25:47nga,

25:47we

25:48always

25:48see in

25:49our

25:49social

25:50media,

25:51you

25:51know,

25:51people

25:52looking

25:53for their

25:54loved

25:54ones.

25:55Why?

25:55Kasi

25:56unmet

25:58need yun.

25:58Ipa-isa

25:59yun.

25:59It's

26:00why,

26:01makilumalayas

26:02kasi nga,

26:03may

26:03hinahanap

26:03siya eh.

26:04Dapat

26:04sa

26:05good

26:05caregiver.

26:05Hindi

26:06niya

26:07ma-express,

26:09di ba?

26:10Yes.

26:10Hindi

26:10ma-express.

26:11Yeah,

26:12so wow.

26:14What a

26:15Sunday

26:15morning,

26:16okay,

26:17that I'm

26:17sure hindi

26:18kakalimutan

26:19na mga

26:19nanonood

26:20dito sa

26:21Business

26:22Mentor

26:22Blog.

26:23So again,

26:24don't forget,

26:25get in touch

26:26with Ellen

26:26Samson.

26:27You have

26:28so many

26:28access.

26:30Okay,

26:30the blog,

26:31the podcast,

26:32you know,

26:33and she

26:33would always

26:34try to

26:34respond.

26:35So let's

26:36spread the

26:36good word.

26:37Let's

26:38respect the

26:39human dignity

26:40naman of

26:41those who

26:41are probably

26:42affected.

26:43Respect

26:44them and

26:44still,

26:45meron pa rin

26:46naman damdamin

26:47yung mga

26:47tao na yan.

26:48Okay?

26:49Meron damdamin.

26:49Nandyan pa rin.

26:50Correct.

26:51So again,

26:52Ellen,

26:52thank you very

26:52much.

26:53More power

26:54to you.

26:54Pop.

26:55Not awareness.

26:58Bye-bye.

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