A teacher, a technologist and a writer of books for children, Allyson has an intimate connection to dementia. Both her step-parents were diagnosed in their 80s with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type, and in 2012 her husband was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (behavioral variant). He was just 47-years-old at the time of diagnosis; their children were 12 and 15. Allyson was an in-home care partner until the best thing for the family was for her husband to live outside the home. Along the dementia journey Allyson has done many things right. And some things wrong. She is keenly interested in using her experience and education to empower other families to navigate in a healthy way down the challenging road of dementia.
Allyson’s personal experiences around dementia are supplemented by extensive research and training. She has studied under Teepa Snow (teepasnow.com), earning Positive Approach to Care certifications as a Coach, and a Consultant and will complete her Trainer certification in November, 2018. Allyson is also certified by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (dshs.wa.gov) to teach classes in a variety of topics around dementia and mental health.
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Thriving with dementia 