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Conversations Through Alzheimer's

Conversations Through Alzheimer's

By: Amber Marti and Felicia Wood
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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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Episodes
  • The In-Between: Watching Alzheimer's Progress in Real Time | Caregiver Update
    Jul 6 2026

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    This is a real-time update from April 2026, nearly a year into our mom Rosemary's early onset Alzheimer's journey. And honestly, the weeks leading up to April 2026 is a lot!

    We share some of the specific moments that stopped us in our tracks lately. A medical video she watched with us, cried through, and had absolutely no memory of two weeks later. A store name she's known her whole life that suddenly meant nothing to her. Getting turned around in a parking lot and feeling too ashamed to ask for help. These aren't dramatic moments on their own, but together they're painting a picture that's hard to ignore.

    We also get into what it's like to watch someone close to her still not fully grasp where she is right now, the gap between what we're seeing from across the country and what's being acknowledged on the ground, and why that gap is starting to feel urgent in a way it didn't before.

    And we talk about driving. Not because we're there yet, but because we're starting to have the conversation with ourselves about when we will be, and what losing that independence is going to mean for her.

    No framework. No tidy takeaway. Just an honest conversation about where we actually were at.

    In this episode: Alzheimer's progression | early onset Alzheimer's | memory loss | remote caregiving | caregiver support | family dynamics | Alzheimer's caregiver update

    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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    42 mins
  • Alzheimer’s Caregiving: How to Divide Responsibilities and Build a Care Team
    Jun 29 2026

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    When someone you love is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, it hits fast. In this episode, two sisters document the real mechanics of building and managing a care team for their mom, who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in June 2025.

    This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s an honest walkthrough of what they’ve tried, what’s broken, and what’s actually working, including the Skylight calendar system that gave their whole care team shared visibility, the medication tracking spreadsheet that evolved over months into something they couldn’t live without, and how they use Zoom’s remote screen access to troubleshoot tech from hundreds of miles away.

    They also break down how they divide responsibilities across four people using a RACI framework borrowed from the corporate world to clarify who’s responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed. Because when you have multiple people caring for one person, communication gaps aren’t just inconvenient. They have real consequences.

    And if you’re doing this alone? These tools still apply. A shared calendar, a medication spreadsheet, a Zoom session to help from afar, these aren’t team luxuries. They’re systems any caregiver can build, and they scale up the moment someone in your life says “I want to help.” This episode will give you something real to hand them.

    If you’re an adult child managing a parent’s Alzheimer’s care, a spouse trying to build support around someone you love, or a solo caregiver figuring out how to hold it all together, this is a starting point. Not a perfect roadmap, but a real one.

    In this episode: remote Alzheimer’s caregiving | building a care team | dividing caregiver roles | Skylight calendar for dementia | medication management | RACI for family caregiving | Zoom for remote caregiving | early onset Alzheimer’s | solo Alzheimer’s caregiver

    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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    47 mins
  • Dementia vs. Alzheimer's: Early Onset, Early Stage, and What We Had to Unlearn
    Jun 22 2026

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    In this episode, we start to unpack all the things we had to learn and unlearn about Alzheimers. In this episode we'll talk about the differences between Alzheimer's and dementia, and the differences between being in the early stages versus having early onset Alzheimer's. We also share where things stand with our mom this week- because it was a hard week. The more you know, the more empowered you are to care for your loved one.

    If you're in the thick of a new diagnosis and still trying to make sense of the language around it, we hope this one helps. You're not behind. We're all just figuring it out as we go.

    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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    38 mins
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