Dementia Family Pathways

07/12/2026

For the ALIVE INSIDE documentary videos off YouTube and for more information, go to:

https://www.dementiasos.com/general-clean

07/12/2026

Find out about Teepa Snow's new app, Diagnosing Dementia and Managing Challenging Situations in the July 2026 Dementia SOS Newsletter.

Teepa Snow, dementia expert and educator, created her Positive Approach to Care and her GEMS State Model more than 20 years ago. Now you can have Teepa on your I-phone or I-pad whenever you need her.

07/05/2026

The 79-year-old “Lethal Weapon” star shared with Lester Holt that he was diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease a few years ago.

07/05/2026

The brain is the command center of the nervous system that regulate...

07/05/2026

Talking Again
Some people are born unable to talk. Some people speak for decades but lose that ability. I became a Speech Therapist so I could help all those people.

Sam Goddard, and other people like him, inspire me daily. Sam is a man who lost the ability to speak after experiencing several strokes.

Never give up. Keep trying. Keep searching for answers. Miracles happen everyday.

“For one precious hour, Sam Goddard breaks free from his internal prison and can talk again. It's a fleeting moment of joy for him, his family and fiancee.

in 2011 we filmed this incredible moment when a drug helped Sam find his voice.

Then aged in his 20s, Sam had been playing soccer when he suffered the first of several catastrophic strokes that upended his life.

"The doctors continuously told us that he'd be brain damaged and said he'd never walk, he'd never breathe on his own, and I challenged it every step of the way," then-fiancee Sally told Australian Story.

Sadly, Sam passed away in January 2018, aged just 31.”

🎥We're sharing archive clips like this to mark 30 years of Australian Story. You can watch all our episodes here: https://bit.ly/3IKM896

📺 Watch the episode 'Love and Other Drugs': https://bit.ly/4vpIZSA

07/05/2026

Talking again after a stroke
Augmentative & Alternative Communication
“At age 30, Ann Johnson had a lot going on. She taught math and physical education at a high school in Saskatchewan, Canada, where she also coached volleyball and basketball. She’d just had a baby a year earlier with her new husband, and had given a joyful 15-minute-long speech at their wedding.

Yet everything changed one sunny day in 2005, when Johnson suffered a brainstem stroke while playing volleyball with friends. The stroke caused extreme paralysis, and she lost the ability to speak and move any muscle in her body.

In February 2024, she enjoyed hearing her own voice, she told them, and the streaming synthesis approach made her feel in control. She also wants the implants to be wireless, instead of plugged into a computer — something the research team is working on.”

Ann is helping researchers develop new brain-computer technology (B...