Looking through the window at dementia
If you’ve listened to any of my previous episodes, then you know I usually will pick a topic related to dementia and caregiving and I
Let me introduce myself. My name is Laura Banner and I’m a neurology nurse practitioner. I have a passion for caring for dementia patients and their families. Early on it became evident to me that as a society we have a rapidly increasing number of people with dementia and a limited amount of resources to care for them. Too often my patients and their loved ones are asking for resources that are just not available. I have created this website to be that resource.
Early in my career
I began my career in healthcare back in the 1990’s when I became a registered nurse. I spent over 15 years a high-risk labor and delivery nurse working at both private and community hospitals. After years of sharing in the joy and sometimes extreme sorry with families I decided to return to school to get my masters degree in nursing. I wasn’t sure what my future career plans were but I just knew that I needed to expand my knowledge base. I obtained my undergraduate degree at California State University, Long Beach and my masters of science/family nurse practitioner degree at University of North Georgia (formerly Georgia College and State University)
Developing a passion
Since becoming a certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-c) I have been working in neurology with a passion for treating dementia. I started working in the acute care setting, seeing patients in the hospital. After several years of hospital practice I transitioned into the outpatient clinic setting. For the last several years I’ve been evaluating, diagnosing and treating patients with a wide variety of neurologic conditions. Early on I developed a passion for dementia patients. I love providing care and comfort to the patient, their caregiver and family members. Although we don’t yet have a cure, I take pride in making the journey a little less stressful by providing support and education to everyone impacted by the disease.
If you’ve listened to any of my previous episodes, then you know I usually will pick a topic related to dementia and caregiving and I
Can you feel it in the air that cool crispness just the sense that the seasons starting to change, fall is knocking on the door?
Today’s topic is what does it really means to be a caregiver of someone with dementia. There’s certainly no job description because the caretaker that
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