What is up? Welcome to this edition of the Shalene Show. It's Friday Car Smart Edition.

I'm in the car. I'm actually happy that we're in your car, honey.

Is my car as smooth? Yeah, your car is quieter than mine. Mine growls. And we're recording

this on Friday. Brett's like, wait, what are we talking about? I said, don't worry. I got

this. All right, you guys put your seat belt on. We are going for a ride.

So today I wanted to really make this a very specific Alzheimer's episode. And I've

designed it for those of you who are dealing with someone who has Alzheimer's or dementia,

or you have a loved one who is a caregiver. Hopefully this episode will help. It's based

on kind of a summary of the best books, podcasts, and advice that we've received from this amazing

community. I have to say, going through this experience with Bob, who's my father-in-law,

Brett's dad living with us and coping with his Alzheimer's, helping him fight that, has

been a tremendously rewarding experience in large part because of this community. Like,

you guys reaching out after you listen to the podcast, talking to you on Instagram, talking

to you on TikTok. Like, it's just so lucky. Like, my mother-in-law was telling me like,

cusheline, I look at the comments that you get under the posts that you do sometimes about

the situation. And people are so amazing. They're so lovely and they're so helpful. And I do

want to say thank you. And so many of these tips are taken from people who are trained to

work with memory care patients. Some of these tips are from the books that we've read. And

a lot of them are things that we've been able to put into practice. And I hope that this

is helpful for you. We'll start with communication because I think that is one of the toughest

areas to cope with when you have someone who has dementia. And or all, when I say dementia,

you know I also, that includes Alzheimer's. And there's many different types of dementia. And

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