What if It’s FTD?

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What’s Frontotemporal Degeneration? Also known as FTD, it is the most common form of dementia for adults under age 60. Unfortunately, my peep, Sue, knows all about FTD because she lost her husband to it. Sue and I along with the Director of Support and Education with the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration spent an hour of the Dr. Laura Program discussing FTD and answering listener questions. This week’s Deep Dive is a replay of that important segment... Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive Podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:14.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:18.0	Deep dive.
0:19.0	Dr. Laura's Deep Dive, Deep Dive. Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast.
0:24.2	As you may know, one of our peeps and a dear friend at this point, Sue Freund, who is our
0:30.7	wonderful head of sales here at the radio program, lost her wonderful husband, Billy
0:36.1	Freund, earlier this year due to FTD.
0:40.8	I told Sue I would like to be of help, spreading the word about frontotemporal degeneration awareness
0:47.5	because it was a big surprise.
0:51.7	It was young, handsome, brilliant, charismatic, fabulous guy. They had a love
0:59.3	relationship that people could only dream about. So Sue joins me along with our special guest
1:09.3	spokesperson Esther Kane, who's an MSN, RN, CDP.
1:14.5	I know what the RN is.
1:16.1	Everything else I'm lost.
1:18.1	Joined AFTD as its Director of Support and Education in November of 2020.
1:23.0	Previously, Esther served as Director of Wellness at Care One Management, a company that provides elder care services through the Northeast United States.
1:32.3	She brings clinical, educational, managerial, and marketing skills. Do you ever sleep?
1:38.3	Along with a passion for quality care for those who are living with neurological conditions.
1:48.8	Her work reflects a very strong commitment to the importance of education and training throughout the spectrum of diagnosis, which seems not to be easy to do with this disease
1:54.3	and delivery of quality care.
1:56.9	In her role, Esther ensures that AFTD's support services and educational programs advance early diagnosis and improve access to care and support.
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