Discussions on “Put That Knife Away” & "Songs That Heal"

Psychologist and Author Phyllis Palm of "Put That Knife Away," will join us to talk about her personal journey with her husband’s Dementia.In 2010 they moved to Mesa, Arizona to care for her husband of 22 years who has Alzheimer's disease. Why Arizona? Because she and her husband spent many happy times in Arizona with her three adult children and her two grandchildren and she thought they would help her care for her husband who became very angry any time she tried to hire help in New York.

Now Dr. Palm is a volunteer support group leader for the Alzheimer's Association and speaks to support caregivers both family and professional. She is the author of a memoir about her transformation as a result of becoming a caregiver for her husband who now resides in a memory care unit in Mesa.

Check out the Website

http://www.phylliswpalm.com/

Our second guest will be Musician, Mark Etheredge Mark's song “Room to Room” is gorgeous and moving and is a tribute to his mom who has been living with Alzheimer’s. It’s powerfully spare, just piano, stately viola flourishes, and Etheredge’s most soulful singing. His friend and, sometime creative collaborator, lyricist Michael Cronin, wrote the words. “When Michael handed me these lyrics, I just couldn’t deal with it, but over time I realized it was an important story to share,” he says.

You can reach Mark via his website

http://www.marketheredge.com/index/