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Cannabis Helps DementiaRose M Cain, FNP, MPH, JD - Family Nurse Practitioner Founder Creating Well Being, budheals.comPeople ask me all the time “How can I get medical cannabis for my loved one at a facility?”
It depends, there are many variables.
What kind of facility? Medicare, medicaid, private pay?
What State?
Today we’re having a conversation with MA Family Nurse Practitioner Rose Cain about how we might encourage our loved one’s facility to implement a medical cannabis program, or even natural, full spectrum, hemp CBD.
Rose Cain is an Army Veteran and has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for over 40 years. Nurse Rose has cared...2024-06-2442 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Carolina Nocetti, MD Educational Global Expert, Cannabis Education Guild; Founder ViV, Virtual Cannabis AssistantDr. Carolina Nocetti's journey, deeply rooted in the therapeutic potential of natural compounds, began in the lush landscapes of the Amazon forest. Initially, she focused on developing and exporting fruit extracts like Açaí to the US. Eventually, her interests branched out into the realm of medicinal cannabis.
After earning certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and navigating the rigorous steps of the US medical boards, Dr. Nocetti planted herself in the vibrant cannabis hubs of Colorado and California.
During her decade in the US, she cultivated extensive hands-on experience in product de...2024-06-181h 17
Cannabis Helps DementiaDra. Carolina Nocetti, MD with a message in Portuguese about how cannabis helps & invitationWe had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Carolina Nocetti on Cannabis Helps Dementia podcast after she presented to the Society of Cannabis Clinicians detailing her work helping people living with dementia using cannabis medicine in Brazil.
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Cannabis Helps DementiaArmy Colonel (Ret) Dr. Philip Blair, MD - Plant Medicine for Dementia and MoreIn this episode we speak with retired Army Colonel, Dr. Philip Blair, MD, a Family Physician, complex disease management consultant and remarkable cannabis medicine expert in the Pacific Northwest providing services globally.
After graduating from West Point he trained as an Army Family Physician, and served as a combat doctor during the 1st Gulf War. He retired from the Army as a Colonel after serving as a medical officer on three continents. In 2014 Dr. Blair began studying, treating, and lecturing about the human endocannabinoid system and the non-impairing parts of the plant, including cannabidiol, CBD.
Dr...2023-11-181h 04
Cannabis Health Radio PodcastEpisode 395: CBD and Medical Cannabis for Dementia and AlzheimersWhen her mother was bedridden with dementia, Chela Coennen and her husband Dave in Los Angeles, became her caregivers. One day Chela decided to give her mother marijuana and it opened up a whole new world for the couple. While her mother eventually passed, the couple are now dealing with Chela's father having dementia. However, things are different this time as the couple have taken cannabis training and education and they have written a book entitled: CBD For Seniors: 12 Things To Know When Trying CBD or Medical Cannabis To Easy Symptoms Of Aging And Improve Brain Health. Listen and l...2023-10-0442 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Sherry Yafai, MD Board Certified ER Physician, Cannabis Clinician, Educator and Researcher at Releaf Institute, Santa Monica, CAIn this episode we catch up with cannabis clinician and educator Dr. Sherry Yafai.
Sherry Yafai MD is a Cannabis and Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician at Providence St. John’s Medical Center since 2009.
In 2017, after adult use cannabis laws had passed in California, Dr. Yafai opened her private Cannabis Clinic, the ReLeaf Institute, where she sees patients referred by physicians for cannabis education and treatment.
Dr. Yafai is a former Co-Vice President and current board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, the previous Director of Research and Development at High Sobriety, a member of the UC...2021-10-0150 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Genester Wilson-King, MD: Cannabis Clinician, Educator & Founder of Victory Rejuvenation CenterWe first met Dr. Genester Wilson-King through the Society of Cannabis Clinicians where she is the co-vice president. I had recently become an advocate member of the SCC, a non-profit that works to empower and educate healthcare providers on the use of cannabis medicine. Dr. Wilson-King was presenting on cannabis medicine, pregnancy and breastfeeding - which as you know is not our area of focus but her presentation was incredibly compelling and opened our eyes to new things. Later, we connected in person at CannMed 2019.
Dr. Genester Wilson-King, MD is a Board-Certified Obstetrician and gynecologist with over 25 ye...2021-07-091h 08
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Bonni Goldstein, Renowned Cannabis Clinician, Lecturer & Author of "Cannabis is Medicine"We first saw Dr. Bonni Goldstein at CannMed2018 speaking on Treating Pediatric Conditions with Medical Cannabis. But she also treats seniors! Dr. Goldstien is a world renowned doctor, educator and cannabis specialist who has treated thousands of adults and children and seen their quality of life improve with cannabis medicine.
Dr. Goldstein created Canna-Centers Wellness, a medical practice devoted to educating and approving qualifying patients for cannabis treatment. Their Educational Center offers classroom seminars and live webinars about all things cannabis.
Dr. Goldstein’s 2020 book, “Cannabis is Medicine” explains the science of cannabis in easy to under...2021-06-251h 08
Cannabis Helps DementiaJude Thilman, Cannabis Educator, Activist & Owner of Dragonfly Wellness, Mendocino, CAIn this episode, we're connecting with cannabis educator, activist and entrepreneur, Jude Thilman
We first learned of Jude at a conference on cannabis medicine. She wrote a great article about her mother who had lived with Alzheimer's Dementia.
In the article she referenced several studies including the 2016 Salk Institute study that showed micro-doses of THC reduces beta amyloid proteins in human neurons and a University of Bonn study of dementia in mice successfully treated with THC!
Jude is a long-time medical cannabis educator, policy leader, and entrepreneur in Mendocino, CA. In 2011 she founded D...2021-06-181h 02
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Melanie Bone, M.D. Medical Director of the Cannabinoid Initiative at MorseLife Health System, FloridaToday we welcome back Dr. Melanie Bone! We spoke with her in the 2020 season and we’re thrilled to connect with her again for an update!
Dr. Bone is a board certified Ob Gyn with 30 years of experience in women’s health care. She started a medical cannabis practice in 2016, treating adults and children. Dr. Bone has a unique background as a cancer survivor, a mother of five children, public speaker, and a women’s health care advocate.
Educating others is key to Dr. Bone’s belief about empowering patients in their own care. We are tota...2021-06-1153 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Peter Grinspoon, M.D. Harvard Educated Physician, Author, Wellness Coach & Medical Cannabis ConsultantFierce advocate, Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and has been involved in cannabis research his entire life.
You might know of his father, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, who was also a Harvard Medical School physician. An Associate Professor of Psychiatry who, in 1971, wrote the revolutionary book that brought science to the modern cannabis legalization movement, “Marihuana Reconsidered.”
Dr. Peter Grinspoon is known as an authority on virtually all aspects of cannabis, including adult and medical uses, as well as political issues and social history as many...2021-06-041h 06
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Blake Pearson, MD - Ontario, Canada Global Leader in Cannabinoid and Functional MedicineIn this episode we’re connecting with Dr. Blake Pearson in Ontario, Canada. We learned about Dr. Pearson when he was presenting his findings on cannabis medicine in long term care at a National Canadian Medical Cannabis Conference.
In Canada, medical cannabis has been legal for about twenty years, and there are more than 350,000 registered patients. In October of 2018, cannabis became legal nationwide for anyone over 18, but the plant medicine remains highly regulated and controlled at the national and provincial levels.
And you can’t just go ask your regular doctor about it. Because of the...2021-05-2133 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaNew Episodes on Fridays - May 21st Dr. Blake Pearson, MD - Ontario, Canada Global Leader in Cannabinoid and Functional MedicineIn this episode, dropping Friday May 21st, we’re connecting with Dr. Blake Pearson in Ontario, Canada. We learned about Dr. Pearson when he was presenting his findings on cannabis medicine in long term care at a National Canadian Medical Cannabis Conference.
In Canada, medical cannabis has been legal for about twenty years, and there are more than 350,000 registered patients. In October of 2018, cannabis became legal nationwide for anyone over 18, but the plant medicine remains highly regulated and controlled at the national and provincial levels.
And you can’t just go ask your regular doctor abou...2021-05-1701 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Dustin Sulak, D.O. Renowned Integrative Medicine Physician, Cannabis Specialist & Founder of Healer.comIn our season 2 premier episode, we have a great conversation with renowned integrative physician, Dr. Dustin Sulak, D.O from Maine, about easing symptoms of dementia, addressing chronic pain, and sleep issues with the same medicinal plant.
You may know Dr. Sulak from his educational site Healer.com or from the many articles he’s written and lectures he does to help educate people worldwide on cannabis therapeutics. He’s also a board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and Americans for Safe Access.
Like many of our guests, we first met Dr. Dustin Sula...2021-05-141h 14
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Babak Baban, Ph.D. CBD could fix "underlying reason" for Alzheimer's Disease, Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Babak Baban is a highly accomplished researcher and has been studying CBD and cannabinoids at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University for years where he is Associate Dean for Research, a professor and immunologist. One of Dr. Baban’s studies on how CBD helps reduce cytokine storms in COVID-19 made headlines last year, and that’s how we first noticed his work.
More recently, I was blown away by a revolutionary study on mice that had severe familial Alzheimer’s Disease. Two weeks of high dose CBD seemed to reset how proteins are made in tho...2021-05-141h 32
Cannabis Helps DementiaAnxiety & Depression During COVID in Isolated Elderly - Panel Discussion with Dr. Phillip Grob, Eloise Theisen, RN, Marissa Goldman, LVNOur panelists are experts in elder care and specialists in cannabinoid medicine with first hand experience on the frontlines in California’s North Bay Area. We love that they’re always sharing their knowledge at medical symposia, events, webinars and podcasts Zoom.
Joining us on the panel to talk about anxiety and depression are
Dr. Phillip Grob, Geriatric Psychiatrist with 28 years experience. He’s a member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians with an extensive practice in the Santa Rosa/Sacramento Area.
Geriatric NP & Pres. of the ACNA, Eloise Theisen, who founded Radicle Health...2021-05-1445 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaGeriatric Nurse Practitioner Eloise Theisen, RN on Cannabis Helps Dementia, Episode drops Friday May 14thWe heard Eloise speak about cannabis and seniors at CannMed2019 - a huge, very serious medical cannabis conference where we also met Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the Godfather of Modern Cannabis Research. Every one who is anyone in the medical cannabis space was there!
ELOISE THEISEN, is a board-certified Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who has cultivated a wealth of knowledge and data for using cannabis to treat a broad range of conditions and diseases, especially those that commonly affect seniors. Eloise is a co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Radicle Health, developing ongoing cannabis education for healthcare professionals and...2021-05-1235 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaCBD could fix "underlying reason for the disease" of Alzheimer's - Dr. Babak Baban, Ph.D., Prominent Cannabinoid ResearcherThis new episode of Cannabis Helps Dementia Podcast and more drop Friday May 14th!
Dr. Babak Baban is a highly accomplished researcher and has been studying CBD and cannabinoids at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University for years where he is Associate Dean for Research, a professor and immunologist. One of Dr. Baban’s studies on how CBD helps reduce cytokine storms in COVID-19 made headlines last year, and that’s how we first noticed his work.
More recently, I was blown away by a revolutionary study on mice that had severe familial Alzhei...2021-05-1101 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Dustin Sulak, Renowned Integrative Physician, Cannabis Helps Dementia Podcast 2021 Premiere Episode May 14thIn our premier episode dropping May 14th, we have a great conversation with renowned integrative physician, Dr. Dustin Sulak, D.O from Maine, about easing symptoms of dementia, addressing chronic pain, and sleep issues with the same medicinal plant. You may know Dr. Sulak from his educational site Healer.com or from the many articles he’s written and lectures he does to help educate people worldwide on cannabis therapeutics. He’s also a board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and Americans for Safe Access.
Like many of our guests, we first met Dr. Dustin Sulak...2021-05-1101 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaCannabis Helps Dementia 2021 Season Starts Friday, May 14thIn our 2021 premier episode we have a great conversation with renowned integrative physician, Dr. Dustin Sulak about easing symptoms of dementia, addressing chronic pain, and sleep issues with the same medicinal plant. You may know Dr. Sulak from his educational site Healer.com or from the many articles he’s written, lectures he’s given or panels he’s participated in to help educate people worldwide on cannabis therapeutics. He’s also a board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and Americans for Safe Access.
In upcoming episodes we connect with a Harvard Medical School professor. Having g...2021-05-0703 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaKebra Smith-Bolden, RN - Dementia Patients Need Cannabis Most, But Can't Get It in ConnecticutIn this episode, we’re talking with Registered Nurse, Kebra Smith-Bolden, who created CannaHealth - the first and only Connecticut cannabis business owned by an African-American. Nurse Kebra began her career 22 years ago as a CNA specializing in home care. She’s now an exceedingly skillful RN who has always had a passion for community and held the highest standard of care for her patients.
Nurse Kebra leveraged her medical knowledge and decades of professional experience to create CannaHealth. Its innovative community-based business model offers disadvantaged communities, disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs, education about how canna...2020-07-3135 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Melanie Bone, M.D.: Benefits of Low-Dose THC for Dementia & Barriers to Medical Cannabis Research & Access for Seniors in FloridaWe first learned about Dr. Melanie Bone’s work through an article that Abbie Rosner wrote in Forbes about MorseLife, a West Palm Beach, Florida senior health services organization doing incredible work breaking the stigma around cannabis medicine through education, research and clinical practice.
Dr. Bone is a board certified Ob Gyn with 30 years of personal experience in women’s health care. She started a medical cannabis practice in 2016, treating women, men, and children. Dr. Bone has a unique background as a cancer survivor, a mother of five children, public speaker, and a women’s health care advoca...2020-07-1055 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaKicking CTE Dementia Using CBD - Featuring The Kick Master, Steven & Tracy BarbieriIn this episode, we’re connecting with Steven and Tracy Barbieri. Steven appears to be living and thriving with CTE dementia.
We met Steven in Sacramento last year right after my mom passed, when we were lobbying the California Senate & Assembly with the Alzheimer’s Association asking our electeds to be bold and fund more research for dementia. Steven gave an inspiring speech explaining the benefits and urgency of an early diagnosis. He was so engaging and entertaining in relating his journey. He spoke about the benefits of early diagnosis and a good diet and lots of exerc...2020-07-0352 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaUsing Cannabis for Dementia & Reducing Antipsychotics: Kelly Sturgeon, Owner Creekside Cottages & Creekside PlaceDr. Jeffrey Hergenrather introduced me to Kelly Sturgeon, J.D. Kelly is the Creator and Administrator of Creekside Cottage and Creekside Place Assisted Living homes in Petaluma, California and she is also the President and manager of Community Caregivers of Sonoma.
Kelly has created a high standard of care in a charming, home environment and applies 20 years of experience as an Administrator, educator and expert in the eldercare field. She provides exceptional care through meaningful activities, home-cooked meals using local, organic ingredients, and using Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care. Although she has a very traditional ba...2020-06-2648 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Sherry Yafai, MD Cannabis Specialist, Founder RELEAF Institute Cannabis Helps Dementia Ep. 10Dr. Sherry Yafai is an Emergency Medicine Physician who has transitioned into Cannabis Based Medicine at the RELEAF Institute in Santa Monica, CA. Roughly 75% of her patients are over the age of 50 and prefer to use non-smokable Cannabis products.
We met Dr. Yafai because she is the Co-Vice President of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians. I’m on the SCC Outreach Committee, and so is Dr. Yafai. We love that
Dr. Yafai works to educate physicians, clinicians, and other health care providers on the most up to date clinical data and research in the field of...2020-06-1948 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Jordan Tishler, MD Harvard Cannabis Specialist Cannabis Helps DementiaOne of the goals of this podcast is to connect people in relationship with dementia with health care professionals knowledgeable in how cannabis can help.
For some doctors, dementia hits closer to home than others.
Dr. Jordan Tishler is an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a cannabis therapeutics specialist with over 23 years of experience. He’s previously practiced for the Boston Veterans’ Administration for 15 years. Dr. Tishler is President/CEO of the Association of Cannabis Specialists, Advisor to Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, and widely sought after au...2020-06-121h 02
Cannabis Helps DementiaEloise Theisen, MSN, RN & President, American Cannabis Nurses Association Cannabis Helps Dementia - Ep. 8We heard Eloise Theisen speak about how cannabis helps seniors at CannMed2019 - a huge, very serious medical cannabis conference where we also met Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the Godfather of Modern Cannabis Research. Every one who is anyone in the medical cannabis space attends this conference!
Eloise Theisen, is a board-certified Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who has cultivated a wealth of knowledge and data for using cannabis to treat a broad range of conditions and diseases, especially those that commonly affect seniors. She has helped patients use cannabis to help treat chronic and age-related illness and was one...2020-06-0535 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaMental Health Awareness - Is Dementia Forgotten? Cannabis Helps Dementia - Ep. 7May is Mental Health Awareness month in the US, but if you have a loved one living with dementia, you are acutely aware that mental health is largely ignored every day. In this episode, we share a personal story of how the US Health System fails people living with dementia.
My mom’s old friend, “Evelyn”, has been experiencing increased anxiety and confusion since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the world. Evelyn is like many people, but she is living with an underlying mental health condition that is destroying at least two parts of her brain. Evelyn is liv...2020-05-2916 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaPrimrose, Engaged Living; Leading Edge Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care - Cannabis Helps Dementia Ep. 6Featuring Primrose, Engaged Living Executive Director, John Wotring and Dan O'Brien, RN
Primrose Engaged Living is a beacon of hope for how care could be delivered to those living with dementia. When I first learned about Primrose, and the leading edge work they are doing, I sent a couple emails to the Executive Director, and left a couple voicemails. It did not seem like they were very interested in talking with someone making a documentary, or podcast. Finally, we connected in real life at a Teepa Snow event in Santa Rosa, CA. The epicenter of medical cannabis...2020-05-2251 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaGary Beal, Family Caregiver Cannabis Helps Dementia Ep. 5Living with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis for several years, Becky suddenly became uncontrollably violent. Her family didn’t know how or what to do to help her. We met Becky’s husband, Gary, at a great conference in Northern California in 2019, “Medical Cannabis 2.0” sponsored by Home Instead of Sonoma County and the Hospice Services of St. Joseph’s Hospital. Gary is a self described “religious, social, and political conservative” who was willing to go well outside his comfort zone to help the love of his life get some relief.
We also chat about how important music was to Becky. We high...2020-05-1531 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Phillip Grob, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Member of Society of Cannabis Clinicians Cannabis Helps Dementia Ep. 4On my mom’s journey through dementia, we were forced to look outside-the-box for solutions to her extremely agitated behavior and crippling anxiety.
We learned there was going to be a Medical Cannabis Symposium in Northern California called “Cannabis as Medicine, Changing the Face of Aging” produced by Home Instead Senior Services, Sonoma County and Hospice services of St. Joseph’s Hospital. Two “traditional organizations” that are working within the U.S. allopathic medical system to amplify the message that cannabis helps dementia. Tricky business when the best medicine for many conditions near the end of life remains on th...2020-05-0822 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaOur Story + Dr. Ethan Russo Expert Neurologist and Psychopharmacology Researcher Cannabis Helps Dementia - Ep. 1We were once carefree below-the-line film and TV workers: I did props and set dressing and Dave was an Assistant Director and occasional actor. Then we were thrust into family caregiving when my mom was suddenly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. We learned so much from my mother’s decade-long journey that I felt we had to share our best practices with other families in crisis. We provided care gap training and plant based education to others in relationship with dementia. My mom transitioned to Pure Positive Energy in 2019.
Cannabis Helps Dementia podcast was born out of my d...2020-04-3020 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaTeepa Snow - Dementia Care Expert Cannabis Helps Dementia - Ep. 2Desperate to understand more about my mom’s journey, I found Teepa Snow and her Positive Approach to Care. I devoured Teepa's free videos on YouTube, of course read her GEMS book and was eager for more. I signed up for her two-day, in real life Certified Training course and learned how to connect with my mom in a way I thought was no longer possible.
When Teepa came to California, I was thrilled that she was willing to sit down and talk about her vast experience with people living with dementia and what she’s seen with...2020-04-3023 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Jeff Hergenrather, Medical Cannabis Expert, Co-founder Society of Cannabis Clinicians Cannabis Helps Dementia - Ep. 3I was so excited to go to our very first big-time-legit medical cannabis conference because they were going to have a panel on Cannabis and Alzheimer’s Disease! Dave was not as excited as I was cuz it was really expensive. We put it on a credit card, dressed in our cannabis-best and headed out to this very expensive medical conference that we below-the-line-film-workers had no real business attending. But I just HAD TO go!
There were literally thousands of doctors, nurses, and researchers from all over the world gathered at one of California’s most prestigious univ...2020-04-3040 min