The Caregiving Crisis: Dementia, Mental Health, and Practical Prevention with Neal K. Shah

About this episode

Neal K. Shah discusses the emotional and physical toll of caregiving, dementia prevention, and the future of caregiving.

In this episode I sit down with Neal K. Shah, a Johns Hopkins and NIH funded researcher, former caregiver, and co founder of CareYaya, for an important conversation about dementia, caregiving, and mental health. Neal shares his personal experiences caring for his grandfather during his battle with dementia and later supporting his wife through a multi year cancer journey, opening up about the emotional and physical toll caregiving can take on families. We discuss the lack of support many caregivers receive after a diagnosis, the rising costs of home care and assisted living, and the growing caregiving crisis facing families across the country. Neal also explains how chronic stress, burnout, and sleep deprivation can impact caregivers’ own health, while sharing research on dementia prevention, including movement, social connection, hearing health, and lifestyle habits that may help reduce risk. We also talk about the future of caregiving, including the role artificial intelligence may play in caregiver training and early dementia detection. This is an emotional, informative, and hopeful conversation about resilience, advocacy, and supporting the people who care for others every…

People in this episode

Host: Meghan

Guest: Neal K. Shah

Topics covered

• dementia
• caregiving
• mental health
• chronic stress
• burnout
• AI in caregiving

Keywords

• dementia
• caregiving
• mental health
• chronic stress
• AI
• prevention
• support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johns Hopkins, NIH, CareYaya

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