People 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...
Jun 24, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 303
We 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. Check it out https://open.spotify.com/episode/4D0eJelDqZXWIPM6mCnLsr #CannabisHelps #dementia #Alzheimers #brainhealth #Mom #Dad #Sister #family #caregiver #CareCantWait...
Jun 18, 2024•54 sec
Dr. 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 vib...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 302
In 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 lec...
Nov 18, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 301
In 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 ...
Oct 01, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 210
We 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 i...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 209
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 of...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 208
In 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...
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 207
Today 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...
Jun 11, 2021•53 min•Season 2Ep. 207
Fierce 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 a...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 206
In 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 natio...
May 21, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 204
Our 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/Sacra...
May 14, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 203
In 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...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 201
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 Alzheimer’s Disease. Two weeks o...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 202
We 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 senior...
May 11, 2021•35 min
This 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 re...
May 11, 2021•2 min
In 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 Amer...
May 11, 2021•1 min
In 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 Amer...
May 07, 2021•3 min•Season 2Ep. 200
In 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. I...
Jul 31, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 14
We 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 uniqu...
Jul 10, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In 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 journe...
Jul 03, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Dr. 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,...
Jun 26, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Dr. 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 ...
Jun 19, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 10
One 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 Cannabi...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We 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 ...
Jun 05, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 8
May 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...
May 29, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Featuring 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 T...
May 22, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Living 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 o...
May 15, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On 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...
May 08, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Desperate 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 ...
Apr 30, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2
