{"id":654,"date":"2026-07-17T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/?p=654"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:33:18","slug":"dementia-with-firstlight-home-care-caring-table-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/2026\/07\/17\/dementia-with-firstlight-home-care-caring-table-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia with FirstLight Home Care: Caring Table Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of the <em>Caring Table Podcast<\/em>, James Sawada, owner of FirstLight Home Care, joins host Dianne Frana to share his passion for supporting families affected by dementia and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. James discusses the inspiration behind his children&#8217;s book, <em>Sassafras and Grandma Francis: A Tale of Love and Memory<\/em>, and offers thoughtful insights on helping children understand a loved one&#8217;s diagnosis. Alongside Kim Emrich, he also explores the importance of compassionate caregiving, preserving dignity, and providing families with the guidance and support they need throughout the dementia journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/caringtablepodcast.buzzsprout.com\/2553716\/episodes\/19354734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Listen Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sassafras-Grandma-Francis-Tale-Memory\/dp\/B0CJN2C4PJ\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=73STZFOZ3MLK&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YZba--QBhvHKIAvQ9AhzMZwYFAN61KamGdG3KBWIAus.0guIjcOzx7Jn9O5On8DUkAQu4c8L-Jc2WnLcDgUE9p0&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=sassafras+and+grandma+francis&amp;qid=1784228998&amp;sprefix=sassafras+and+grandma+francis%2Caps%2C189&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy on Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Caring Table Podcast, James Sawada, owner of FirstLight Home Care, joins host Dianne Frana to share his passion for supporting families affected by dementia and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alzheimers-and-memory-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-northernallentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}