A Paradise for Parents
@HalCranmer • 31,715 subscribers
We have 3 10-bed assisted living homes near Phoenix AZ. We also have an online community to keep you out of nursing homes forever. Let's discuss your situation.
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Mikhaila Fuller interviewed me on her podcast a year ago. She wanted to know how we reversed 2 dementia residents in 3 years. The 8 things I told her about our nutrition protocols, the assisted living industry and my residents: 1) Average resident in my home is on 25-30 meds
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When MikhailaFuller asked me: “How much does it cost to live at one of your assisted living homes?” I replied: “My costs generally are around $5,000 a month for a private room, $4,000 for a semi-private. And that includes: • 24/7 care • All medication management • All your meals (carnivore or keto) • Red light therapy and saunas (included in price) • Activities (trips to local zoos, Lake Pleasant for boat rides, movies) With the Bredesen protocol, families do pay extra for: • Labs and blood work • Dental care (crucial since periodontal disease migrates to your brain and contributes to dementia) • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (outside service)” To give you a comparison, there’s a lady in San Diego that just does the Bredeson protocol and she charges ~$15,000 a month. For me, I told Mikhaila Peterson I try to keep my costs down because I want you to get better and we can figure out how to pay for it one way or the other.
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Dr. Joel Wallach said: "Alzheimer's is a physician caused disease." 75% of brain weight is myelin, a cholesterol-rich fatty insulator protecting nerve fibers in the brain. Lower cholesterol with statins, myelin breaks down and Alzheimer's sets in. The full explanation: 🧵
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If there's one thread you read to learn about Alzheimer's, it is this. Memory loss isn't caused by amyloid plaques the way drug companies claim. The plaques are the brain's defense response to deeper problems: Bad food, lack of movement, poor sleep, chronic stress, no challenging tasks, disrupted hormones, infections, and toxin and mold exposure. Dr. Bredesen built a protocol that targets all 8, and ALL patients at one clinical site in his latest study reversed memory loss in 9 months. I’ve personally used parts of his protocol in my care homes and have helped 2 residents reverse their dementia and several improve. If your partner or spouse is on anti-amyloid meds and you're not seeing them get better, this could be the problem. If you'd like to see if we could help you with this, book a call directly with me. Link in bio.
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I recently sat down with Eddie Rodriguez to talk about why residents typically get worse in most care facilities. Here are 8 things they tend to ignore that could actually help improve their resident's health. 1) Just managing decline because residents are "too far gone"
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Almost exclusively everyone who moves into my place is on a statin. It's one of the first medications I work to get them off of. I show their doctors the research - high LDL is linked to longer lifespan, and the triglyceride-to-HDL ratio is a better indicator of heart disease than LDL alone. As long as the family backs me up, I can usually get them off. We've deprescribed statins from a lot of residents and they're doing fine. I can't think of the last time I've had a cardiac event in one of my assisted living homes.
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Dr. Dale Bredesen just revealed that the most-prescribed Alzheimer's drug makes patients WORSE than taking nothing at all. Aricept is the drug your neurologist hands out at the first sign of memory loss. It's been on the market for 30 years, and almost every patient with early dementia is on it. Dr. Lon Schneider from USC published a paper on it. He discovered Aricept patients decline FASTER than untreated patients over time. The early "boost" wears off, and the brain damage accelerates underneath while you keep filling the prescription. Most neurologists still prescribe it because there isn't a better pill, so families keep buying it every month, hoping it's slowing things down. The data shows it's actually pulling forward the decline. A new randomized trial just dropped showing what actually works for early Alzheimer's (covered in the thread below). I’ve implemented parts of the protocols mentioned in this study in my own homes and have personally seen how it can help reverse dementia and early onset Alzheimer's. PS: I’ve opened 7 more slots this month to my online community where we share these exact protocols. If you’d like to see if this could help you, book a call directly with me. Link in bio.
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When someone asks me how do you get people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s to take their health seriously before dementia strikes, I tell them: "Visit an assisted living home near you—not as a resident, as motivation. Everyone who comes to my home says I don't want to be here, I want to live at home." Here's why: "Something that's very important to know is dementia starts in your 30s 40s and 50s. You don't see the signs and symptoms of it until your 60s 70s 80s 90s, but what you do in your 30s 40s and 50s can very much affect what happens to you in your older life especially with dementia and Alzheimer's." This is how to get started with reversing dementia now: "Cut out one thing at a time—concentrate on that candy bar after lunch, get rid of that first, then cut out your breakfast cereal, then eat your burgers without a bun...Even if you don't go to the gym and work out, go walking, get out in the sunshine... just move."
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Why cardiologist Dr. Jack Wolfson NEVER prescribes statins to his patients: "The need for statins is totally built on lies... The most egregious thing that's ever been committed on the worldwide populace is the idea of taking statin drugs as a health measure." He continues: "Because I would say that statin drugs, not only do they not work in the sense that we would think they work, because they work to lower numbers down, that's for sure. But they don't really reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and dying to meaningful levels." If I didn't make this clear in my original thread: Statins are effective at one thing: lowering cholesterol numbers on a lab report. And they do this extremely well. Despite some saying there are benefits to it as Dr. Wolfson says: "They do have anti-inflammatory properties and can stabilize arterial plaques — which is why mainstream medicine argues they reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death. But according to a 2022 JAMA meta-analysis, that actual reduction is from 2% to 1.84% annually — a fraction of a point. And that marginal benefit comes at a real cost." That real cost is: 1) Your money 2) Side effects, for example: • Hormone disruption — since cholesterol is a precursor to all sex hormones, blocking its production disrupts hormone balance • Impaired vitamin D synthesis — sunlight converts cholesterol in the skin into vitamin D; less cholesterol means less vitamin D • Weakened bones — they interfere with vitamin K utilization, increasing osteoporosis risk Ultimately, it doesn't address the root cause for heart attacks and strokes which are inflammation, oxidative stress, toxic exposure, poor diet, and sedentary living which lifestyle can solve. Read my thread below to see solutions. (Disclaimer: do not get off your medications without consulting your doctor.)
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I testified in front of Arizona State Senate to support SB1052 yesterday morning. This is a bill to allow hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in assisted living homes. We try get our residents suffering from dementia into HBOT chambers as often as possible and within budget. We've sent two residents home with their dementia reversed after 20 uses each. Here's why it works: HBOT floods the brain with oxygen under pressure, which stimulates blood vessel growth, releases stem cells, and helps rebuild damaged brain tissue. It also can create new mitochondria and optimize energy production in brain cells—essentially helping wake up areas that have shut down. Right now, we work with a certified HBOT facility, but transporting wheelchair-bound dementia patients is extremely challenging. Having chambers in our homes would provide daily access in a supervised environment with trained staff. If you want to see real-life improvements, watch the case study below.
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5) Gum disease may contribute to dementia Gingivitis and periodontal disease are linked to Alzheimer's. Bacteria from your mouth can travel to your brain and cause inflammation. That's why we try to take our residents to dentists at least once a month.
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Everyone told me I was crazy for spending more on food at our homes. Assisted living homes do the opposite. Most of them cut costs on meals with processed foods , bulk contracts and whatever's cheapest. I went the other direction. Nutritious, low-carb, real food. Here's what happened: • My labor costs dropped • My residents got healthier • They needed less hands-on care They also stayed longer. There's no empty beds at $5,500/month. And no paying referral agents a full month's rent to fill them. The "cheap food" approach looks smart until you realize you're paying for it everywhere else—more staff, more turnover, more commissions. Spending more on food is the best investment I've ever made in my business. And my residents are thriving because of it.
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![14 years ago, one of the most censored health figures on social media was asked: "What are your thoughts on the whole premise of these kinds of drugs [statins]?" Dr. Leonard Coldwell replied: "It's mass murder, it always leads to hardening of the liver, it always cuts off at least 20 years of your life span." His rationale behind this answer: "Your brain is made from cholesterol. A statin is a cholesterol lowering drug. So if you want to have a brain the size of a marble, just keep on taking them." If your parent is on a statin or other medications and you're worried it's doing more harm than good, read the tweet below.](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2037499647267414105/amplify_video_thumb/2037499452659994624/img/5gWpXsxa0-K2amrN.jpg)
14 years ago, one of the most censored health figures on social media was asked: "What are your thoughts on the whole premise of these kinds of drugs [statins]?" Dr. Leonard Coldwell replied: "It's mass murder, it always leads to hardening of the liver, it always cuts off at least 20 years of your life span." His rationale behind this answer: "Your brain is made from cholesterol. A statin is a cholesterol lowering drug. So if you want to have a brain the size of a marble, just keep on taking them." If your parent is on a statin or other medications and you're worried it's doing more harm than good, read the tweet below.
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Tammy Peterson said: "It was only when I gave up all the plants that I healed." 8 years ago, she stopped eating plants to go all-in on the carnivore diet which healed her osteoarthritis, IBS, and shoulder tendinitis. Here's why the carnivore diet is so powerful at healing:
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Dr. Richard Isaacson said: "45% of cases of dementia cases may be preventable if that person everything right. 45% to me is a very conservative number. I think that number in the next big study to come out is going to be 50% or 60%" If you've noticed you're struggling to follow along in conversations, walking into a room and forgetting why you're there or constantly getting confused about what day it is, this is your sign to take your brain health seriously. The thread below is where you can start.
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If your parent is showing signs of Alzheimer's and you want to do something about it, put them on the ketogenic diet. This diet puts their body into a state of ketosis, where instead of their brain burning sugar for fuel, it burns fat and produces something called ketones. Ketones become an alternative fuel source for their brains. Most people with Alzheimer's have brain cells that are insulin resistant. It can no longer efficiently pull glucose from the bloodstream for fuel. Even though glucose is available, the insulin delivery system is broken. Brain cells are starving and can no longer power themselves properly, causing brain fog, memory loss, cognitive decline, and even depression. Ketones bypass this broken system entirely. They cross the blood-brain barrier without needing insulin, feeding your brain cells directly. They produce less cellular waste than glucose. And even act as natural antioxidants exactly where your brain needs them most. Here's Dr. Dale Bredesen's ketogenic protocol from his latest clinical trial on Alzheimer's: • Cut simple carbohydrates. • Fast for at least 12 hours overnight. • Plant-rich diet high in healthy fats (a mildly ketogenic diet - best if starting out) 90% of his patients improved following these rules. Some went from impaired cognitive scores to perfect ones. And results were 7x greater than the leading Alzheimer's drugs. The ketogenic diet is one of the protocols families use to treat their parent's Alzheimer's in our online community. More on this in the comments below.
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