DEMENTIA CARE SPECIALIST
CONSULTANCY SESSION.
What to expect...and what we can do for you.
At Remember the Carer, we understand the challenges faced by caregivers and loved ones.
Our compassionate support initiatives are designed to provide comfort, support, and guidance, to help you navigate the initial diagnosis of your loved one and the journey ahead.
Caring Conversation and Post-Diagnostic Support
A dementia care specialist coaching session with Mark Synot provides practical, non-medical support for individuals living with cognitive change or dementia, as well as the caregiver and family members who support them.
These sessions are tailored to your unique situation and focus on understanding what’s happening, planning ahead, and navigating everyday challenges with greater confidence and calm, navigating the entire journey with you along the way.
For individuals experiencing cognitive change, Mark helps make sense of a diagnosis or emerging changes in clear, everyday language. Sessions focus on maintaining independence and quality of life, exploring communication and memory strategies, adapting routines as needs change, and addressing the real-world challenges that affect daily living.
For empowering and supporting caregivers and family members, Mark offers guidance on effective communication, responding to behavioural changes, managing day-to-day demands, and planning for the future.
Equal attention is given to caregiver wellbeing, helping reduce overwhelm and providing practical, supportive next steps, in sessions with Danni, including preventing and dealing with caregiver fatigue and burnout, self care and dealing with active grief.
Where appropriate and with consent, Mark can also work alongside medical providers as part of the broader care team — reinforcing medical recommendations, supporting follow-through between appointments, and helping translate clinical guidance into practical, day-to-day support at home, so everyone feels more informed, supported, and prepared as circumstances change.
Our Dementia Support specialist can offer ongoing support in the following areas:
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Ongoing Support
Unpacking and understanding the diagnosis:
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Understanding Dementia and other Cognitive Conditions CTE, MCI, Parkinsons
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Navigating Active Grief -at diagnosis
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Worried about Your Memory Dementia in The Caring Role
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Losing independence and role reversal
Unpacking and Understanding the Diagnosis.
Future Planning
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How do I know if my loved one needs help? - When is it time to engage services or permanent care
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Driving and dementia
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Exploring respite options
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Identifying and Engaging Support Networks
Future Planning
Allied Health Referrals & Community Support
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Referrals to Medical Professionals
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Referrals to Allied Health Services
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Information Resources
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Community Education and Support Programs
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Empowerment Programs
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Support Groups
Allied Health Referrals
& Community Support
Practical Behavioral
Strategies:
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Practical Strategies for carergivers
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Understanding and Managing changes in behavior
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Clear and simplified effective communication strategies
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The importance of managing sleep
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Anticipation and anxiety /Shadowing
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Sundowning
Practical Behavioral Strategies
Living Well Strategies for the person with Cognitive Change
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Memory Strategies
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Activities in the home
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The importance of Self-Care after diagnosis
Living Well Strategies
With more than twenty years of vast experience in
dementia care and cognitive change...you’re in great hands.
Mark Synot is a Dementia Care Specialist (GradCert) and a certified Dementia Care Practitioner.
He also holds an Advanced Diploma of Community Services Management.
In addition, Mark is an internationally Certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional,
and a certified Neuroscience Coach.
Mark offers more than two decades of vast experience in the dementia and aged care sector, most recently, as a Dementia Support Specialist for the peak body of dementia care in the nation of Australia - Dementia Australia.
In this new era of relocating with his family to Florida, USA, Mark serves as the founder and CEO of Remember the Carer. Mark's passion is to help lift the burden of carergivers and people living with a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive change. As a Dementia Support Specialist and Neuroscience Coach, Mark offers unique, expert support and key strategies to transform lives.
Mark's vast experiences in the aged care sector, and his personal journey, in supporting family members with cognitive change conditions, have positioned him to understand dementia and cognitive change from a unique perspective, grounded in true compassion.
Mark has worked in various environments serving people living with dementia, their families and carers, including national dementia service organizations, live-in aged care facilities -in high-care, low-care and assisted living sectors, as well as community centers, and day respite centers.
His roles have included:
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Consulting as a Dementia Support Specialist to people living with dementia, their families and caregivers.
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Neuroscience Coaching, including coaching for caregivers and people living with dementia or other cognitive change conditions.
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Dementia Program Coordinator -Day Respite Center for younger-onset, day respite Center
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Community Center Manager
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Activities and Lifestyle Coordinator
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Chaplain
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Personal Care Attendant
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Facilitator of dementia education sessions
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Facilitator of community information sessions
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Facilitator of support groups and empowerment programs for people living with dementia, their families and caregivers.
Mark has also served served as the chairman of a regional dementia network, and a member of various elder abuse and community care networks. He has coordinated successful regional aged care expos, engaging and involving numerous aged care services and organizations to participate.
Mark will soon qualify as a Gerontogist, currently completing a Masters of Science in Gerontology & Rehabilitation at the University of Wollongong. His completed qualifications include:
Graduate Certificate of Dementia Care
Advanced Diploma of Community Services Management
Certificate III & IV in Aged Care
Diploma of Professional Organizational Counseling
Certificate IV in Small Business Management.
