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6 Normal Habits That Make Dementia Behaviors Worse

Some of the habits that make dementia behaviors worse come from loving, kind caregivers doing exactly what works with everyone else in their lives. Correcting a mistake,

5 Strange Dementia Behaviors and Why They Happen

Some dementia behaviors can make absolutely no sense from the outside. It can look like your loved one is being lazy, stubborn, rude, in denial, or even lying to you. But

How to Help When Someone With Dementia Knows They're Struggling

When someone with dementia knows they're struggling, they may start doing less and less. They might get frustrated, say things like "I can't do anything right," or stop d

Is It Jealousy or Dementia? Why They Act Worse When You're Busy

Have you ever noticed your loved one with dementia is calm, nothing seems to be wrong, and then the moment you shift your attention to someone else they completely change

4 Places Dementia Caregivers Can Turn for Help

Caring for someone with dementia can feel overwhelming, especially when you're not sure where to turn for help. In this episode, I'm sharing several places dementia car

Stop Trying to Make Someone With Dementia Happy All the Time

If you have taken the car keys, stepped in on the checkbook, or said no to something your loved one with dementia badly wanted, you already know what comes next. They are

3 Things Dementia Care Gets Completely Backwards

If you've ever felt like every appointment, every follow-up, and every ounce of attention goes to your loved one with dementia while nobody ever asks how you're doing, yo

Memory Care Doesn't Make Dementia Caregiving Easier

You made the hardest decision of your life and moved your loved one with dementia into memory care. Then you waited for the relief you were promised. It never fully came.

Could Ozempic Help Prevent Dementia?

You've probably seen the headlines about Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs and Alzheimer's disease. One week it sounds like a breakthrough. The next, not so much.   A large s

Why Dementia Caregivers Stop Feeling Like Themselves

If you're a dementia caregiver who barely recognizes yourself anymore, I want you to hear this before anything else: you are not broken, and you have not become a differe

5 Dementia Caregiving Truths I Wish Every Caregiver Knew

Dementia caregiving asks you to carry things nobody prepares you for, and some of the hardest parts are never said out loud. This video isn't based on research. It's base

Why Someone With Dementia Keeps Asking the Same Question

If your loved one with dementia has asked you the same question five, ten, or forty times in the last hour, you know the kind of patience it takes to keep answering. And

Shadowing In Dementia: Why They Follow You Everywhere

Shadowing in dementia is one of the most exhausting behaviors caregivers face, and almost no one warns you about it. You can't walk to the bathroom alone anymore. The mom

This Surprising Sign of Dementia Shows Up 6 Years Before Diagnosis

Before the memory problems, confusion, and obvious dementia symptoms, many families notice something else first: money problems. Missed bill payments, unusual purchases

Alzheimer's Drugs Don't Work? What Caregivers Need to Know

If your loved one with Alzheimer's disease is on one of the new treatment drugs, or you have been weighing whether to try them, the headlines from this spring may have st

Surprising Reason Why Dementia Gets Worse In the Evening

Have you noticed your loved one with dementia seems like a completely different person every evening? The confusion, the agitation, the restlessness — and then the nights

5 Reasons Dementia Caregivers Struggle Making Hard Decisions

Making caregiving decisions is hard in a way most people around you won't understand. The stakes are real. The information is incomplete. And somewhere in the back of you

How to Respond When Someone with Dementia Accuses You of Stealing

Being accused of stealing by the person you are giving everything to is one of the most quietly devastating things that happens in dementia caregiving. It does not just

When Family Doesn't Believe the Dementia Diagnosis

When your family doesn't believe the dementia diagnosis, it can feel like you are grieving two losses at once. Family denial is one of the most painful and isolating expe

The Blood Test That Detects Alzheimer's Years Before Symptoms

A new Alzheimer's blood test was just approved by the FDA and it changes everything about how families get answers. For years, confirming Alzheimer's disease meant expens