Letting Go of Unreasonable Expectations: Navigating the Progression of Dementia with Dignity and Grace

January 22, 2024.Reading time 10 minutes.

Caregivers are expected to take on a lot of emotional and physical demands when caring for another person. There are some more well-known burdens of caregiving, and many people will promote the importance of respite and self-care for caregivers. There are also lesser talked about side effects of caregiving that I believe are even more […]

Affirmations to Honor Yourself as a Caregiver of Someone Living with Memory Loss

October 1, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Sometimes a barrier to providing care to a loved one with memory loss is no doubt the seemingly severed relationship that it causes. It creates so many questions within ourselves and many feelings of doubt and maybe even unworthiness. Too often I’ve heard the challenge of caregivers who are unable to surrender to memory loss […]

What to Do When an Aging Parent Forgets Who You Are

January 3, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

As seen in the SeniorCare.com Aging Industry Insider! A well-known and yet hurtful reality of dementia or Alzheimer’s is the forgetfulness and memory loss that can occur. Memory loss is particularly difficult for family members to cope with when their parent or loved one forgets who they are. Forgetting the names of their children, forgetting […]