Loving Someone Through Dementia: Why I Created Dementia Caring with Kerry and the Real Hope It Offers to Families

What if helping your loved one with dementia didn’t have to feel so overwhelming?

If you’re loving, and possibly caregiving for, a spouse or parent with dementia, you’ve probably felt the swirl of emotions that come with it.
A mix of emotions like confusion, fear, guilt, frustration, unsettled, dee...

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Correct the Seemingly Impossible: The Mistake of Using Reason and Logic to Change the Behavior of Your Spouse or Parent with Dementia

You want to be a loving wife to your spouse with dementia. ❤️ A reliable husband. ❤️ A caring daughter. ❤️ A resourceful son. ❤️

You have no desire to upset your wife, demean your husband, blow up at your mom, or yell at your dad. Yet… you are.

Your frustration around “getting him or her to do thi...

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Want to Understand Your Loved One with Dementia Better? Start Here.

If you’re caring for a spouse or parent with dementia, you’ve probably found yourself thinking…

“What is going on inside dad’s brain?”

“Why is my wife acting like this?”

“And how can I help without making things worse?”

You're not alone.

When someone you love is living with dementia—whether it’...

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Holding On While Letting Go: 3 Practical Strategies to Bring Hope to Grieving Dementia Care Partners

There’s something I have heard many care partners say—and maybe you’ve felt it too.

They describe their experience of watching their spouse or parent progress through dementia something like this:

 “It feels like I’m watching someone I love slowly fade away.” 

“This is not the person I married a...

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