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Aug 12, 2025
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11 min read
I'm taking a VERY rare vacation this week, so I picked one of your favorite editions to spice up for your caregiving inspiration while I'm trying to catch up on a little R&R. Take good care of yourself and your loved ones this week!
Aug 5, 2025
8 min read
In this ultra-pragmatic edition of the newsletter, we'll be talking about transfers and I'll show you how to fix a balance mistake that I see all the time, even from pros who should know better. Today, we learn to harness the power of the triangle!
Jul 29, 2025
6 min read
Do you refrigerate your water so it won't go bad as quickly? I bet you don't. “It doesn’t work that way,” you say. Right!
Jul 23, 2025
9 min read
"What if I'm making the wrong decision for my loved one?" Has there ever been a more haunting and persistent question for people who care for a loved one with dementia?
Jul 15, 2025
7 min read
"Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were." ~Marcel Proust
Jul 8, 2025
There are signs you may observe that should put you on your guard when helping your loved one. These may not be comfortable conversations, but I can tell you from my first-hand experience that they are critical.
Jul 5, 2025
As fireworks lit up the sky last night, I found myself thinking about freedom in new ways, ways I didn’t understand before becoming a caregiver. Celebrations of liberty feel different when you're helping someone button their shirt or choose what to have for breakfast.
Jul 1, 2025
Inside you'll get my top picks for books about engaging loved ones with dementia along with other ideas for creating a life of thriving!
Jun 28, 2025
I love a good horror movie. I've usually got some terrible B-movie going on in the background for fun, but I realized lately that they've also taught me how to better understand my mom's dementia paranoia and fear.
Jun 24, 2025
As we dig deeper into this universe of ours, we’re finding that our senses have misled us on some of our most fundamental assumptions. And yet, we think our reality is correct while our loved ones' realities are incorrect because they have dementia.
Jun 21, 2025
Learn communication strategies that leverage the advantages that home and family caregivers enjoy with their loved ones.
Jun 17, 2025
This edition draws on the wisdom of one of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, and the words of hope we can take from him as caregivers.
