Dementia Dimensions

Dementia Resource Center Blog for At Home Caregivers

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  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional

15 Ideas for Dementia Caregivers to Get Respite

Dementia caregivers have one of the most challenging roles, as they tirelessly provide care and support to their loved ones. However, amidst the selflessness and dedication, it is crucial for caregivers to prioritize their own well-being as well.
  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional

Stress Relief for Caregivers

Caregiving is a stressful job. On top of the physical exhaustion, caregiver stress (or stress from caregiving) can influence your mental health.
  • Book Review

A Heartbreaking Caregiver Account That Inspires Us to Embrace What Remains

Early on in her memoir Embracing What Remains, Andrea Couture describes her father—at the time a physician navigating his own retirement party—as “a man who had changed people’s lives, saved them, and led a team of proud and energized people.” At the event, Couture hears her father’s colleagues, friends, and even former patients describe him as not only a brilliant practitioner and clinical leader, but as an empathetic one.
  • Uncategorized

Summertime Activities for People with Dementia

In the summer months it might be easier to stay in and relax when you are caring for a person with dementia.
  • Book Review

An Unexpected, Inspiring Love Story

There are certainly many books documenting the dementia caregiver's journey, both those from personal perspective as well as third-person accounts. However, few could also be viewed as an inspiring love story.
  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional

The Challenges of Being a LGBTQ+ Caregiver for Dementia

Each year, more than 16 million Americans provide more than 17 billion hours of unpaid care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
  • Physical

High Cholesterol and Dementia: Can Diet Help with Progression ?

Several studies over the past decade have looked at the possible link between cholesterol and dementia, specifically vascular dementia, which is caused by conditions such as stroke that disrupt blood flow to the brain.
  • Ask Mary

My husband has Alzheimer’s and is recently not knowing me as his wife. Or that our home is our home. This period is increasing in frequency but not in actual time it lasts… like 20 minutes but every other day. What can I expect? Is this indicator of he should be living in assisted living? -June W.

Hi June- I’m sorry. It’s a sad moment when our loved one doesn’t know us. You don’t mention what that 20 minutes is like.
  • Book Review

Relatable Book for All Caregivers

While not specific to caregivers of people living with dementia, if you are a daughter who is serving in supportive capacity to a parent with dementia challenges you will find Working Daughter by Liz O'Donnell to be of comfort.
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