This is the 16th installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. In CDS #9, we discussed making your healthcare wishes know as it relates to a healthcare proxy and living will at the end of life. In this article, we will step back a bit and discuss what matters overall in life that will influence end of life care wishes,
This is the 15th installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. **Join us live for the July 25, 2020 Live Rosary and Dementia Q&A with Care Partner Matt Dineen. Matt will talk about his role as Lisa’s care partner and as a dementia advocate in Canada. 9am CDT/10am EDT at https://www.facebook.com/DementiaRosary.com ** Many websites,
This is the 14th installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. Just as we must change our attitudes to accommodate persons living with dementia, there are elements of the environment that we must change to keep our loved ones functioning as independently as possible. While safety is a paramount consideration, it’s important to understand that no environment is completely safe.
This is the 13th installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. It is essential that you be able to stick up for yourself and your loved ones, which brings us to the topic of advocating. Advocating can mean different things to different people in the area of dementia. It could mean advocating for rights for persons living with dementia,
This is the 12th installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. If you think life is complicated, care partners know how much more complicated that things can get when a loved one has dementia. Care partnering can become a full-time job. Here is a sample of the things that could make the care partner journey easier if more organized: Medical –
This is the 11th installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. Over the years, I’ve met many care partners who hold a grudge against themselves or others, including family members, or even the person living with dementia. Usually, the best thing, depending on the person, is to listen and recognize what is happening. There are people who violate our trust or let us down;
This is the 10th installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. If you have flown on a commercial airplane before AND paid attention to the safety briefing by the flight attendant, you will recall from the instructions that oxygen masks will drop from the ceiling in the event of a sudden drop in cabin pressure when flying 14,000 feet or above (OK,
This is the ninth installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. I know very few people who are comfortable discussing this particular blog topic of healthcare decisions. After all, it does involve thinking about the end of our lives, and when we cannot speak for ourselves in that moment. Yet, it is a challenge to find many more important talks to have in one’s life.
This is the eighth installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. Dementia is a condition that isolates many care partners in ways that go unnoticed by those not in that position. An example of this the loss of making decisions together with the person living with dementia, causing a shift in roles. Think about all of the decisions that a married couple makes,
This is the seventh installment in the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) series. For more information on the series, start HERE. You can also click on the CDS tags in the blog for more. Perhaps the only thing that is as complex as dementia is the dynamic nature of families. Every family is unique and when you consider the number of family members, other family responsibilities, career situations, the strength of the relationships, and sometimes geographic locations.
