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New for 2020 – Monthly Online Rosary and Dementia Q&A

Written by M. Estrade on 13th January 2020 Blog

Happy New Year! I wish you and your family many blessings in 2020. We at The Peace with Dementia Rosary, in an effort to expand “Education, Intentions, Community” of the book’s subtitle, are starting a monthly YouTube live stream with a Rosary and then some Q&A. Question (Q): What is a YouTube “live stream” and what is special about this one? Answer (A): A live stream is a live video via YouTube viewed on your computer or smartphone with internet.

Replay of February 26, 2020 YouTube Rosary

Written by M. Estrade on 1st March 2020 Blog

SEEKING FEEDBACK…in this Rosary, (most of the time) I recited the first half of the Our Fathers and Hail Marys so that the listener could say the second half. Please let me know in the YouTube or blog comments what you think. I feel like it allows you to say the prayers as if we are in the same room and not talk over me, and it gives me a breather between prayers.

Critical Dementia Skill #1 Finding Meaning in Dementia

Written by M. Estrade on 6th April 2020 Blog

This is the first 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. Could we have started the Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) Series with a larger topic? People have pondered the meaning of life for thousands and thousands of years. They’ve also thought about the meaning of suffering for that long. Certainly, people have wondered about the meaning of dementia since it has become a phenomenon in society.

Critical Dementia Skill #2 Understanding Ambiguous Loss

Written by M. Estrade on 13th April 2020 Blog

This is the second 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, like so many dementia care partners, have thought that you are grieving the loss of a spouse, parent, or friend even though they are still alive, there is a good chance that you are experiencing ‘ambiguous loss.” While this is feeling is not a litmus test as to if you have it,

Critical Dementia Skill #3 Building your Dementia Team

Written by M. Estrade on 20th April 2020 Blog

This is the third 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 large and complex challenge, so you need a large and comprehensive team to support you and your family. This article is an introduction to the core team members we recommend that you recruit for your large team. Later articles will offer in-depth information on each role.

Critical Dementia Skill #4 Forming a Back-Up Plan

Written by M. Estrade on 27th April 2020 Blog

This is the fourth 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. As a Boy Scout and eventual Eagle Scout, I learned the importance of our motto, “Be Prepared.” As a scout, it felt more like making sure that you had all of the right equipment when hiking or camping. As I matured, it became clear that the equipment is only part of that motto.

Critical Dementia Skill #5 Creating Your Emotional Support Network

Written by M. Estrade on 2nd May 2020 Blog

This is the fifth 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. We introduced the critical dementia skill of Building your Dementia Team in CDS 2.0 and now turn to another team that’s best understood as a network. All of us belong to networks of people through family, friends, work colleagues, fellow parishioners, and other activities.

Critical Dementia Skill #8 Shifting Roles We’ve Always Known

Written by M. Estrade on 26th May 2020 Blog

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,

Critical Dementia Skill #9 Discussing Healthcare Wishes

Written by M. Estrade on 2nd June 2020 Blog

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.

Critical Dementia Skill #10 Seeking Self-Care

Written by M. Estrade on 9th June 2020 Blog

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,

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