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Critical Dementia Skill #12 Organizing Life

Written by M. Estrade on 23rd June 2020 Blog

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 –

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Critical Dementia Skill #11 Forgiving Yourself and Others

Written by M. Estrade on 16th June 2020 Blog

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;

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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. 

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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.

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Critical Dementia Skills (CDS) Series

Written by M. Estrade on 6th April 2020 Blog

Today starts a series of education that we will be rolling out each week. There are two types of education that will cover close to 40 topics over time. The first type of education includes foundational or core concepts, such as finding meaning or ambiguous loss in care partnering, that will benefit (almost) all care partners on their journey. The second type of education in the series will be practical or “hands-on.”  Examples of this type of education are bathing tips and advocating for a loved one residing in a senior care facility.

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