What's happening at home?
What to say
- What to say to someone with dementia, and what not to say
- My mom with dementia accuses me of stealing: what to do
- Dementia patient wants to go home but is home: what to do
- Dementia repeating the same question: why it happens, what to say
- Dementia aggression toward caregiver: what to do when he lashes out
- Dementia hallucinations: what to do when he sees things
- Therapeutic lying in dementia care: when a fib is kind
Daily care
- Sundowning: what to do when evenings fall apart
- Dementia wandering at night: how to keep her safe
- Dementia refuses to shower: why it happens and what works
- Dementia not eating: why it happens and what to try first
- Dementia incontinence: what to do, what to say, what to buy
- Dementia patient refuses to take medication: what to try first
- How to stop a parent with dementia from driving
Getting help
- Respite care for dementia caregivers: how to get a real break
- Siblings not helping with parent with dementia: what to do next
- Caring for a parent with dementia while working full time
- When is it time for memory care? The signs, and what to do next
- How to tell mom she's moving to memory care, and the first 30 days
- When is it time for hospice with dementia? Signs and next steps
- Caregiver guilt and dementia: what it is and what helps
The whole thing, in one book
Scripts for the hard moments, what to do tonight, and how to choose memory care without the guilt. Each chapter opens with a one-minute version.
Coming soon on Amazon Or the printable toolkit, $12
The paperwork, already made
Pocket script cards, a sundowning log, a doctor visit sheet, a memory care tour checklist and seven more. 26 printable pages, $12.
