Your Dementia Care Plan 2023

Most people who care for someone with dementia like Alzheimer’s disease never think about this when they think about dementia care planning- how do YOU want to show up in caregiving. We sometimes just wait to see what the person with dementia does, or how the day unfolds to decide how we want to respond or how we will show up.

Instead, you can decide on the type of person you want to be in caregiving and then work on showing up as that person during your caregiving journey. No, it’s not easy - but the way things are going right now also isn’t easy. This way gives you the opportunity to grow. The choice is yours. Just because you’re caregiving doesn’t mean you can’t keep growing and improving. The questions I ask in this video aren't for everyone, it’s for the caregiver who wants 2023 to be a different experience than 2022 and who wants to keep the power they have in life situations.

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In case you haven’t met me, my name is Natali Edmonds and I am a board certified geropsychologist. I'm also the CEO of Dementia Careblazers- the 2022 Caregiving Organization of the Year. That means that I am a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with older adults. One day, while hiking a trail, I came up with the idea for Careblazers and I decided to see if posting videos online could provide help to the many other Careblazers in the world who don’t get to have help come directly to them in their homes. I hope that this work helps you in some way on your caregiving journey.
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[margretecortez]

I came across one od your videos almost a yr ago.. My Sister age 56 had a brain tumor in 2004 she had 2 surgeries within a yr. She had no difficulties from these surgeries. But they did say she would have early dementia. My mother started noticing it around 5yrs ago. I brought her home to live with me last Thanksgiving 2021. Unfortunately she was still staying by herself 10 hrs a day. And not doing well at all. She was forgetting to eat and falling. Then i found you 🥰 due to you advice I was able to get home care for her but financially that was all I could do. Then I decide the best thing for her well being was to find a good facility to place her in. And I did. She is happy and more responsive because she has someone to talk to. I see her almost everyday and take her out to see our mom, out to dinner, to dollar stores so she get her favorite snacks. He life has not ended just changed. I am So thankful that God has given you this amazing gift to share with us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️!!!!

[katpatt]

Absolutely have grown the most these past five years having my mom with dementia live with me. She'll be going into the nursing home tomorrow. As I look back we had a lot of rough moments, but I can say I'm proud of whom I've become! Thanks for all the helpful videos. Couldn't have done it without you ❤️

[smiley]

I want to thank you for all the information I got from your channel over the last 8 weeks, so much help and insight, I will be eternally grateful, you showed me how to understand and deal with "stuff". My dearest Aunt, Bridget passed away 14th December, I had never witnessed dementia prior to her diagnosis a couple of months before she passed. It all happened so fast but your videos made it possible to keep her at home up to the last minute. Thank you for that, I should say, she was more than an Aunt, she came to live with my family the week I was born, 62 years ago, my Mother was in full time work in the family business and continued working up to her death 2 years ago. Therefore my Aunt was like a Mother figure, except she never said a bad word to me that I can remember, she pulled me from an ice puddle when I was a wee child, I spent hours trying to make my way out of that puddle before she came along and reached her hand out to me, and slowly guided me out. When she was dying, I took that same hand and thanked her for every bit of care she had shown me in my lifetime, I also selfishlessly asked her to look after our nieces and nephews who have taken a path in life that is not what you want for your family. Please God, she will continue to look for us her family. I miss her.

[BTNomad]

Today was one of those "mental toughness" days. I signed my 58 year old sister up for hospice. She has Dementia with Lewy Bodies, corticobasular degeneration, Parkinson's, a stroke that messed up how her brain processes what it sees, and to top it off, she has aphasia. Dr. Natalie, because of your teachings, I knew that getting her signed up with hospice as soon as possible is the best thing I can do for her right now. It broke my heart, but I know she will get so much more care now. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[eversunnyguy]

Yes...mental toughness is very important in adverse conditions. It took me lot of time to get to that point.

[lindagraham]

Thank you, you are the hug we do not get.

[loisfromohio]

Thank you very much for your advice. Yes the neurologist said what was wrong, but you give us the tools to deal with the situation. THANK YOU

[rosariomateu]

My mother, at the age of 81 under, went surgery to coil two aneurysms of the brain, the large of which had caverns. She was diagnosed with vascular dementia 2020. I hope my strengths kindness and compassion will help me heal. She currently had another urinary track infection and suffered a physical decline. Sad time
Thank you for your videos.

[Everpoz]

Dealing with a family member who suffers Dementia and another with Bipolar and this video came at the right time. Although we may know these qualities, we can use reminders. Thank you 😊 💓

[KerrysPassion]

Fantastic message of hope that I most definitely needed to hear! Finding myself burned out towards the end of 2022 along with having Covid-19 has been a rough road the past couple of weeks. Thank you!

[genebuhman]

Thank you for the helpfulness of your comments over the years that I have been able to watch and listen. I was able to take care of my wife during the most difficult last 5 years of her alzheimer's. Almost all of your information was very helpful. She passed 2 months ago at 67.

[earlbenton]

Thank you for your tips and thoughtfulness. Earl had lewy body and Alzheimer's, for the last 2 1/2 years, 83 y.o.
Hardest job ever being his caregiver. You gave me strength. He passed on Dec 23.
Thank you
Carol

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Thank you! I am not a patient person by nature, the way I was raised. I am trying to find that balance between dealing with my teenage son’s issues at hand while dealing with my mother’s many issues. I tell myself to be positive and patient everyday. Working on it, day by day.
Thank you again.

[KAVIANSTREET]

I need to work on patience and compassion. When my mom starts telling me something, I immediately start analyzing what parts might be real and what parts might not.

[rajkagolub]

Thank you so much for being an active support for all caregivers round the world. I watch you from Italy and it helped me a lot.
I do hope you will continue to support us next year.
Wishing you a very happy new year.

[TheDWZemke]

Love the video. The key for me is to know I need to be prepared for a full blown test that will start everyday at about 3:00 PM and may happen for t h e next 30 years. It will start with me hearing words, like "Shut up" and "You need to listen to me" transulation, I can not hear you or process what you are saying. The intresting part is she, my wife, may have asked me t h e same question 3x+ times and I have responded appropriately 3x times but she is unable to process the answer. Best of luck to you the care giver.

[jfaulk]

I watch at least one of your videos every day. They have helped me with my husband who has just been diagnosed with vascular dementia. My greatest battle has been with the car keys when he wants them. Yes he did buy the car, yes the car is in his name and he made the money to buy it. But I can't give him the keys, because he would take off to the hardware store to get more keys made. His license has been pulled. I can't reason with him. I have never heard you address the key/car issue, yet it seems to be the most important "right" or freedom he has lost, and he wants it back. I can't allow it, he was pulling out in front of cars. But, changing the subject from the keys/car isn't affective. Help me here, please.

[jozeflak]

Amazing message than you for your video

[laundrygoddess]

Such great information. Adorable cameo by the fluffy tailed sweetie in the back 🤣🤣

[nerissathieler]

Thanks so much for your encouraging videos! They help me so very much at this difficult time!🙏