DON'T LET DEMENTIA BE A CONVERSATION HOG

Welcome to the place where I share dementia tips, strategies, and information for family members caring for a loved one with any type of dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy Body dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, etc.)

Today’s video talks about how to have pleasant conversations with others WITHOUT letting dementia take over the entire conversation. Whether you talk about dementia non-stop or whether you don’t want to talk about dementia at all, this video will help you let your friends know what you prefer. If you’ve lost touch with many of your friends since caring for your loved one with dementia, then this video will give you a way to reach back out to them.
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In case you haven’t met me, my name is Natali Edmonds and I am a board certified geropsychologist. 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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[barrynewton]

Wonderful video! Great advice. What about some suggestions on what to say to someone you haven’t told about your LOWD?

[sarahstrong]

Dear Dr Natali, I love the two paintings of dogs. Did you paint them? S

[lowellgocharian]

All she does is continually talk about her dead relatives no matter what you say to her they're dead, they're alive, they're sick, they live too far away, they can't come visit she does not believe any of us she wants to fight and argue and when she does understand, it only last a minute. Then it's totally forgotten it's just non-stop I don't know where she gets all this energy she doesn't even talk about the live people she insist that she sees them and they're here.. her mom and dad died 50 years ago and she's still talking to them today I don't know what to do in this case like this.. it's so exhausting people don't even call her anymore because they're tired of listening to her.. it's sad her own family won't even talk to her or help out .. they all seem to have their own problems..