The Most Important Dementia Care Video Of 2023

If you are caring for a loved one with any type of dementia, then this is the most important video you can watch. Mary cared for her husband with Alzheimer's disease who at the time of this interview passed away 1 week earlier. She shares how she went from despair to joy and jam packs in amazing tips she used to help her along the way. Seriously, you don't want to miss a minute as she sprinkles them in throughout our entire talk.

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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. In my job, I help people with dementia, and their caregivers, by visiting them in their own homes and helping them cope through the many struggles of caring for someone with dementia. I have always wanted to help more people than is possible for me in a work day. 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 do this in my spare time. I hope that this work helps you in some way on your caregiving journey.
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[djoni]

Thank you so much. You don’t know how much it is going to help me as a caregiver of my husband with dementia -alzheimer. He is 82 years old and I am 64.
I have been learning by myself how to take care of him. But listening to this video, or will help me a lot.

[s.wilson]

My Dad became a big teddy bear with Lewy Body & I was his caregiver & the only person he didnt know! He would ask me my name then say he had a daughter with the exact same name!! Told him it was a small world & he would kiss my hand & smile. He would ask to go home & I would take his hand & guide him from family room to his bedroom & he would tell me how grateful he was that I took him “home”❤️❤️😢

[margithammer]

I think dementia has reduced anxiety in my mom because she can't track anything long term. Its made her nicer.

[PamelaHoward-dt]

I am very surprised that Mary was told not to visit for 2 weeks...No longer that way in Australia and how can the person settle if EVERYTHING and EVERYONE they know disappears...

[nattyleecarter]

Asking for help is so hard, I know how that feels. I am not good at asking for help, I think it is normal to try to do it all and keep it all together without relying on anyone else.

[jelizabethpetrie]

Boy did Mary nail it when she said Our Loved One’s are Mirrors! What you Give is what you Get…The Dementia Gift Phrase of the Year🎉
This is Pure Gold.😊

[joybaal]

This video is my life 😢❤️ My story is Mary’s ❤️ My hubby is loving and kind
Hubby just started to want to go home
I tell him we will soon, we are house sitting for G Kids
I too put hubby in Memory care, my experience was as great as Mary’s
I am thrilled I brought hubby home
Thx you Mary for sharing your story ❤️

[srnaribe]

Oh my! Praise Jesus for this channel..I've been your silent subscriber since 2020. I'm learning a lot, as I live this life taking care of my hubby with dementia too. 40 years difference.

[FF]

Bless you both. many things you said are true for me and my caring for my wife. We have been married for almost 60 years.

[janetbradbury]

What a tremendous blessing to hear Mary's story. Thank you so much. This is the path I'm learning with my loved one. We smile and laugh and pray and hug and kiss more than before in 30 year marriage. Instead of getting angry with him I have to accept these are his limits so plan with him for getting help in. We discuss the caregiver for my disability, the gardener and maintenance workers so he understands why they are in his house and yard. He even talks to them about the way to repair something. He has learned to trust me. I have learned to ask him questions about his odd behavior and come up with acceptable solutions to his needs. He refuses to go to a doctor. He still drives and does a lot of things. He does copy me. If I relax he can relax.

[kaysalyer]

I’m learning so much about the language of dementia thanks to you and your guests. Thank you; you’re such a blessing ❤

[lindahajduk]

This has helped so much. I have felt so alone trying to deal with my husband's dementia.

[SunshineKane]

I learned to ‘speak Alzheimer’s’ It’s a complete different language. I speak English, Spanish and Alzheimer’s!❤

[patbell]

This is the first of Mary's videos I have seen. It's probably the most helpful video I have seen so far. Thank you so much! I plan to listen to as many as I can locate. :)

[donnaallgaier-lamberti]

What an amazing story. I understand the feeling of "thinking he was getting better....we had that for many years and then he changed not in a good way. Mary your attitude is amazing. I don't know how you were so patient or so positive.

[sherylcammarato]

I just love your videos. I'm going back and watching lots of them. My mom is in a memory care facility after me having her for six months and then a neighbor telling me that I was not qualified to take care of her and that made me get the courage to put her in a facility. She hates it. She's angry all the time. She is so lost. I hate this disease. But I love your videos. Thank you for doing them.

[neerarattan]

Thank you so much for sharing your story, which has made my life brighter and not darker. I just experienced for the first time my mums condition today. I felt so sad but now I'm so happy to hear this and change my perspective on the disease called dementia.

[reneevenner]

All of this makes so much sense, and I totally see the difference in behavior when you can just roll with everything. My struggle is that I'm 41, mother of 5 children (ages 5-14) and was caring for my mother in-law in our home. Having to live in what I called "nonsensical world" at the same time needing to be present for my kiddos was taking me to a breaking point. MIL is now in a facility and I feel so much relief but partially guilty. I know she doesn't want to be there. I wanted to be able to care for her, but maybe have realized that in our chapter of life right now, we need help and can't live "both ways." She is safe and we are only a couple hundred yards away so visit very often. We can be the fun people and not the obstacles for her now. So many mixed emotions... but I so very much appreciate tuning into videos and continuing to learn.

[kevingrimbeek]

Sorry, I had to stop watching this because it brought tears to my eyes.😢

[sherryann]

Thank you so much! Mary is amazing. I watched another video you did with her and that one was also great. She’s so inspiring. I know she learned much of these things from your course. Thank you Dr Natalie for the free information you give for those who can’t purchase the course at this time. I just want Mary to know that telling her story is helping others. It’s a gift to those of us searching for help.