Christian Dementia Caregiving: Conversations To Ease the Stress, Overwhelm and Burden of Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care From A B

By Lizette Cloete, Christian Dementia Coach

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Are you a Christian Caregiver overwhelmed by the challenges of dementia or Alzheimer’s? Do you find yourself asking questions like: “How can I survive dementia caregiving?” or “What does dementia caregiving look like from a Christian perspective?” This podcast is designed for you. We offer real hope and help by providing practical, faith-driven solutions to make dementia care easier. Answering Your Most Pressing Questions: How to survive dementia caregiving? Caregiving is a long journey that can be emotionally and physically exhausting. This podcast helps you not only survive but thrive by grounding your caregiving approach in faith. What is dementia caregiving from a Christian perspective? Explore how Biblical principles can guide your caregiving journey, offering strength and hope even in the most challenging times. How do I care for elderly parents with dementia? Discover practical strategies for providing care that honors your loved ones, while managing the daily responsibilities that come with dementia caregiving. What are common dementia behaviors, and how do I manage them? Dementia can bring challenging behaviors like agitation or confusion. Learn how to manage these behaviors with grace and faith, using proven caregiving techniques and Biblical insights. How do I cope with dementia behaviors through faith? Faith can be a powerful tool in caregiving. We’ll discuss ways to keep your faith strong, helping you cope with even the most difficult dementia-related behaviors. What are the stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and how can I prepare? Understanding the stages of Alzheimer’s can help you prepare for what’s to come. We break down each stage, offering insight into what you can expect and how to care for your loved one. How do I know if my parent has dementia symptoms? Early detection is key. Learn about the common symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer’s so you can seek help and make informed decisions for your loved one. Can I practice self-care while being a dementia caregiver? Yes, and it’s essential. Caregiver burnout is real, and this podcast offers practical advice on balancing caregiving with self-care, so you can maintain your health while caring for someone else. How do I provide spiritual care for someone with dementia? Explore ways to integrate spiritual care into your daily caregiving routines, helping your loved one maintain their connection to faith even as their cognitive abilities change. When should someone with dementia go into a care home? Deciding when it’s time to transition your loved one to professional care is never easy. We discuss how to approach this decision with faith, peace, and clarity. What are the best Christian dementia support groups, and how can I find them? Connecting with a community that understands your journey is crucial. We guide you on where to find Christian dementia caregiver support groups that align with your values. What are the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease? We cover the symptoms of Alzheimer’s in detail, helping you recognize signs early and providing guidance on how to navigate the journey ahead. Why Christian Dementia Caregiving Is Different: Unlike other caregiving podcasts, Christian Dementia Caregiving offers a unique combination of faith-based caregiving and practical solutions. Grounded in Biblical principles, we provide strategies that help you manage the emotional, physical, and spiritual challenges of dementia caregiving. We address the specific needs of Christian caregivers, helping you: Find peace in your caregiving journey. Cope with stress using faith-driven techniques. Prepare for each stage of Alzheimer’s with confidence. Prevent caregiver burnout through faith and practical self-care strategies. Make difficult decisions about care homes, end-of-life care, and more with spiritual clarity. Join Our Christian Caregiver Community: Caregiving doesn’t have to be lonely. Through this podcast, you’ll find a supportive community of like-minded Christian caregivers who understand your struggles and offer the encouragement you need. Together, we can make dementia caregiving easier while glorifying God, despite the diagnosis. Subscribe and Connect: Subscribe to the podcast today to get regular insights and support. We cover everything from practical tips to faith-based encouragement, offering you the tools and hope you need to succeed in your caregiving role. Visit thinkdifferentdementia.com for additional resources, free workshops, and support to help you navigate your caregiving journey. Email: lizette@thinkdifferentdementia.com Website: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com May the Lord bless and keep you, and see you in the next episode.

Episode Date
187. How To Prepare For Dementia Care: Resources For Caregivers
Oct 23, 2024
186. How To Best Manage Finances in Dementia: Resources For Caregivers With Justin Chastain
Oct 21, 2024
185. How To Best Manage Repetitive Dementia Care Tasks: Resources For Caregivers
Oct 18, 2024
184. How To Best Manage Delirium In Alzheimers: Resources For Caregivers
Oct 16, 2024
183. Reflections On Hurricane Helene And Its Impact When Dementia Caregiving
Oct 14, 2024
182. Rethinking Challenging Behaviors in Dementia Care: How to Respond Effectively
Oct 11, 2024
181. How to Avoid Burnout in Dementia Caregiving: 5 Essential Strategies For Caregivers
Oct 09, 2024
180. Breaking the Cycle of Therapeutic Lying: A New Caregiving Method
Oct 07, 2024
179. How To Best Manage Family Dynamics: Resources For Dementia Caregivers
Oct 04, 2024
178. How To Best Manage Challenging Behaviors: Resources For Dementia Caregivers
Oct 02, 2024
177. How To Best Use Long Term Care Insurance In Dementia Caregiving With Luke Mangum
Sep 30, 2024
176. Why Being In Charge, Not Control, Makes Dementia Care Easier
Sep 27, 2024
175. How To Improve Emotional Resilience And Faith Using Relationship-Centered Dementia Care
Sep 25, 2024
174. How To Best Transition Living Situations: Resources For Dementia Caregivers
Sep 23, 2024
173. How to Embrace Your Future After Dementia Caregiving
Sep 20, 2024
172. How To Transform Dementia Caregiving From Struggle Into Success
Sep 18, 2024
171. How To Transform Any Activity Into A Meaningful Dementia Activity With Angela Fairhurst
Sep 16, 2024
170. How To Adjust Your Role And Become A Dementia Caregiver
Sep 13, 2024
169. How to Recover from Dementia Care: The Caregiver Recovery Strategy
Sep 11, 2024
168. How To Cope With Negative Emotions Of Being A Dementia Caregiver
Sep 09, 2024
167. How To Decrease Dementia Overwhelm: The Caregiver Reflection Question
Sep 06, 2024
166. Prevent Caregiver Burnout: How Chiropractic Care Improves Quality of Life with Dr. Ramon Pino
Sep 04, 2024
165. One Grateful Dementia Caregiver's Reflection On A Labor Of Love
Sep 02, 2024
164. A Unique Way To Get Individualized Dementia Support: Coaching
Aug 30, 2024
163. How Preventing The First Fall In Dementia Is Vital For Quality Of Life With Pooja Patel
Aug 28, 2024
162. Dementia-Supported Cruise to Improve Your Quality of Life With Kathy Speer Shoaf
Aug 26, 2024
161. 5 Quick Tips For Dementia Caregivers About Hallucinations
Aug 23, 2024
160. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Hoarding Behaviors
Aug 21, 2024
159. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Sexually Inappropriate Behaviors
Aug 19, 2024
158. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Changing A Pull-up or Brief
Aug 16, 2024
157. 5 Quick Tips for Managing Anger and Aggression in Dementia Care
Aug 14, 2024
156. How You Can Leverage Technology To Prevent Alzheimer's Or Dementia With Alisha Timon and Mandy Crow
Aug 12, 2024
155. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Sundowning
Aug 09, 2024
154. 5 Effective Tips to Handle Repetitive Questions in Dementia Care
Aug 07, 2024
153. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Wandering
Aug 05, 2024
152. The Real Reasons Behind Caregiving: By Choice, Coercion, Or Persuasion?
Aug 02, 2024
151. Dementia Caregiving May Be Hard But It Is Simple
Jul 31, 2024
150. How One Man Improved His Positivity After A Diagnosis Of Early Onset Alzheimer's Dementia With William Yeates
Jul 29, 2024
149. Caregiver Tips: How To Prioritize Dementia Caregiver Wellness
Jul 26, 2024
148. How To Know When Your Loved One Needs To Take A Dementia Driving Test?
Jul 24, 2024
147. Finding Grace and Joy in Dementia Care: Insights from "No Country for Old People" With Susie Singer Carter
Jul 22, 2024
146. How To Be The Best Caregiver For Your Loved One As A Young Adult Dementia Caregiver
Jul 19, 2024
145. How To Be The Best Caregiver For Your Parent With Dementia
Jul 17, 2024
144. How To Be The Best Caregiver For Your Spouse With Dementia
Jul 15, 2024
143. How Your Mindset In Dementia Caregiving Produces Positive Results
Jul 12, 2024
142. Dementia Caregiving Needs To Be Done, Not Perfect
Jul 10, 2024
141. How To Integrate Faith, Medicine And Dementia Into Your Healthcare Experience With Dr. Nakeisha Rodgers
Jul 08, 2024
140. How One Woman's Christian Perspective Changed Her Dementia Caregiving Journey
Jul 05, 2024
139. How Important Is Monitoring Dementia Caregiver Stress Levels?
Jul 03, 2024
138. Empowering Dementia Caregivers: Real-Life Strategies for Managing Challenging Behaviors
Jul 01, 2024
137. 5 Easy Strategies To Cope With Challenging Dementia Behaviors
Jun 28, 2024
136. 5 Tips How To Decrease Your Overwhelm In Dementia Caregiving
Jun 26, 2024
135. How to Easily Recover from Dementia Caregivers Grief With Heather Leigh
Jun 24, 2024
134. Debunking The Myth That Dementia Is A New Disease
Jun 21, 2024
133. One Simple Solution For Dementia Wandering Inside the House
Jun 19, 2024
132. How to Stop Family Conflict When Dementia Caregiving
Jun 17, 2024
131. How Do Dementia Caregivers Contribute To Their Caregiving Woes?
Jun 14, 2024
130. How to Know Whether Only Memory Loss Is The First Sign Of Dementia
Jun 12, 2024
129. Wine, Women and Dementia: How One Woman Found Community With Kitty Norton
Jun 10, 2024
128. How To Stage Dementia To Immediately Understand Challenging Behaviors
Jun 07, 2024
127. Why It Is Important to Tell People Someone Has Dementia
Jun 05, 2024
126. How To Find Your Community In Dementia Caregiving: Live Monthly Meet Up
Jun 03, 2024
125. How To Keep Your Brain Healthy As A Dementia Caregiver in 4 Basic Steps
May 31, 2024
124. Easily Help Your Parent With Dementia To Downsize and Move
May 29, 2024
123. Why It Is Important to Be Grateful During Dementia Care: Memorial Day Episode
May 27, 2024
122. How To Change The Outcome Of Challenging Dementia Behaviors
May 24, 2024
121. Memorial Day: 50 Easy Activities For Loved Ones With Alzheimer’s Or Dementia (Part 3)
May 22, 2024
120. Memorial Day: 50 Easy Activities For Loved Ones With Alzheimer’s Or Dementia (Part 2)
May 20, 2024
119. Memorial Day: 50 Easy Activities for Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients (Part 1)
May 17, 2024
118. Is It Important To Plan For Dementia Care Financially? With Will Hoffman
May 15, 2024
117. Building A Legacy Of Love: Thriving In The Sandwich Generation With Christy Yates
May 13, 2024
116. What You Need To Be A Good Christian Steward Of A Dementia Caregiving Journey
May 10, 2024
115. What Do Dementia Caregivers Need Most: A Christian Perspective
May 08, 2024
114. Talking About Caregiver Burnout With Michelle Gordon
May 06, 2024
113. Dementia Caregiver Tips: What You Need to Know About Ethical Decision Making in Dementia Care
May 03, 2024
112. A New Perspective: Navigating in Reverse During Dementia Care With Anna Edmonds
May 01, 2024
111. The Best Neck Pillow for People Living with Dementia With Janice Shokrian
Apr 29, 2024
110. What Are The 3 Things To Never Do With Your Loved One With Dementia?
Apr 26, 2024
109. 3 Practical Tips And Tricks For A Stress-Less Dementia Caregiving Journey
Apr 24, 2024
108. Immediately Track Your Stress For Dementia Caregiver Long Term Health With Cindy Sim
Apr 22, 2024
107. Where To Look For Emotional Support In Alzheimer's Caregiving: Dementia Caregiver Tips
Apr 19, 2024
106. Overcoming Fear, Frustration And Fatigue: A Christian Perspective On Dementia Caregiving
Apr 17, 2024
105. How One Widower Found Loving Purpose After Dementia Caregiving With Dennis Dulniak
Apr 15, 2024
104. Is Resilience Important as a Christian Caregiver in Dementia Care?
Apr 12, 2024
103. The 3 Most Common Mistakes Christian Dementia Caregivers Make
Apr 10, 2024
102. How Designing Your Home Care Team Immediately Relieves Dementia Burden With Mike George
Apr 08, 2024
101. How to Prevent the "Battle of the Bathing" in Dementia Caregiving
Apr 05, 2024
100. Walking By Faith: One Christian Caregivers Dementia Care Journey
Apr 03, 2024
99. How One Simple Tool For Professional Healthcare Providers Can Make Dementia Caregiving Easier With Chris Kelsey
Apr 01, 2024
98. One Mistake A Dementia Caregiver Makes By Not Traveling With Kathy Smith Shoaf
Mar 29, 2024
97. How Your Faith Informs Your Dementia Caregiving Journey
Mar 27, 2024
96. How & Where To Find The Best Caregiving Resources With Christina And Cindy Hardin-Weiss
Mar 25, 2024
95. Do You Need to Plan Ahead When Dementia Caregiving?
Mar 22, 2024
94. Are You One of the 60% of Dementia Caregivers Still Working Full Time?
Mar 20, 2024
93. Is It Important To Have A Dementia Specialist On Your Team?
Mar 18, 2024
92. How To Decrease Your Stress As A Dementia Caregiver Through Coaching
Mar 15, 2024
91. 4 Ways How to Find Support and Respite While Caring for a Loved One with Dementia
Mar 13, 2024
90. How To Cope with "Challenging" Dementia Behaviors Part 3 of 3
Mar 11, 2024
89. How to Communicate Well in Dementia Caregiving Part 2 of 3
Mar 07, 2024
88. How To Decrease Your Stress As A Dementia Caregiver: Angela Verrips' Story
Mar 04, 2024