"Wow, he sounded so great on the phone." They mean well, but they didn't see the other 23 hours. Five things most people will never tell you about dementia caregiving.
"I'm burdening my family." A Careblazer asked for help and felt guilty, but the guilt came from that thought, not from asking. Over a hundred caregivers shared guilt like this with me.
Maybe showers don't have to be daily, and the clothes don't have to match. I asked Careblazers for their best advice for someone just starting out. These are the tips that stood out.
You don't want your loved one to die. You don't want them to keep living like this, either. That messy middle is one of 13 griefs caregivers rarely say out loud.
Shopping for a white truck, you suddenly see white trucks everywhere. The same filter in your brain decides what you notice in caregiving, and it takes its orders from your thoughts.
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I once got furious at a knob on my dad's steering wheel, a knob that was there to help him. Snapping over the silliest things is one of five things caregivers rarely admit.
A young mom caring for a parent with dementia asked me what she could do. Most help she'd found was for spouses. Raising kids at the same time brings five pressures of its own.
92 hours a month. That's how much care the average dementia caregiver gives. Caring for someone with dementia is different, and the numbers on stress, health and work show how much.
I spent a day crying on and off, and I'm not a crier. Everything I know as a psychologist didn't stop that pain. It was never supposed to. Feeling your feelings is never wrong.
