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Chronological archive of all podcast episodes.

361. How Christian Caregivers Know IF Dad’s Weight Loss Actually Requires More of You

360. How Christians Understand Dementia When Someone You Love Is Still Here But So Much Keeps Getting Lost

359. Should You Correct Your Husband with Dementia at His Doctor’s Appointment?

358. After Dad With Dementia Stops Driving: What Else Changes?

357. How Christian Caregivers Know What Has to Change When Mom’s Healthcare Provider Says She Needs More Supervision

356. How Christian Caregivers Recognize When More Information Is Actually Needed

355. How Christian Caregivers Keep Important Care Information From Getting Lost With Andrew Karesa

354. How Christian Caregivers Know When What They Know Isn’t Enough

353. How Christian Caregivers Know When Waiting Is Reducing Their Options

352. How Christian Caregivers Know When “Asking for More” at Memory Care Is Really Asking for Basic Care

351. How Christian Caregivers Know When Shower Refusal Means the Bathing Routine No Longer Works Reliably

350. How Christian Caregivers Recognize When Mom Still Attends Appointments But You Now Manage Them

349. How Christian Caregivers Sort Through Too Much Dementia Care Advice

348. How Christian Caregivers Can Know So Much About Dementia and Still Feel Stuck

347. How Christian Caregivers Reject Therapeutic Lying When Dementia Makes Deception Sound Compassionate

346. How Christian Caregivers Prepare Ahead When All the Care Depends on Them

345. How Christian Caregivers Know What Needs To Change When Caregiving Starts Taking Over Their Life

344. How Christian Caregivers Struggle When You Promised You’d Never Use a Facility — And Then Need To

343. How Christian Caregivers Scramble When You Cannot Leave Them Alone Anymore — Even Briefly

342. How Christian Caregivers Lose Perspective When They Keep Doing More But Things Keep Working Less

341. How Christian Caregivers Keep Searching for the Legal Paperwork — While No One Can Make the Decisions

340. How Christian Caregivers Handle Dementia Mealtime Problems — When Your Loved One Refuses Food and Drink

339. How Christian Caregivers Keep Trying to Calm the Bathing Battles — While the Care Needs Keep Increasing

338. When You Keep Explaining the Bank Accounts — And Nothing Is Sticking

337. Dementia Wandering at Night — Why Locks Aren’t Solving What Happens When She Leaves the House

336. When She Wakes Up Confused and Calls You Every Morning — And It Keeps Happening

335. How Christian Caregivers Feel Guilty About Needing a Break — And Delay What Needs to Change

334. How Christian Caregivers Seek Legal Clarity When the Hard Part Is the Decision

333. How Christian Families Delay Decisions While Waiting to “Know What Stage of Dementia This Is”

332. How Christian Caregivers Face a Hard Shift When Their Own Diagnosis Changes Dementia Care

331. How Christian Spousal Caregivers Lose Authority After “Keeping the Kids in the Loop”

330. How Christian Caregivers Get Stuck After Moving In to Help a Parent With Dementia

329. How Christian Families Decide What to Try Next Without Deciding What Happens If It Fails

328. How Christian Caregivers Manage Dementia From a Distance Until It Is No Longer Safe to Continue

327. How Christian Caregivers Try to Manage Dementia at Home When the Real Decision Is Structural.

326. How Christian Caregivers Evaluate Ministry After Dementia Redefines What’s Possible

325. How Christian Caregivers Handle It When Their Loved One Tells the Doctor Things That Aren’t True

324. How Christian Caregivers Make Wise Safety Decisions When You Suspect Dementia AND Clarity Is Missing

323. How Christian Caregivers Accept Being a Dementia Caregiver—and Mistake Acceptance for Action

322. How Christian Caregivers Can Stop Burning Out When Church Ministry Collides With Dementia Care

321. 5 Ways How Faithful Christian Caregivers Get Stuck — Even When Their Theology Is Sound

320. How Christian Caregivers Can Respond Wisely When Mom Can’t Ask for Help —Recognizing When Safety Requires Constant Supervision

319. How Christian Caregivers can know What Faithful Caregiving Requires When Theology Isn’t the Problem

318. How Christian Caregivers Can Respond Without Guilt When Mom Says “I Want to Go Home” Truth-and-Grace Discernment for Safety and Dignity

317. How Christian Caregivers Can Face Overwhelm When Everyone Needs Them — Finding Stability in an Unchanging Savior

316. How Christian Caregivers Can Release Fear About the Year Ahead With Dementia — Wisdom for What You Can’t Control

315. How Christian Caregivers Can Face Grief and Guilt at Christmas – Seeing God With Us in the Middle of Dementia

314. How Christian Caregivers Can See Holiday Guilt Clearly When Dementia Disrupts Plans

313. How Christian Caregivers Can Respond Calmly When Every Conversation Feels Hard

312. How Christian Wives Can Take Over Finances When Their Husband Has Dementia — Practical Steps to Start Wisely and Avoid Overwhelm

311. How Christian Caregivers Can Carry Heavy Burdens They Never Chose — Finding Steadfast Joy in Christ

310. How Christian Caregivers Can Make Wise Decisions When a Loved One with Dementia Refuses Help

309. How Christian Caregivers Can Carry Heavy Dementia Burdens Without Collapsing

308. How Christian Caregivers Can Honor Truth When a Parent with Dementia Accuses Them of Stealing

307. How Christian Caregivers Can Become Grateful for a Role They Never Wanted

306. How Christian Caregivers Can Feel Secure Using LTC Insurance

305. How Christian Caregivers Can Reduce the Load When Family Needs Keep Growing

304. Can a Christian Caregiver Move a Parent With Dementia Who Refuses?

303. How Christian Caregivers Can Prepare Wisely When Dementia Begins — Medicaid Planning Basics

302. How to Stop Fearing the Future Dementia Decline — Christian Caregivers and Anticipatory Grief

301. How Christian Caregivers Can Speak Up When the Healthcare System Doesn’t Listen — Protecting Dignity in Dementia Care

300. Stop “Therapeutic Lying”: How to Answer “I Want to Go Home” with Truth and Grace

299. Talking to Your Brother About Mom’s Dementia — How to Share Concerns Without Causing Conflict

298. How Younger Spousal Caregivers Can Plan Wisely for the Future – Finding Peace Instead of Guilt

297. How Christian Daughters Can Prepare Wisely When Dementia Leaves the Paperwork a Mess — Legal Clarity Made Simple

296. Christian Caregivers: Beat Fear & Guilt — Find Help You Can Trust

295. How Christian Caregivers Can Stay Strong When They Feel Worn Thin — Faithfully Stewarding Self-Care

294. How to Handle Frustration When Dementia Caregiving Doesn’t Go as Planned

293. How To Honor Your Husband With Dementia As A Christian Wife

292. How to Keep Connection When Dementia Caregiving Gets Emotional

291. How To Go From Resentment To Contentment As A Dementia Caregiver

290. How to Build Support as a Solo Christian Dementia Caregiver

289. How To Change Caregiver Burden To Christian Stewardship In Dementia

288. How To Cope When Christian Dementia Caregiving Starts In Chaos

287. Can You Be More Ready To Be A Dementia Caregiver?

286. How To Receive Help as a Christian Dementia Caregiver Without Guilt

285. How to Make Wise Decisions as a Christian Dementia Caregiver

284. How to Communicate Differently in Late-Stage Dementia Without Frustration

283. How to Keep Trusting God When You’re Too Tired to Keep Going

282. How To Recognize What Caregiving Costs Your Other Relationships

281. How Being a Dementia Caregiver Changes Your Perspective of God

280. How To Quit Feeling Guilty When Your Loved One Isn’t Happy In Dementia Caregiving

279. How To Know If A Dementia Caregiver Support Group Is Actually Helping You

278. How To Avoid The Most Expensive Mistake Dementia Caregivers Make

277. How To Not Panic When Your Loved One With Dementia Falls

276. How to Truly Help the Dementia Caregiver — When You’re Not the One in Charge

275. How To Know Whether You Are Being Called To Be A Christian Dementia Caregiver

274. When You’re the Only One — How to Avoid Exhaustion in Dementia Caregiving

273. How To Keep Your Christian Faith When Dementia Isn’t “Fixed”

272. How To Care For A Loved One Alone As A Christian—Without Guilt, Burnout, or Regret

271. How to Wrestle With God About Dementia — Without Losing Your Faith in the Process

270. How to Trust Others (and Still Protect Your Loved One) as a Dementia Caregiver

269. How Revolutionary Christian Caregiving Is When Contrasted To The World

268. What You Need To Know When Your Husband With Dementia Has A Good Day as a Wife

267. How to Stop Burning Out as a Dementia Caregiver — By Using What You’re Actually Good At

265. If God Is Good, Why Is There Dementia?

264. How to Be a Dementia Caregiver When You Don’t Feel Ready (or Qualified)

263. How to Prioritize Time, Money, and Energy in Christian Dementia Caregiving

262. How To Still Be A Good Dementia Caregiver When You Can’t Be There All The Time

261. What Happens After Caregiving Ends? Why You Need a Plan Now

260. How to Be a Wife While Dementia Caregiving Your Parent

259. How To Make Dementia Caregiving Feel Easier By Defining Roles

258. How to Cope With Grief As A Dementia Caregiver While Your Loved One Is Still Alive

257. 3 Hidden Reasons Christian Caregivers Burn Out — And How To Stop It

256. How To Get Help When No One Else Really Understands Your Loved One With Dementia

255. How to Step Into Dementia Caregiving When You Didn’t Choose Caregiving

254. How to Make Hard Medical Decisions in Dementia Care

253. How To Not Feel Ashamed After A Dementia Diagnosis

252. Therapeutic Truth-Telling: A Better Way to Respond to Delusions in Dementia

251. How To Biblically Reframe Dying with Dementia With Hope

250. How To Really Help A Loved One With Dementia Sleep Better Without Fixing The Wrong Problem

249. How To View The World’s Lies About Dementia Biblically (Part 2)

248. How One Physician Juggles Full Time Dementia Caregiving and Family (Part 1)

247. How to Look Biblically At The Lies About Dementia The World Tells (Part 1)

246. Should You Move a Loved One with Dementia Into Your Home? Tough Love for Caregivers

245. Make Better Caregiving Decisions With This Christian Dementia Framework

244. How to Connect With a Loved One With Dementia—Even When They Forget Who You Are

243. How To Shift From The Medical Model To Relationship-Centered Dementia Care

242. Why Cognitive Decline Fluctuates in Dementia (and How to Support Your Loved One)

241. How A Biblical Approach To Dementia Caregiving Is Revolutionary In The World

240. How To Be Equipped for The Unexpected Crisis as a Dementia Caregiver

239. How To Be Prepared for The Unexpected Crisis as a Dementia Caregiver

238. Is Using Your Parent’s Money For Dementia Respite Care The Right thing To Do

237. Is Therapeutic Lying In Dementia Caregiving The Right Decision?

236. How To Balance Family, Caregiver Guilt, And Practical Dementia Care Decisions

235. How To Talk To Your Agitated Spouse With Dementia

234. How To Not Feel Stuck While Waiting On A Dementia Diagnosis

233. How To Avoid Sibling Conflict In Dementia Care

232. How to Transition Your Loved One with Dementia Away from Independent Medication Management

231. What Is The Burden Of Dementia Caregiving Really? Decision Fatigue

230. How To Reframe Dementia Caregiving From Frustration To Fun

229. What Is The Most Important In Dementia Caregiving? Saving Time, Money, or Effort?

228. How to Finally Get the Sleep and Dementia Caregiver Support You Need So You Don’t Burn Out

227. How to Prioritize in Dementia Caregiving: The 4D Method to Reduce Stress

226. Frustrated With Repeating Yourself? Here’s How To Bring Calm To Caregiving

225. What You Need To Know About Dementia Caregiver Guilt: It’s Not Your Fault

224. How To Let Go Of Dementia Caregiver Guilt and Shame

223. What You Need To Know About Dying With Dementia

222. Caring Out Of Obligation? How To Set Boundaries Without Guilt

221. What Siblings Of A Person With Dementia Need To Know To Be Helpful

220. Navigating Family Disagreements in Dementia Caregiving

219. Fundamentals For Bringing A Spouse Home From Rehab: What You Need to Know

218. Is It Time For Hospice Or Palliative Care In Dementia Caregiving? How To Know

217. 3 Dementia Caregiver Tips: How To Control Anger, Deal With Paranoia & Sundowning

216. Unusual Strategies: What You Need to Know When Your Caregivers Cause Dementia Aggression

215. Essential Tips: How to Manage Delusions in Dementia

214. Grieving After Dementia Caregiving: How To Heal In Supportive Community

213. Essential Tips: How To Communicate With Your Loved One With Dementia Without Lying

212. How to Have a Good 2025 Even When Dementia Caregiving

211. Know When Isolation In A Person With Dementia Is Detrimental

210. How To Have A Good Christmas While Dementia Caregiving

209. How To Manage Aggressive Dementia Responses: Tips for Spouses

208. How To Find Essential Dementia Caregiver Resources

207. Dementia Caregiver Support in Action: Emotional Support for One Spouse

206. Can Your Christian Faith Improve Your Dementia Caregiving Experience

205. Dementia Caregiver Support in Action: How to Provide Your Loved One The Best Support

204. How To Tell My Loved One They Have Dementia: Resources for Caregivers

203. Dementia Caregiver Support In Action: Advocating and Adapting

202. How To Be A Grateful Alzheimer’s Caregiver This Thanksgiving

201. How To See Dementia Caregiving As An Obstacle And Not Friction

200. Dementia Caregiver Support In Action: How To Be Resilient And Stress Less

199. How to Decrease Caregiver Stress Through Coaching

198. Grateful And Growing: One Year Of Supporting Christian Caregivers

197. How To Support Your Mom Living With Dementia And Still Work

196. How To Know What It Feels Like To Live With Dementia: Resources For Caregivers

195. How To Know If You Are Dementia Caregiving By Default Or By Design? Support For Caregivers

194. How To Thrive When Caregiver Anxiety Rules The Day: Support For Dementia Caregivers

193. How To Help The Alzheimer’s Decision Maker: Resources For Caregivers

192. How To Help When Your Loved One Says “Help Me, I’m Dying”: Support For Dementia Care

191. How To Love Yourself As A Dementia Caregiver

190. Dementia Caregiving For God’s Glory: How To Reform Your Thinking

189. How To Be Content As A Dementia Caregiver: Resources For Caregiving

188. How To Never Make These Dementia Caregiver Mistakes: Resources for Caregivers

187. How To Prepare For Dementia Care: Resources For Caregivers

186. How To Best Manage Finances in Dementia: Resources For Caregivers With Justin Chastain

185. How To Best Manage Repetitive Dementia Care Tasks: Resources For Caregivers

184. How To Best Manage Delirium In Alzheimers: Resources For Caregivers

183. Reflections On Hurricane Helene And Its Impact When Dementia Caregiving

182. Rethinking Challenging Behaviors in Dementia Care: How to Respond Effectively

181. How to Avoid Burnout in Dementia Caregiving: 5 Essential Strategies For Caregivers

180. Breaking the Cycle of Therapeutic Lying: A New Caregiving Method

179. How To Best Manage Family Dynamics: Resources For Dementia Caregivers

178. How To Best Manage Challenging Behaviors: Resources For Dementia Caregivers

177. How To Best Use Long Term Care Insurance In Dementia Caregiving With Luke Mangum

176. Why Being In Charge, Not Control, Makes Dementia Care Easier

175. How To Improve Emotional Resilience And Faith Using Relationship-Centered Dementia Care

174. How To Best Transition Living Situations: Resources For Dementia Caregivers

173. How to Embrace Your Future After Dementia Caregiving

172. How To Transform Dementia Caregiving From Struggle Into Success

171. How To Transform Any Activity Into A Meaningful Dementia Activity With Angela Fairhurst

170. How To Adjust Your Role And Become A Dementia Caregiver

169. How to Recover from Dementia Care: The Caregiver Recovery Strategy

168. How To Cope With Negative Emotions Of Being A Dementia Caregiver

167. How To Decrease Dementia Overwhelm: The Caregiver Reflection Question

166. Prevent Caregiver Burnout: How Chiropractic Care Improves Quality of Life with Dr. Ramon Pino

165. One Grateful Dementia Caregiver’s Reflection On A Labor Of Love

164. A Unique Way To Get Individualized Dementia Support: Coaching

163. How Preventing The First Fall In Dementia Is Vital For Quality Of Life With Dr. Pooja Patel

162. Dementia-Supported Cruise to Improve Your Quality of Life with Kathy Speer Shoaf

161. 5 Quick Tips For Dementia Caregivers About Hallucinations

160. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Hoarding Behaviors

159. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Sexually Inappropriate Behaviors

158. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Changing A Pull-up or Brief

157. 5 Quick Tips for Managing Anger and Aggression in Dementia Care

156. How You Can Leverage Technology To Prevent Alzheimer’s Or Dementia With Alisha Timon and Mandy Crow

155. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Sundowning

154. 5 Effective Tips to Handle Repetitive Questions in Dementia Care

153. 5 Quick Tips for Dementia Caregivers About Wandering

152. The Real Reasons Behind Caregiving: By Choice, Coercion, Or Persuasion?

151. Dementia Caregiving May Be Hard But It Is Simple

150. How One Man Improved His Positivity After A Diagnosis Of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Dementia With William Yeates

149. Caregiver Tips: How To Prioritize Dementia Caregiver Wellness

148. How To Know When Your Loved One Needs To Take A Dementia Driving Test?

147. Finding Grace and Joy in Dementia Care: Insights from “No Country for Old People” With Susie Singer Carter

146. How To Be The Best Caregiver For Your Loved One As A Young Adult Dementia Caregiver

145. How To Be The Best Caregiver For Your Parent With Dementia

144. How To Be The Best Caregiver For Your Spouse With Dementia

143. How Your Mindset In Dementia Caregiving Produces Positive Results

142. Dementia Caregiving Needs To Be Done, Not Perfect

141. How To Integrate Faith, Medicine And Dementia Into Your Healthcare Experience

10 Best Stress Management Tips For Dementia Caregivers

140. How One Woman’s Christian Perspective Changed Her Dementia Caregiving Journey

139. How Important Is Monitoring Dementia Caregiver Stress Levels?

138. Empowering Dementia Caregivers: Real-Life Strategies for Managing Challenging Behaviors

137. 5 Easy Strategies To Cope With Challenging Dementia Behaviors

136. 5 Tips How To Decrease Your Overwhelm In Dementia Caregiving

135. How to Easily Recover from Dementia Caregivers Grief with Heather Leigh

134. Debunking the Myth that Dementia is a New Disease

133. One Simple Solution For Dementia Wandering Inside the House

132. How to Stop Family Conflict in Dementia Caregiving

131. How Do Dementia Caregivers Contribute to their Caregiving Woes?

130. How to Know Whether Only Memory Loss Is The First Sign Of Dementia

129. Wine, Women and Dementia: How One Woman Found Community With Kitty Norton

128. How To Stage Dementia To Immediately Understand Challenging Behaviors

127. Why It Is Important to Tell People Someone Has Dementia

126. How To Find Your Community In Dementia Caregiving: Live Monthly Meet Up

125. How To Keep Your Brain Healthy As A Dementia Caregiver in 4 Basic Steps

124. Easily Help Your Parent With Dementia To Downsize and Move

123. Why It Is Important to Be Grateful During Dementia Care: Memorial Day Episode

122. How To Change The Outcome Of Challenging Dementia Behaviors

121. Memorial Day: 50 Easy Activities For Loved Ones With Alzheimer’s Or Dementia (Part 3)

120. Memorial Day: 50 Easy Activities For Loved Ones With Alzheimer’s Or Dementia (Part 2)

119. Memorial Day Activities for Family Caregivers of Loved Ones with Mild Dementia

118. Is It Important To Plan For Dementia Care Financially With Will Hoffman

117. Building A Legacy Of Love: Thriving In The Sandwich Generation With Christy Yates

116. What You Need To Be A Good Christian Steward Of A Dementia Caregiving Journey

115. What Do Dementia Caregivers Need Most: A Christian Perspective

114. Talking About Caregiver Burnout With Michelle Gordon

113. Dementia Caregiver Tips: What You Need to Know About Ethical Decision Making in Dementia Care

112. A New Perspective: Navigating in Reverse During Dementia Care With Anna Edmonds

111. The Best Neck Pillow for People Living with Dementia With Janice Shokrian

110. What Are The 3 Things To Never Do With Your Loved One With Dementia?

109. 3 Practical Tips And Tricks For A Stress-Less Dementia Caregiving Journey

108. Immediately Track Your Stress For Dementia Caregiver Long Term Health With Cindy Sim

107. Where To Look For Emotional Support In Alzheimer’s Caregiving

106. Overcoming Fear, Frustration And Fatigue: A Christian Perspective On Dementia Caregiving

105. How One Widower Found Loving Purpose After Dementia Caregiving With Dennis Dulniak

104. Is Resilience Important as a Christian Caregiver in Dementia Care?

103. The 3 Most Common Mistakes Christian Dementia Caregivers Make

102. How Designing Your Home Care Team Immediately Relieves Dementia Burden With Mike George

101. How to Prevent the “Battle of the Bathing” in Dementia Caregiving

100. Walking By Faith: One Christian Caregivers Dementia Care Journey

99. How One Simple Tool For Professional Healthcare Providers Can Make Dementia Caregiving Easier

98. One Mistake A Dementia Caregiver Makes By Not Traveling With Kathy Smith Shoaf

97. How Your Faith Informs Your Dementia Caregiving Journey

96. How & Where To Find The Best Caregiving Resources With Christina and Cindy Hardin-Weiss

95. Do You Need to Plan Ahead When Dementia Caregiving?

94. Are You One of the 60% of Dementia Caregivers Still Working Full Time?

93. Is It Important To Have A Dementia Specialist On Your Team?

92. How To Decrease Your Stress As A Dementia Caregiver Through Coaching

91. 4 Ways How to Find Support and Respite While Caring for a Loved One with Dementia

90. How To Cope with “Challenging” Dementia Behaviors Part 3 of 3

89. How to Communicate Well in Dementia Caregiving

88. How To Decrease Your Stress As A Dementia Caregiver

87. Can You Be Ready To Be A Dementia Caregiver?

86. How to Find Reliable Dementia Caregiving Resources With Traci Lamb

85. How to Know You Are a Dementia Caregiver

84. How to Prevent the “Battle of the Bathing” at Home with Jodi Bellam

83. Who Flies with You on Your Dementia Journey?

82. How To Navigate Dementia Caregiving with Less Stress in 4 Steps

81. What is All Home Care Matters?

Dementia 101: Unpacking the Baggage in the Cargo Hold of Your Journey

How To Confidently Make Medical Decisions For A Person With Dementia – Brittany Lamb

55. Navigating Dementia Care with Compassion and Understanding

80. How One Tool Prevented Medication Errors in Dementia Caregiving with Kimber Westmore

Is Dementia Really as Complex as It Seems?

79. How to Use Art in Aging and Dementia Caregiving With Mary Beth Flynn

78. MUSIC AND MEMORY: How to Make Meaningful Connections in DEMENTIA CARE

Navigating DEMENTIA with Care: Understanding the Three Stabilizers for a STRESS-LESS Journey

77. Why Someone With Dementia Really Needs Rehabilitation Therapy

76. How to Navigate End of Life as a Family Caregiver with Betsy Wurzel

Navigating the Journey: Empowering Strategies for Dementia Care

74. Do People With Parkinson’s Disease Always Develop Dementia?

74. How to Advocate for Parkinson’s Disease as a Family Caregiver: An Interview with Dr. George Ackerman

Navigating the Dementia Journey: Innovative Tools and Strategies for Caregivers

73. How One Family Caregiver Managed 3 Dementias At Once

Soaring High in Dementia Care: Embracing the Journey with Understanding and Empathy

71. How to Know What to Do First When Someone Is Diagnosed with Dementia

72. How To Maintain Your Own Health and Well-being as a Caregiver

70. How to Manage Dementia-Related Anxiety During the New Year