March 4, 2021

That Thing About Dementia and The Caregiver

That Thing About Dementia and The Caregiver

In this episode we’re going to learn the importance of caregiving especially with somebody with dementia, and why the caregiver to not forget to take care of themselves. This is our 78th episode, but it actually was recorded as the very first episode and never published until now. It’s very personal to us and we wanted to share it with you. My wife Diane and I were the primary caretakers for her father who been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, we took him in when he was 70 years old, which is significant and why we decided to post it on our 70th episode. we cared for him for last 18 months of his life. I’m about to share Our journey with taking care of somebody with Lewy body dementia, The importance of caregivers, Hospice and end of life care for someone you love. We’re going to learn firsthand from Jody Khotum A professional family care consultant https://beforeyougopodcast.com