Dementia Care Hacks found in Hardware and Office Supply Stores
Dementia care is never easy. Knowing dementia care hacks may be the difference between dying before your loved one or finding joy in the small moments that will last you a lifetime.
Steve Gurney, ProAging Podcast, invited me to speak to his audience about Dementia Home Care. We discussed how to prepare a home for caring for someone with dementia using common items from your local hardware or office supply store. We delve into the power of routine when caring for someone with dementia and the tools to make it easier. And we take a deep dive in how to prevent wandering.
No two people with dementia will react the same way. Every caregiver’s style of care is different. The dementia care hacks we discuss should be tailored to your loved ones needs and personality.
Thank you Steve for inviting me to be a guest on your podcast!
About the Positive Aging Podcast
Steve Gurney is the founder of the Positive Aging Community and founder and publisher of the ProAging Sourcebook and Retirement Living Sourcebook serving the mid-Atlantic region. Since 1990, he has connected communities making finding housing, aging in place solutions, and resources more convenient by linking older adults, families and providers via the most comprehensive and trusted resources in print and digital formats.
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Tracy Cram Perkins is a dementia caregiving survivor and blogger. For sixteen years she cared for four family members with dementia plus other health issues. Caring for her parents provided the nucleus of Dementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During, and After. She experienced the depression, anxiety, and guilt which comes with dementia care and recognized each person’s journey with dementia follows a different path. Her book grew from the questions presented by family members and friends overwhelmed by caregiving challenges and the frustration of not being able to find caregivers hands-on answers in one book.
In that same vein, Tracy believes that the sound of our laughter and the memories we create with others are the most important things we leave behind. She believes laughter is an important part of the caregiving equation.