Month: January 2020

One of the emotions we, as caregivers, have to deal with is guilt. It is a powerful force which can cause us all sorts of difficulties. We feel guilty because we can’t do anything to fix this. We can’t make our loved ones better. No matter how much we do, it never seems to be […]

Hallucinations – seeing, hearing, touching, tasting or smelling things that are not there – are a common phenomenon in people with dementia. In Alzheimer’s disease they usually occur in the later stages. Those with Lewy Body Dementia are likely to experience them earlier in their disease. Most of my mother’s imaginary visitors were friendly and […]

If you have one parent taking care of their spouse it can be hard to get them to accept help. There can be many reasons for this. A lot of people I talk to say that they know how busy their adult children are and they don’t want to add any more burdens to their […]

One of the biggest problems for caregivers is when their loved one won’t sleep. This is often the final straw for people and one of the main reasons why they decide that keeping them at home is no longer possible. If the loved one is not sleeping, very often nobody else in the house is […]