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8. Preparing Young Adults for a Family Member’s Dementia: Four Essential Tips
When a close family member is diagnosed with dementia, it can be uniquely challenging for young adults to navigate this new reality. We are Nancy and Merritt Treaster. When Merritt

7. Home Safety: Three Essential Tips / Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
We are Nancy Treaster and Sue Ryan. Through our experiences as caregivers for our family members and loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, we’ve learned ensuring home

6. Leaving Your Care Receiver Alone: Six Essential Tips / Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
You’re going to wish you knew about the fifth tip for managing your loved one’s independence much earlier! As caregivers for family with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, we’ve learned that

5. Removing Driving Privileges: Four Essential Tips / Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
If you can successfully leverage tip one in this episode you will have an easy path to taking away the car keys. As caregivers for our husbands, parents, and other

4. Wandering: Ten Essential Tips / Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
I wish I had known about this child proofing tip before I spent so much money on locksmiths. In this episode we talk about wandering. As caregivers for family with

3. Communication – in the Beginning: Four Essential Tips / Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias / Practical Tips and Candid Conversations
You are going to wish you knew about the third tip in this episode much earlier! As caregivers for our husbands, parents, and other loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and

2. Memory Loss: Four Essential Tips / Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
Does it feel like a punch in the gut every time you realize something new your loved one has forgotten? As caregivers for our husbands, parents, and other loved ones

1. Meet Our Podcast Team – Why a Podcast for Dementias Family Caregivers
We are Sue Ryan, Nancy Treaster, and Merritt Treaster. In this episode we’re introducing ourselves to you and sharing why we are so passionate about bringing you practical tips and