A Passion for Distraction

#FindingBeautyInIllness #SupportingFamilyCaregivers #HonestDiscussion

Lori La Bey talks with Allene Symons who is the author of Love in a Time of Caterpillars: A Memoir of Monarchs and Caregiving. She has worked as a journalist, editor, and college instructor and is the author of three previous books. She has lived in San Francisco and New York and currently makes her home in Long Beach, California.

Learn:

1. Tips for caring for a spouse or partner with dementia.
2. Ideas to distract or redirect a person living with dementia.
3. Is it ok to distract yourself as a care partner on the dementia journey?
4. What happens when the caregiver gets sick themselves?
5. Can you plan ahead of time for workarounds to avoid getting sick yourself as a care partner?
6. A Nat or a FireFly – What Do You See
7. To focus on something to do and something to look forward to.
8. Loving Lies – How They Work and Why They Are Important
9. When and how to hire help to care for your loved one.
10. How to protect a loved one’s independence and dignity.
11. The Monarch Gardens- a national movement.

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