Archive for: March 8, 2021

Every person that we care for is different from another person who has the exact same diagnosis. No two people will have the same experience with dementia. This is a brain disease and our brains are strange and complex organs. Since everyone who lives with dementia is an individual with a life of family, work, experiences and stories that are only theirs. No one else has the same life. That means that 2 caregivers will not have the same experience. And no 2 people living with dementia will have the same experience. No family will have the same experience. We must make our care personalized. distinctive. unique. Caregiving is not a 1 size fits all occupation. We must make it work for ourselves and the person we love….