Gifts for people living with dementia
Know-How in "It Takes a Village"
Is your neighbor living with dementia and you don’t know how to reach out? Is there a couple from church that has stopped coming and you know he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, what can you do? Caregiving can be very lonely. You can help in so many ways.
Info about Dad (2:48 min.)
Sometimes we as family members need to help others to help us. Having card with information about our loved one can make it easier for others to interact with persons living with dementia. Sample card is in the Resource section of this site under PDF’s…
Helping a Neighbor (3:28 min.)
How can you help a friend, a neighbor or anyone you know who is a caregiver? Here is a list that you can print out. https://beinginthemoment.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/How-to-Help-a-Caregiver-2.pdf…
Tagged in: helping a caregiver, what can I do to help?
Interview: Growing Up With Grandma (14:17 min.)
Grace Carter grew up with her Grandma living with dementia. She never knew otherwise. She was diagnosed when Grace was 2 and passed away when she was 19. Sonya Barsness interviews her about what that was like….
Tagged in: best friend, children and Alzheimer's
Visiting Virtually (27:26 min.)
We created this because of the COVID virus to help families and communities on how to visit. But a lot of this is relevant for anytime….
What is Respite Care? (3:04 min.)
This video is by our friend Daphne Johnston at Respite For All Foundation. After working 15 years as an executive director in senior living administration, Daphne Johnston was happy to step into the non-profit world of the faith community. She was asked to develop a volunteer model to provide…