Notices by Ian Kremer (lead_coalition@mastodon.world)

If a loved one's oldest memories are clearest and happiest, join them there.

#Alzheimers #dementia #happiness #kindness

It is time to shed the #prejudice of low expectations and embrace the potential for living fully with #Alzheimers disease and other forms of #dementia.

(image: @LEAD_Coalition) #quote

#Caregiving isn’t always a choice. But how you give care and how it changes what you value in life, those are choices.

#dementia #Alzheimers #quote

Please encourage everyone to communicate with — never talk past — the person living with #Alzheimers disease or another form of #dementia.

#respect #HumanRights #quote

If you are a caregiver plagued by self-doubt, know that you are valuable, you deserve support for your own needs, you are not alone. If others don’t offer help, ask them. If they don’t know how to help, tell them.

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #quote

Precisely because caregiving can be all-consuming and overwhelming, the moments of quiet respite, are precious and indispensable. For yourself and for your loved one, making that time for #selfcare is paramount.

#mindfulness #meditation #mentalhealth

#Caregiving changes you, sometimes suddenly, often painfully. It also can reveal truth, #kindness, compassion, love.

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #quote

Please re-Tweet if you agree: Becoming a skilled, patient and empathetic caregiver can be an equally painful and indispensable experience.

#Alzheimers #dementia #quote

#Caregiving can be a day-by-day battle to overcome self-doubt. We are stronger when we acknowledge even our smallest victories.

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #quote

Family isn’t always blood. Keep your heart open to friends, neighbors, fellow congregants and others who accept you for who you are and will be there for you no matter the changes that come.

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #quote

As carers, we all have rough days, weeks, or months. Rough for ourselves, rough for our loved ones. If we are fortunate, we discover #resilience to try again.

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #quote

All too often in #caregiving, we strive for perfection and struggle to forgive ourselves for anything less. We do best by our loved ones when we release our guilt, accept the limits of our endurance, and do what we must to restore ourselves for tomorrow.

#Alzheimers #dementia

Even behind the veil of #dementia, we are loving, thinking, feeling human beings.'

#Alzheimers #poetry

#Selfcare is not an indulgence, it is a necessity.

#mentalhealth #Alzheimers #dementia

Ever-mindful that while we all are in the same storm, we are not in the same boat.

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #kindness #quote

At its core, good #caregiving is about finding a way to communicate — listening, watching and empathizing — to learn and respond to what the other person wants, needs and feels.

#Alzheimers #dementia #kindness #compassion

The joys children bring to those living with #dementia

#Alzheimers #happiness #kindness

People living with #dementia need our #empathy, not our judgment.

#Alzheimers

10 Things Not to Say to a Caregiver

#Alzheimers #dementia #BeKind #kindness

When someone talks past a person living with #Alzheimers disease or another form of #dementia as if he or she isn't even there, suggest this: “We are not here on earth to see through each other, we are here to see each other through."

#kindness #leadership #love #quote