Still Time for Joy
Still Time for Joy features practical advice for weathering life's storms, and inspiring stories of resilience.
Host Sandra Levine interviews experts on caregiving, trauma, grief, and other intense challenges to provide a road map for survival. Heroes and healers, adventurers and innovators encourage you to pursue more self-care, reflection, connection, and fun—and your own unique and joyful purpose.
Sandra is a television producer, filmmaker, and speaker who spent 20 years as a caregiver, first for her husband Michael, who had a brain injury, and then for her mother Dorothy, who had Alzheimer's Disease. She created this show to share lessons learned from those experiences to help you get through difficult times, too.
Still Time for Joy is also available as a video podcast on YouTube @SandraLevineProd
Still Time for Joy
Tips for Dealing with Grief for Dementia Caregivers
Grief is an inevitable part of the caregiver journey, especially in dementia caregiving. Grief may not be acknowledged as people living with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are still present, even as caregivers watch with despair as they slip away, often over the course of many years.
Caregivers also grieve the changes to their own lives, as dementia caregiving can quickly become all-consuming, and exact a heavy financial toll, significantly altering the way caregivers expected to live their lives.
Deb Hallisey, certified dementia practitioner and caregiver advocate, explains several experiences of grief that may be a part of the caregiving journey: ambiguous loss, anticipatory grief, and grief relief. She also outlines strategies caregivers can use to help alleviate sadness, including accurately naming feelings, seeking support—online or in-person—therapy, journaling, and more.
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Watch Still Time for Joy as a video podcast on YouTube @SandraLevineProd
