Kait Giordano on Raising a Baby While Caring for Parents With Dementia

Kait Giordano is raising a baby while caring for both parents with dementia.

In this episode of From Guilt to Good, Jeanette Yates talks with Kait Giordano, co-founder of The Melty Middle, about life inside the sandwich generation and what it really looks like to build a home, routine, and family life around dementia care.

Kait shares how caregiving became part of her life long before motherhood, beginning with her grandmother and sister, and later continuing as both of her parents were diagnosed with dementia. After her father, who has Alzheimer’s, had already moved in with her, Kait learned that her mother could no longer live alone — and just two weeks later, she found out she was pregnant.

That moment forced Kait and her husband to rethink almost everything: their home, their layout, their safety systems, their routines, and the way they helped her parents stay involved in daily life. From moving into a house with two main-floor bedrooms to adding cameras, gates, an induction stove, and even raising the dishwasher so her mom could still help, Kait’s story shows how care can be built into the home with intention.

Together, Jeanette and Kait discuss multigenerational living, dementia care at home, Alzheimer’s care, parenting while caregiving, preserving autonomy, balancing safety with dignity, and the emotional reality of living where “first words and forgotten words collide.”

They also talk about why dementia does not take every ability at once, why structure matters more than a strict schedule, and why caregiving does not mean putting your life on hold.

This episode is for sandwich generation caregivers, dementia caregivers, adult children caring for aging parents, parents caring across generations, and anyone trying to keep living while caring for the people they love.

In this episode, we talk about

• How Kait’s caregiving story began
• Caring for both parents with dementia
• Finding out she was pregnant while caregiving
• Moving homes to make dementia care work
• Creating safety systems for aging parents and a baby
• Why they chose an induction stove
• Raising the dishwasher so her mom could still help
• Preserving dignity and autonomy in dementia care
• Why dementia does not take every ability at once
• Balancing safety and independence
• Parenting while caregiving
• Life inside the sandwich generation
• Building structure without needing a strict schedule
• Why care happens in all directions
• Why caregiving is not putting your life on hold

Guest bio

Kait Giordano is the co-founder of The Melty Middle, a platform focused on rethinking how families approach care across generations. Living in the sandwich generation, Kait is raising a young child while caring for both of her parents with dementia at home. Through The Melty Middle, she shares the ethical, practical, and emotional realities of multigenerational living, dementia care, and building a family life around care, dignity, and continued participation.

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