Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Support: Messages to Remember

If you’re caring for your loved one with FTD, chances are good that you need frontotemporal dementia caregiver support. Here are messages you need to remember:

1. YOU are just as important as your loved one.
2. Thank you for ALL of your LOVE, SUPPORT and CARE.
3. The goal is surviving the Alzheimer’s and Dementia journey without it being at the expense of your physical, mental and emotional well-being.
4. Conserve your energy and P A.C.E. Yourself!
5. Repeat after me: “The disease is causing your loved one to behave this way” which means you’re not at fault or to blame and neither is your loved one.
6. Sometimes doing what is best for your loved one is doing what is best for you.
7. Give yourself permission to trial and error – often figuring out what works is by figuring out what doesn’t work.
8. You are doing the best you can under the circumstances.
9. May the Universe bless all your devotion and compassion each and every day.
10. Create a support network – know your limitations and ask for help when you need it.

If you need dementia caregiver support, please join my dementia support group or schedule your 30-minute consultation.