Navigating Dementia Caregiving Roadmap V4 Steps 7-10 / Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias

Did your loved one recently receive a diagnosis of dementia? Have you already worked through the first six steps of the Navigating Dementia Caregiving Roadmap? If so, you’ve built a solid foundation, and it’s time to keep going.

We are Sue Ryan and Nancy Treaster. As caregivers for our loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, we created the Navigating Dementia Caregiving Roadmap to guide you through your caregiving journey. The roadmap has 20 steps, organized into three stages: in the beginning, the messy middle, and later on. (For more on all three stages, see Podcast and Blog 66.) You can find the full, interactive roadmap, along with a free downloadable digital guide, at thecaregiversjourney.org — just click the Caregiving Roadmap icon on the homepage. The roadmap also includes a self-assessment tool: five questions that will help you identify which stage of caregiving you’re in. Wherever you land, we recommend going back to look at the steps before that stage, so you don’t miss anything important.

In this episode, we’re covering steps seven through ten — still part of the “in the beginning” stage. If you haven’t worked through steps one through six yet, start there first (see Blog 68), since a lot of that early work is done side by side with your loved one.

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Full Show Notes

https://thecaregiversjourney.org/71-navigating-dementia-caregiving-roadmap-v4-steps-7-10-alzheimers-and-other-dementias/

Additional Resources Mentioned

• Support the nonprofit The Caregiver's Journey: https://give.cornerstone.cc/thecaregiversjourney
• The Caregiver’s Journey Navigating Dementia Caregiving Roadmap: https://roadmap.thecaregiversjourney.org/ Available as an interactive page on our website that walks you through the three stages of your dementia family caregiver journey. Includes the option to download the guide for free.

Takeaways

In this episode we covered steps 7-10 of the 20 step roadmap. 

The last of the steps in the In The Beginning stage.

• Step 7: Continue your education 
• Step 8: Start planning for the next stage of care
• Step 9: Investigate your local government community support
• Step 10: Evaluate driving risks

Read More in This Blog

https://thecaregiversjourney.org/71-navigating-dementia-caregiving-roadmap-v4-steps-7-10-alzheimers-and-other-dementias-2/