Becoming Your Loved One's CFO: Essential Finance Tips for Dementia Caregivers
You've never balanced a checkbook, and now you're suddenly responsible for someone's entire financial life. Join Host Dawn Platt as she tackles one of caregiving's most overwhelming challenges: steppi...
7 Aug 202515min
This Wasn't My Role: When Dementia Forces New Responsibilities on Caregivers
What happens when dementia suddenly forces you into roles you never imagined you'd be in?Host Dawn Platt shares a heart-wrenching encounter with a couple facing this exact crisis—when decades of divid...
31 Jul 202516min
Life After Dementia Loss: How True Memories Replace the Pain
In this deeply moving episode of The Disappearing Mind, host Dawn Platt shares a revelation that will transform how you think about grief and memory after losing someone to dementia. Over a year after...
24 Jul 20255min
The Memory Care Decision: Why Moving Your Loved One Isn't Giving Up
The moment has arrived—whether triggered by a fall, wandering episode, or simple caregiver burnout—and you're facing the heart-wrenching decision to move your loved one into memory care. In this deepl...
17 Jul 202523min
From Declining to Thriving in Memory Care Communities
What if memory care isn't just about safety and medication management, but about preserving dignity, creating daily moments of joy, and building meaningful connections? In this eye-opening episode, Na...
10 Jul 202527min
Family Conflicts Series Episode 8: When Dementia Affects Family Traditions
When the Thompson family gathered for their first holiday since Mom's dementia diagnosis, what should have been a joyful reunion turned into heartbreak. Emily insisted on the elaborate dinner they'd a...
3 Jul 202516min
Family Conflicts Series Episode 7: When One Sibling Carries All the Weight
In this latest episode of our family conflicts series, we tackle one of the most common yet painful dynamics in dementia caregiving: sibling resentment. "Where were you when I needed help?" It's a que...
26 Jun 202511min
Family Conflicts Series Episode 6: "You Said You'd Never Put Me in a Home" - A Spouse's Heartbreak
When 74-year-old Linda whispers "I can't do this" to her daughter about caring for her husband Henry's mid-stage Alzheimer's, she reaches the crossroads every dementia caregiver dreads. After 52 years...
16 Jun 202512min
