Care for Alzheimer’s & Dementia Loved Ones Like a Pro: 8 Expert Tactics for Calm, Connection & Safety

Beyond the Diagnosis: Living with Dementia

Nancy Y. Treaster

How To, Parenting, Kids & Family, Education, Business, Mental Health, Non-profit, Health & Fitness

5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Feel like you’re improvising every day and still falling short?
In this actionable episode, host Stacey Chillemi teams up with dementia-care specialist [Guest Name] to deliver the professional-grade playbook family caregivers need. Walk away with clear, step-by-step tactics that protect your loved one’s dignity and your own well-being. Listen to discover:

A gentle “Cue-Card Method” that turns confusing tasks into stress-free routines
Room-by-room safety upgrades that lower fall and wandering risks in minutes
How to build a Daily Rhythms Chart that reduces sundowning and sleep struggles
Simple sensory activities proven to spark joy, memory, and conversation
The CARE Loop for handling agitation without arguments or added medication
Smart tech and community resources that lighten your load (often free!)
A two-part self-care formula that keeps burnout, guilt, and compassion fatigue at bay
Legal & medical checkpoints every family should handle before a crisis hits

Whether you’re brand new to dementia care or refining routines after years on the job, this episode hands you the professional secrets to create a safer home, a calmer loved one, and a healthier you. 👉 Helpful insights? Tap Follow on Spreaker, leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts, and share the link with a friend who’s caring for someone with memory loss.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to The Advisor with Stacey Chilemi.
0:06.1	Today I'm really excited because we have a very special guest on the show.
0:09.9	Before we begin, I just want to give a quick shout out to Speaker and to IHeart Radio and
0:14.1	also to YouTube, for sponsoring us and making this video and this podcast happen.
0:19.6	I'm really excited about this. We have, like I said,
0:22.3	a very special guest. She has her own podcast on our channel, so it's called The Caregivers Journey,
0:27.2	and I want you to check out the podcast because it's an amazing podcast. It's an organization
0:32.1	that helps people with dementia, and Nancy Tresta is the founder, and she she's here today and we're going to talk a little
0:38.8	about the foundation and about dementia and different things that could help you and your family
0:44.2	if you any of your care your members of your family or loved ones suffer from dementia I'm really
0:49.7	excited to have you here I love your story I just want to you know how everybody learn a little about you want to, you know, have everybody learn a little about you.
0:55.3	So before we begin, can you just tell everybody a little about you and the foundation itself?
1:01.0	Yes. Thank you so much, Stacey. And once again, thanks for having me.
1:05.0	We are a nonprofit, the caregiver's journey, and our goal is to help dementia family caregivers with
1:13.3	practical resources to really tackle day-to-day dementia caregiving challenges. And so that's
1:20.8	really all we're out to do is just get the word out that there is help and there is information
1:25.9	that will help them tackle the day.
1:28.8	And that's, you know, that's really what dementia family caregivers struggle with.
1:33.6	I love that. Now, could you share your personal caregiver story? Because it's such a beautiful story.
1:39.5	And, you know, and what the circumstances were that led you to become a caregiver.
1:44.4	Thank you. Yes. So my father was diagnosed with Parkinson's.
1:50.2	About 25 years ago, he passed away about a year ago from Parkinson's. And that was a long
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