Dementia Caregiving is Overwhelming—Here’s How to Make It Easier!

Beyond the Diagnosis: Living with Dementia

Nancy Y. Treaster

Education, Business, Mental Health, Non-profit, Health & Fitness

5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Overwhelmed? Exhausted? Feeling Lost? Let’s Change That. Caring for a loved one with dementia isn’t just challenging—it can feel impossible. But you don’t have to do it alone. In this powerful episode, Stacey Chillemi sits down with Nancy Y Treaster to break down real, practical strategies for dementia caregivers who are tired of feeling stressed, uncertain, and drained.

This isn’t just about caregiving—it’s about stepping into your role with confidence, knowledge, and the right mindset.

Inside this episode, we’re tackling:
✅ How to manage daily challenges without burning out
✅ The mindset shift that makes caregiving easier
✅ Essential tips for navigating tough emotional moments
✅ Where to find the resources and support you NEED

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the advisor with Stacey Chilemi, and I'm very excited today
0:07.6	because we have a very special guest on our show today.
0:10.6	She is the co-founder of the Caregivers Journey, and her name is Nancy Treister, and she is an amazing
0:16.7	woman who helps people that have family members and loved ones with dementia. And she's here today
0:24.3	to talk about some of the important factors about being a caregiver and different facts about
0:30.1	dementia and how to cope with people in your family or a loved one that you know that has dementia
0:35.7	that's part of your life and how to get through
0:38.3	it and different tips and strategies and tools that you could use in your daily life to make
0:42.9	it easier for you as a caregiver. And I just want to mention, you know, she had mentioned some
0:48.1	numbers that I think are very important. We have to really consider that there are 55 million
0:52.6	people in the world with dementia and 7.4
0:56.0	million in the US.
0:58.0	And she also had mentioned that it's growing and they expected to triple in the future.
1:05.0	And so we really, this is something that we really need to understand and we really need to really do what we can to help others and to be able to
1:14.4	help people we know who have dementia and also to learn maybe preventive ways on how we can
1:20.1	prevent dementia even if it's genetically in our families there are things you can do to help prevent
1:26.1	dementia you know health health-wise also.
1:29.2	So I'm going to give the path and the hat and whatever you want to say.
1:34.8	And, you know, I'm so honored to have you on the show.
1:38.3	I'm so honored what you're doing.
1:40.2	You know, it takes a lot to be a caregiver.
1:42.3	You know, I was a caregiver and I had caregivers, you know, when I was going through epilepsy,
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