My Dad Was Diagnosed With Lewy Body Dementia with Erika Martin
Self-Helpless
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Delanie Fischer is joined by Erika Martin, who shares about her dad’s diagnosis with Lewy Body Dementia — how it’s impacting her family, resources and logistics for immediate and long-term care, and how she’s grieving and coping. If someone you love has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, this episode has so much to offer, and is part of our series, "Subscriber Stories."
Plus:
+ Finding The Right Support Group For You
+ Erika’s Favorite Quote For Tough Days
+ 3 Things Helping Erika In Her Day-To-Day
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When A Family Member Has Dementia with Kelsey Cook: https://www.selfhelplesspodcast.com/episodes/episode/24621f0a/when-a-family-member-has-dementia-with-kelsey-cook
Rethinking the 5 Stages of Grief with Krista St-Germain: https://www.selfhelplesspodcast.com/episodes/episode/2fc9f314/rethinking-the-5-stages-of-grief-with-krista-st-germain
Caregiver Burnout: https://www.selfhelplesspodcast.com/episodes/episode/246fddd8/caregiver-burnout
Compounded Grief: Coping With Multiple Losses At Once with Stephanie Edwards: https://www.selfhelplesspodcast.com/episodes/episode/250aef7a/compounded-grief-coping-with-multiple-losses-at-once-with-stephanie-edwards
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| 0:30.7 | I'm no good I taking good advice and I'm self-careless so don't tell me twice that lately |
| 0:41.0 | I've been so stuck in my head |
| 0:44.6 | that I forget just about everything my therapist said |
| 0:49.0 | maybe I'm self-helpless |
| 1:10.6 | maybe I'm self-helpless. Maybe I'm self-help-help-help-help. Maybe I'm self-helpless I'm Delaney Fisher and today I'm chatting with Erica Martin who is part of our series called subscriber stories, |
| 1:14.7 | where listeners are writing in and then sharing their stories with all of us on the podcast. |
| 1:20.8 | If you'd like to apply to be on the podcast for part of this series, we are |
| 1:24.5 | reopening submissions in May of 2025. Stay tuned. I'll keep you posted. So today |
| 1:30.4 | Erica is sharing about her dad's diagnosis with Louis Body dementia, how it's impacting |
| 1:36.2 | her and her family, the logistics around his care, the resources that have been incredibly helpful, |
| 1:43.0 | including how to find the right support group for you |
| 1:46.0 | and how important it was for Erica |
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