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The Caregiver's Journey

Navigating Grief Throughout Caregiving: Six Essential Tips / Alzheimer's and Other Dementias

The Caregiver's Journey

Sue Ryan and Nancy Treaster

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5.0 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Have you noticed yourself feeling sad when your loved one can't remember their phone number? Do you find yourself withdrawing from friends or losing patience more easily? These feelings might be grief—and you may not even realize it's happening.

We are Sue Ryan and Nancy Treaster. As caregivers for our loved ones with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia, we've learned that grief doesn't only come after our loved one passes away. It's present throughout our entire caregiving journey, from the moment of diagnosis through each individual change along the way.

The good news is that understanding grief—recognizing it, honoring it, and learning to move through it without getting stuck—can transform how we experience our caregiving journey. Today we're sharing six essential tips to help you navigate grief with grace and compassion.

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https://thecaregiversjourney.org/47-navigating-grief-throughout-caregiving-six-essential-tips-alzheimers-and-other-dementias/

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0:00.0

This is the Whole Care Network, helping you tell your story one podcast at a time.

0:16.5

Content presented in the following podcast is for information purposes only.

0:22.8

Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests

0:28.1

and may not represent the views and opinions of the Whole Care Network.

0:33.2

Always consult with your physician for any medical advice.

0:36.9

And always consult with your attorney for any legal advice. And always consult with your attorney for any legal advice.

0:40.6

And thank you for listening to the Whole Care Network.

0:51.3

Have you noticed that grief doesn't wait until your loved one is gone?

0:55.8

It's with us our entire caregiving journey.

1:00.2

Sometimes it's like a wave that knocks us down.

1:04.2

In this episode, we're talking about what it means to move through grief along your caregiving journey. And we're sharing six

1:13.7

tips. Welcome. We're Sue Ryan and Nancy Treister. This podcast brings our years of experience in a

1:21.6

variety of family caregiving roles to prepare you to navigate your caregiving journey.

1:26.5

We're sharing our personal experiences, not medical advice, and because it's our passion to support

1:32.5

you on your journey, we believe no topic is off limits. Let's get started.

1:41.3

Nancy, as caregivers, we know grief is something we're going to feel after our loved one passes away.

1:48.5

However, we may not realize that there are many places along our journey where we're actually grieving.

1:54.8

From the moment of the diagnosis, through each individual change, through the anticipation of what's going to come, and then as we let go of what used to be.

2:07.9

That's really tough.

2:09.3

Today we're going to talk about how to recognize grief, how to give yourself grace,

2:15.3

lots of grief, during grief, and how to not get stuck in grief.

2:20.4

So we're going to start with tip one.

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