Preparing Young Adults for a Family Member's Dementia: Four Essential Tips / Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
The Caregiver's Journey
Sue Ryan and Nancy Treaster
5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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When a close family member is diagnosed with dementia, it can be uniquely challenging for young adults to navigate this new reality. We are Nancy and Merritt Treaster. When Merritt was in his early twenties, his dad, who was 60 at the time, was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia. A few short years later, his grandfather, at the age of 85, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Merritt’s experiences led us to create this episode to help other young adults. He has distilled his thoughts on how to be better prepared into four essential tips for young adults facing a family member’s dementia diagnosis.
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Young adult, teenager, boundaries, incontinence, Alzheimer's, dementia, caregiver, caregiving, dementia care, memory care, dementia caregiver blog, Alzheimer's blog, caregiver blog, senior caregiver blog, dementia caregiver tips, how to care for someone with dementia living alone, information on dementia for caregivers, how to be a caregiver for someone with dementia, family caregiver, frontotemporal dementia, dementia caregiver tips, family caregiver, Sue Ryan, Nancy Treaster, Susan J Ryan, Merritt Treaster
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Whole Care Network, |
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| 0:39.2 | legal advice. And thank you for listening to the Whole Care Network. |
| 0:52.2 | I wish I've been more prepared for the ways that my relationship with my dad and my grandfather were going to change after they were diagnosed with dementia. |
| 0:59.6 | In this episode, we're talking about helping young adults be more prepared when a family member has been diagnosed with dementia. |
| 1:08.6 | We're sharing four tips. |
| 1:14.7 | You ready? I am. Welcome. We're Sue Ryan and Nancy Treister. This podcast brings our years of experience in a variety of family |
| 1:19.7 | caregiving roles to prepare you to navigate your caregiving journey. We're sharing our |
| 1:24.5 | personal experiences, not medical advice, and because it's our passion to support you on your journey, we believe no topic is off limits. |
| 1:33.3 | We're bringing you practical tips and candid conversations about the good, the bad, and yes, the ugly in family caregiving. |
| 1:43.3 | Let's get started. |
| 1:48.2 | Merritt, you were about 21 when your dad was diagnosed. |
| 1:52.8 | You were in college, off to college, but you were in the same city. |
| 1:57.3 | So you got to see him periodically then. |
| 1:59.4 | Tell me what you remember from that time. |
| 2:01.6 | Well, I remember after he was diagnosed that it came as quite a bit of a shock, not because we didn't know something was wrong. It was obvious that something was wrong. But because I had convinced myself that it was something else. I did not think that someone who was just 60 years old could have a former dementia. I was much more used to the idea that dementia and Alzheimer's were a disease of your late 70s and 80s. Like Pap. Like Pap, who, you know, eventually down the road my dad's dad uh got that version of |
| 2:37.5 | alzheimer's which i kind of was my um perception but uh after the diagnosis i remember feeling like |
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