Virtual Caregiver Workshop: Preserving Your Loved One's Dignity When Caregiving Gets Messy

The reality of the caregiving journey is that it can be dark, messy, and emotionally exhausting. As a loved one’s disease or condition progresses, it can be more difficult to manage care while also preserving their dignity. This workshop addresses the difficult needs and behaviors that can come up unexpectedly and how to manage them with care and respect.

✔️ Preserving a Loved One's Dignity
04:10 Challenges of Caregiving and Day-to-Day Skills
07:55 Communication Strategies
11:25 Activities Around the House: Mealtimes, Bathing, and Dressing

✔️ Managing Incontinence with Dignity
23:57 Incontinence: Causes and Tips for Managing
32:29 Early Intervention

✔️ Dignity in Late Stage Care
33:55 Preserving Dignity in Late Stage Care
38:56 Monitoring Moods and Behavior Changes
42:47 Behavior Interventions

✔️ Hypersexuality in Dementia
51:06 Hypersexuality: Causes and Effects
1:02:46 Treatment and Intervention
1:06:20 Medications
1:10:27 Cognitive/Behavioral Interventions
1:17:10 Environmental Strategies: Redirection, Distraction, Engagement
1:25:27 Caregiver Coping Strategies

✔️ Expert Panel Discussion
1:28:57 Q&A and Discussion with Experts

For more information on the Caregiver Coalition and the caregiving resources available to you, visit http://www.caregivercoalition.org