Last week, we had to make the hard decision to move my Mom out of our home where she has been living with my husband and sons into a lovely Adult Family Home. I have a lot of confidence in the owner who runs this home. And of course, our convinction of this decision is tested daily by the barrage of phone calls that we can receive from my Mom. A couple days after this move, my sister and I were introduced to the Teepa Snow YouTube videos and I just have to say "WOW!". They are an eye opener - full of fantastic information presented in a great way that our whole family can relate to and understand. I wish I had seen these a year ago! Today I am going with my teen sons for our first visit since the move. And after watching Teepa's "Making the visit count" videos, I feel that not only can I survive this, but that we have tools to make the visit count for her and us. Yes, I am still scared of the outbursts and the accusations and tears, but I know in my heart that this was the right step for her, for my family and for my health. I just want to share the info of these videos to as many people as possible. Wish me luck!!
I also found that by taking notes of each videos, I found over and over tidbits that I didn't notice.
Thank you for introducing me to Teepa Snow, I will need to view her other videos.
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She's a national dementia and Alzheimer’s care expert.