Dementia Caregiver Video Library
Clear Education • Practical Caregiving Help
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia can bring new questions every day.
Why are they doing that? Why doesn’t explaining seem to help anymore? Is this change part of dementia? What should I be watching for?
The Dementia Caregiver Video Library was created to help you find clear, easy-to-understand answers to those questions.
In these videos, I explain the WHY behind dementia and share practical caregiving tips you can use at home.
You can start with the first video and work your way through the library, or choose the topic you need help with today.
🧠 Start Here: Understanding Alzheimer’s & Dementia
If you are new to dementia caregiving, this is a great place to start.
Understanding what dementia is — and what it isn’t — can make many of the changes you are seeing easier to understand.
Alzheimer’s vs. Dementia: What’s the Difference? What Every Caregiver Needs to Know
People often use the words Alzheimer’s and dementia as if they mean the same thing, but they don’t.
In this video, I explain the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia in simple terms, along with some of the different diseases that can cause dementia.
Understanding this difference gives you an important foundation for everything else you will learn about dementia care.
🧠 Understanding the Changing Dementia Brain
Once you understand what dementia is, the next step is understanding what it is doing to the brain.
Dementia is much more than forgetting.
Changes in the brain can affect communication, reasoning, judgment, decision-making, emotions, behavior, and the ability to complete everyday tasks.
What Dementia Really Does to the Brain (And Why Behavior Changes)
Why can’t they just follow the directions? Why does explaining sometimes make things worse? Why are they suddenly struggling with something they have done for years?
The answers often begin with the changing brain.
In this video, I explain how dementia affects more than memory and how those brain changes can show up in everyday life.
When you begin to understand what is happening inside the brain, many of the things happening on the outside start to make more sense.
💜 Changing Your Approach to Dementia Care
Once dementia changes the way the brain receives and processes information, we may need to change the way we communicate and provide care.
Sometimes a small change in our approach can make a big difference in their response.
Why Your Approach Changes Everything in Dementia Care
Your approach begins before you ever say a word.
Your facial expression, tone of voice, body language, speed, words, and timing can all affect how a person living with dementia responds.
In this video, I share practical ways to slow down, connect first, communicate more clearly, and make everyday caregiving interactions easier.
Remember:
Calm. Connect. Care.
🔎Understanding Dementia Behaviors
One of the hardest parts of dementia caregiving can be trying to understand behaviors that seem confusing, repetitive, or completely out of character.
But the behavior usually isn’t the whole story.
It may be a clue.
Dementia Behaviors: What Is Your Loved One Trying to Tell You?
Instead of only asking, “How do I stop this behavior?” I encourage caregivers to ask another question:
“What is my loved one trying to tell me?”
Pain, hunger, fear, overstimulation, boredom, illness, medication changes, difficulty communicating, and changes in the environment are just some of the things that can affect behavior.
In this video, I show you how to start thinking like a Dementia Detective by looking for clues and patterns that may help you find the WHY behind a behavior.
Look for the clue.
Write it down.
Watch for the pattern.
💜 Where Should You Start?
If you are new to dementia caregiving, I recommend starting with the first video and working your way through the library.
Each lesson builds on an important idea:
1. Understand what dementia is.
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2. Understand how dementia changes the brain.
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3. Change your approach to match the changing brain.
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4. Look for the WHY behind dementia behaviors.
You don’t have to learn everything at once.
Start with what you need today, and come back when you’re ready for the next lesson.
More Dementia Caregiver Videos Are Coming
This Dementia Caregiver Video Library will continue to grow.
I’ll be adding more videos about dementia stages, communication, behaviors, doctor visits, daily care, tracking changes, caregiver challenges, and other topics families face while caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
Bookmark this page and come back as the library grows.
💌 Get Weekly Dementia Caregiver Tips
Would you like more dementia caregiving help?
Join me for Pearls of Wisdom for Dementia Caregivers, my weekly newsletter created to help you better understand dementia and feel more prepared for the changes that may come.
Each week, I share simple explanations, practical caregiving tips, and resources you can use while caring for someone you love.
Dementia Is More Than Forgetting
There is a lot to learn when someone you love has Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
But you don’t have to learn it all today.
The more you understand about how dementia changes the brain, the easier it becomes to stop asking:
“Why are they doing this?”
and start asking:
“What might their brain be having trouble with right now?”
That small change in how you look at dementia can make a big difference in how you provide care.
Larea McQueen, RN
Alzheimer’s In Your Home