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It’s our mission to make dementia caregiving easier for families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, lewy body dementia, vascular dementia, or any other type of dementia. We believe that in order to create a more dementia friendly world, we must first create a caregiver friendly world. That's why we create free educational training videos like this one so that anyone with an internet connection can get access to dementia care information.

Are you feeling overwhelmed and stuck in your caregiving journey? It's time to challenge the misconceptions that might be holding you back. In this video, we're diving deep into the three biggest lies about caregiving and how they can impact you. 

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• Why striving for your loved one's happiness at all costs can be detrimental. 
• The importance of prioritizing your own health and well-being.
• How to break free from the belief that your loved one with dementia needs to change.
• Practical tips for dementia caregivers. 

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What difficulties develop when a child becomes a caregiver to their own parent? Studies show that young caregivers make up at least 12% of Canadian youth. One of these young people is Kristie Mar. At just 16 years old, Kristie set aside a significant part of her adolescence to become the sole carer for her mother, who was navigating schizophrenia and anorexia. The medical professionals, counsellors, and groups from whom she sought assistance, however, never gave her the title of “caregiver.” As such, it took her years to think of herself in this way or discover the resources that search term could unlock.

Today, Kristie is a medical student and an active participant in this community. She wants to help increase awareness and resources for fellow adolescents who are thrust, so often unprepared and unsupported, into the role of caregiver for their family members.

Hear the difficulties a young caregiver faced, caring on her own, including:

• The impact of expanding the narrow definition of “caregiver” to better identify young caregivers
• Where to uncover resources that help reduce the deep sense of isolation
  The many facets of childhood that are lost to young caregivers
• Strategies for maintaining mental health while balancing childhood and a very adult responsibility

Resources:

• Powerhouse program for young caregivers - https://www.familycaregiversbc.ca/young-caregivers-2
• Managing expectations - https://www.familycaregiversbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Managing-Expectations-April-2020-1.pdf
• Episode 11 How to Use Writing for Healing and Self Care -  https://www.familycaregiversbc.ca/podcast/episode-11-how-to-use-writing-for-healing-and-self-care
• Episode 14 Creativity as a Form of Self Care -  https://www.familycaregiversbc.ca/podcast/episode-14-creativity-as-a-form-of-self-care
• Family Caregivers of BC Caregiver Support Line - 1-877-520-3267 (Monday through Friday 8:30am to 4pm PT)
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