The Program
Nine modules on anticipatory and ambiguous grief in dementia caregiving, grounded in dementia-caregiving research, with concrete steps you can try today alongside space to reflect. Go in order, or skip to whatever feels most relevant right now — there's no wrong way to use this.
Module 1
Understanding Anticipatory & Ambiguous Grief
Why it's possible to grieve someone with dementia before they die — and how the losses arrive one stage at a time.
About 12 min read
Module 2
When They Don't Know You: Grieving Memory and Recognition
What to do with the specific grief of being forgotten, mistaken for someone else, or met with a blank look where recognition used to be.
About 11 min read
Module 3
Acceptance & Redefining the Relationship
Moving toward what's true, and finding concrete new ways to stay connected as the relationship changes.
About 11 min read
Module 4
Guilt, Ambivalence, and the Person You Knew
Why relief, frustration, and love can all be true at once — and how to loosen guilt's grip on specific dementia-caregiving moments.
About 11 min read
Module 5
Coping with Hard Moments: Agitation, Aggression, and Sundowning
Understanding difficult behaviors as symptoms, not character — and specific ways to protect your own heart when caregiving turns hard in the moment.
About 12 min read
Module 6
Finding Meaning and Hope
How grief and growth can coexist, and what hope can look like without needing a cure.
About 8 min read
Module 7
Anticipating the Future: Decline, Placement, and What's Ahead
Making room for the emotional side of what's ahead — including the specific grief of considering memory care — not just the practical side.
About 11 min read
Module 8
You Don't Have to Carry This Alone
The specific grief of isolation in dementia caregiving, and concrete ways to find people who understand.
About 10 min read
Module 9
Telling Their Story
A guided space to write about who they were — and, if you'd like, share it so others can remember them too.
About 10 min read