The Bittersweet Season: How to Adapt Holiday Traditions as Parents Age

Dementia, aging, and loss can reshape what the holidays means for our families when the people who created our most cherished traditions can no longer lead them.

In this episode, learn how to adapt long-held traditions when aging parents move to retirement homes, experience cognitive decline, or are simply no longer able to host the holidays as they once did. Remember, the heart of the holidays isn’t perfection—it’s belonging. https://bit.ly/44yXd8i

In this Episode:

• 00:16 - How Christmas Traditions Change When A Family Member Has Dementia
• 04:34 - S3E50 Rebroadcast Intro, What Does it Take to Care for a Partner With Dementia?
• 06:10 - Recipe of the Week, Funeral Raisin Pie
• 11:55 - How Becoming a Caregiver Changes the Relationship
• 14:51 - Interview with Michael Porter: Caregiving for a Partner with Huntington's Disease
• 52:16 - Outro

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