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Are You a Christian Family Caregiver Feeling Worn Thin by Dementia or Alzheimer’s?
You’re not the first Christian caregiver to face this—and you don’t have to guess your way through it.
Welcome to Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, the podcast that helps you stop guessing in the fog, see what’s actually happening, and learn how to steward this season faithfully with Christ-centered care.
Whether you’re a spouse, adult child, or family member trying to walk this journey faithfully, this show meets you at the intersection of practical dementia guidance and biblical clarity for real caregiving decisions—so you can care for your loved one while protecting your marriage, honoring your responsibilities, and remaining anchored in truth
Here, we answer the questions Christian caregivers are actually asking:
✅ What are the stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and how can I prepare for each stage as a caregiver?
✅ How do I survive dementia caregiving without burnout?
✅ How do I handle aggressive or challenging dementia behaviors – like hitting, yelling, or refusing care?
✅ What is sundowning and how can I manage it?
✅ When is it time to move my loved one to a memory care facility or nursing home?
✅ Why does my loved one with dementia keep asking the same questions repeatedly, and how should I respond?
✅ How can I get my loved one with dementia to bathe or maintain hygiene when they resist?
✅ How do I prevent my loved one from wandering or getting lost?
✅ How do I balance caring for my loved one and other responsibilities (kids, job, spouse) without feeling guilty?
✅ What does dementia caregiving look like from a Christian perspective?
✅ How can I maintain my faith and trust in God while caring for someone with dementia?
✅ Why would God allow my loved one to suffer from Alzheimer’s?
✅ How can I cope with caregiver guilt as a Christian?
✅ What does the Bible say about honoring and caring for elderly parents with dementia?
✅ How do I care for my parent with dementia without losing my marriage?
This podcast isn’t just about surviving—it’s about stewarding.
Because caregiving isn’t a detour from your life. It’s part of your calling.
Each episode offers:
✔️ Biblical clarity in the middle of emotional fog
✔️ Practical, research-informed strategies you can actually use
✔️ Guidance that honors your loved one and protects your most important relationships
✔️ Peace that comes from clear discernment, faithful obedience, and knowing you are not carrying this outside of Christ’s care
You won’t find sugarcoating here. You’ll find real help, thoughtful reflection, and truth rooted in Scripture—spoken plainly, practically, and with care.
🎧 Subscribe now to Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians and take the next faithful step forward—with peace, purpose, and a voice you can trust.
📍 Find free resources and tools at: ThinkDifferentDementia.com
📧 Email: lizette@thinkdifferentdementia.com
🙏 May the Lord bless and keep you—and I’ll see you in the next episode.
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What do you do when your loved one confidently tells the doctor things you know aren’t true?
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, we address one of the most common and morally weighty dementia caregiving situations: doctor appointments where truth, honor, and safety collide.
This conversation is not about better communication skills or finding the “right words.” It is about understanding the real decision Christian caregivers are carrying when dementia affects insight, memory, and self-reporting.
If you’ve ever left a doctor’s office feeling unsettled, unsure, or replaying the conversation over and over, this episode helps you clearly name the responsibility—and prepare before the next appointment.
Key Topics Covered in This Episode
- Why dementia-related dishonesty at doctor appointments is not a communication problem
- The biblical tension between speaking the truth in love and honoring your parent or spouse
- How dignity is grounded in the image of God, not cognitive ability
- Why freezing or staying silent is often a sign of unidentified responsibility
- How to approach doctor visits with clarity before you walk into the room
- When a DigniCare™ Solutions Session is the appropriate next step
Episode Highlights
1:16 – Why caregivers often don’t know what to do at doctor appointments
3:55 – The collision between honoring your loved one and telling the truth
6:22 – Why this is not a communication problem, but a responsibility problem
8:37 – Dignity, truth, and safety: what the doctor actually needs to know
12:19 – Why leaving the doctor’s office unsettled is a signal, not a failure
Key Takeaways for Christian Dementia Caregivers
- Dementia does not remove dignity, autonomy, or personhood.
- Doctors rely on accurate information to protect safety and guide care.
- Feeling frozen in the moment usually means the decision was never named ahead of time.
- Faithfulness is not decided in real time—it is prepared for in advance.
- This situation requires clarity, not better wording or emotional processing.
If this episode clarified something you’ve been carrying, please:
- Subscribe to Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians
- Leave a review so other Christian caregivers can find this guidance
- Share this episode with someone facing an upcoming doctor appointment
And if this situation reflects a real decision you cannot delay, a DigniCare™ Solutions Session exists specifically to help you determine what to do before the next appointment.
https://thinkdifferentdementia.thrivecart.com/dignicare-solutions-session/
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
When you live across the country, it’s easy to assume responsibility can remain indirect.
But what happens when safety is compromised—and delay is no longer faithful?
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, Lizette speaks with Anna, a Christian mother navigating long-distance caregiving, an aging parent, and the safety of her autistic adult daughter. Together, they address a hard but necessary question: When does indirect caregiving responsibility expire?
This episode offers biblical clarity for caregivers who are carrying responsibility without control—and feeling the pressure rise.
Key Topics Covered
- Long-distance dementia caregiving and hidden risk
- Safety responsibility without physical presence
- When assumptions about care break down
- Managing care with an unbelieving parent
- Clarifying responsibility vs. waiting for change
- Protecting an adult child when judgment is unreliable
Advisory Lens
- Safety exposes responsibility
- Behavior matters more than diagnosis
- Faithfulness requires action, not certainty
- You cannot outsource protection indefinitely
Time-Stamped Highlights
00:00–05:00 Distance caregiving and the illusion of indirect responsibility
05:00–10:00 When safety becomes the pressure point that exposes everything
10:00–15:00 No diagnosis, conflicting behavior, and unreliable judgment
15:00–20:00 Clarifying who is actually responsible for protection and follow-through
20:00–25:00 Shifting from assumed care to concrete safety strategies
Key Takeaways for Listeners
- Distance does not remove responsibility—it removes visibility
- Safety cannot remain assumed once risk is known
- Waiting for better communication is not a plan
- You cannot expect an unbeliever to act like a believer
- Faithful caregiving prioritizes protection over agreement
- Clarity reduces emotional pressure by naming responsibility
If this episode clarified something you’ve been carrying quietly, share it with another Christian caregiver who may be managing care from a distance.
✔ Subscribe to Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians
✔ Leave a review to help other caregivers find biblical clarity
✔ Visit https://thinkdifferentdementia.thrivecart.com/dignicare-solutions-session/ to schedule a DigniCare™ Solutions Session when a decision or conversation can no longer wait
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Acceptance won’t organize your next step—and waiting to “feel ready” is often how faithful Christian caregivers stay stuck.
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, we name the problem plainly: acceptance was mistaken for action, and responsibility stayed unordered. You can stop fighting reality and still delay the decisions that can’t be deferred—because emotions quietly become permission-givers.
You’ll hear a clear distinction between accepting the assignment and taking ordered action, why “waiting for peace” is not the same as faithfulness, and what to do when the responsibility has outgrown what one person can carry alone.
Memorable line: “Acceptance assigns responsibility. It does not imply emotional relief.”
Key topics covered
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Why acceptance is not action in dementia caregiving
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How emotions become permission (“If the heaviness is still there, you wait…”)
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When “waiting” is actually immobilization (fear of making the wrong decision)
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Why this is a responsibility-ordering problem, not a faith problem
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Two paths forward: carry it alone (increasing strain) or get bounded counsel (ordered next steps)
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A sober reminder: not making a decision is still a decision
Timestamps
00:00 — Acceptance isn’t action (why you can accept and still stay stuck)
02:12 — Why caregivers don’t need more info; they need space to act
06:01 — Defining biblical acceptance: entrusted responsibility, not emotional relief
20:48 — The real issue: responsibility exceeding what one person can carry
30:06 — What a DigniCare™ Solutions Session is (and what it is not)
Need help ordering one decision right now?
If responsibility is present and one conversation or decision can’t be delayed, schedule a DigniCare™ Solutions Session: 15 minutes, one problem, clear advisory direction (no intake, no emotional processing, no obligation).
🔗 https://thinkdifferentdementia.thrivecart.com/dignicare-solutions-session/
#DementiaCaregiving #ChristianCaregiver #AcceptanceIsNotAction #CaregivingDecisions #BiblicalWisdom
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
What happens when two faithful responsibilities no longer fit together?
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, we walk through a real advisory conversation with Doris—a wife caring for her husband with dementia while carrying long-standing church ministry leadership. Nothing has broken. No crisis has forced a decision. But the weight has changed.
This episode is not about emotions or burnout. It is about discernment, responsibility, and stewardship when dementia quietly reshapes what faithfulness requires.
Who This Episode Is For
- Christian spouses caring for a loved one with dementia
- Caregivers carrying ministry or volunteer leadership
- Believers facing decisions they’ve been avoiding because nothing feels “bad enough”
- Church members struggling to name limits without guilt
Time-Stamped Episode Highlights
0:00–2:45 When Nothing Breaks but the Weight Shifts
2:45–6:03 Discernment Before Resolution and Doris’s Reality
6:03–9:52 Time vs. Burden and the Unspoken Decision
9:52–13:01 Naming Dementia Clearly and When No One Steps Up
13:01–16:36 When Clarity Replaces Reassurance
Episode Insights
- Dementia often changes responsibility long before it creates crisis
- Faithfulness does not mean indefinite endurance
- Participation in ministry is not the same as responsibility for ministry
- Unspoken limits are not limits
- Church leadership must carry what belongs to the church
- Obedience is required; outcomes belong to God
Key Takeaways for Christian Caregivers
If you are waiting for permission, relief, or a clearer sign—this episode explains why those often never come.
What does come is responsibility. And responsibility must be named.
Clarity does not promise ease.
It provides direction.
If this episode surfaced a decision you can no longer defer, a DigniCare™ Solutions Session offers clear, focused advisory guidance.
15 minutes. One issue. Faithful direction.
Not therapy. Not emotional processing. No obligation.
Schedule at https://thinkdifferentdementia.thrivecart.com/dignicare-solutions-session/thinkdifferentdementia.com
If this episode was helpful:
✔ Subscribe to Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians
✔ Leave a review to help other caregivers find clarity
✔ Share this episode with a caregiver or church leader walking this road
Friday Jan 16, 2026
Friday Jan 16, 2026
Faithful Christian caregivers don’t get stuck because they lack faith or biblical conviction.
They get stuck when true beliefs are applied without wisdom.
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, we name five common ways faithful caregivers quietly become trapped—not by rebellion, but by misapplied perseverance, silence, fear, emotional over-identification, and endurance without discernment.
This episode brings biblical clarity to the realities of dementia caregiving and explains why wisdom—not more pressure—is what faithfulness actually requires.
Episode Takeaways
- Faithfulness does not mean doing everything alone
- Perseverance without evaluation leads to burnout
- Silence is not submission when truth is required
- Waiting can be a decision rooted in fear
- Compassion must be ordered to endure
- Wisdom seeks counsel it does not isolate
Time-Stamped Episode Highlights
00:00–02:45 — Why Faithful Caregivers Get Stuck
02:46–07:15 — Perseverance Used to Justify Unsustainable Burdens
07:16–11:10 — Submission Confused with Silence in Hard Conversations
11:11–14:40 — Humility Turning into Fear of Making Decisions
14:41–18:25 — Compassion Becoming Emotional Over-Identification
18:26–End — Faith Measured by Endurance Instead of Discernment
Who This Episode Is For
- Christian spouses caring for a partner with dementia
- Adult children overwhelmed by responsibility and decision-making
- Caregivers experiencing spiritual fatigue or burnout
- Believers who want biblical clarity, not emotional platitudes
If you are stuck with one caregiving problem—a burden, conversation, decision, or emotional strain—you don’t need more content.
You need clarity.
A DigniCare™ Solutions Session is a 15-minute advisory call focused on:
- Diagnosing one specific caregiving problem
- Identifying three faithful, practical options
- Clarifying the next wise step—without escalation
👉 Learn more at https://thinkdifferentdementia.thrivecart.com/dignicare-solutions-session/
Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
There comes a moment in dementia caregiving when the risks are no longer theoretical.
Mom cannot ask for help.
Hygiene is compromised.
Wandering is no longer a concern it is happening.
In this episode, we walk with Angie as she begins to see clearly what many caregivers sense long before they name it: a threshold has been crossed. Not a medical threshold. A stewardship one.
This is not an episode about making decisions.
It is an episode about recognizing reality without rushing toward emotional relief.
If you are carrying two households, navigating family dynamics, or quietly wondering whether uninterrupted supervision is already required — this conversation will help you name what you are seeing.
This episode centers on three critical realities Christian caregivers must face honestly:
- When a person with dementia cannot ask for help, safety is already compromised
- Recognition of family members is not the marker for care transitions
- Uninterrupted supervision is a stewardship issue, not a failure of love or faith
Rather than offering solutions, this conversation models discernment before Christ — slowing down, telling the truth, and preparing for the conversations that must come next.
Episode Highlights
0:00 – The Risks Are Already Here
1:25 – Why DigniCare Foundations Exists
2:18 – The Supervision Threshold Explained
3:40 – Angie’s Caregiving Reality
7:41 – Hygiene, Toileting, and Supervision Needs
10:18 – The “We’ll Know When She Doesn’t Recognize Us” Assumption
13:04 – Your Mom Already Needs 24-Hour Supervision”
Key Episode Insights
- Dementia care decisions are stewardship questions, not medical ones
- Wandering and hygiene decline are cumulative safety markers
- Recognition of people or place is not a reliable decision-making metric
- Power of attorney and elder care law conversations should begin before crisis
- Faithfulness often begins with naming reality, not resolving it
Key Takeaway for Christian Caregivers
When uninterrupted supervision is required, faithfulness shifts form.
This does not mean peace will come quickly.
It does not mean decisions must be made today.
It does mean that pretending the threshold has not been crossed will increase suffering for everyone.
God is not a God of confusion.
Clarity is not unkind.
Truth is not abandonment.
If you are realizing that uninterrupted supervision may already be required — and you need help slowing this down before decisions demand answers — DigniCare Society: Foundations exists for exactly this moment.
You are welcome to join when you are ready.
https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/join
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
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Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
You can know Scripture well and still feel completely stuck in dementia caregiving.
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, Lizette Cloete addresses a quiet but common struggle among Christian caregivers: when theology is not the problem, but action still feels impossible.
This conversation is not about fixing dementia or reducing suffering. It is about wisdom, stewardship, and discerning what faithful caregiving requires when burdens are heavy, conversations are tense, decisions feel risky, and emotions interfere with obedience.
This episode brings biblical clarity to real caregiving problems without offering false hope, formulas, or outcome-driven promises.
Topics Covered:
- Why strong theology does not automatically create caregiving clarity
- The difference between knowing biblical truth and applying wisdom
- How Christian caregivers misidentify their real problem and stay stuck
- Four caregiving problem categories that require different responses
- Why not deciding is still a decision
- The role of wise counsel in faithful caregiving
- Stewardship, limits, and responsibility in dementia care
Episode Highlights
00:00 Theology is clear but caregiving still feels unclear
05:22 Theology versus wisdom in real dementia decisions
09:31 The four caregiving problems Christian caregivers face
18:47 Why good theology alone does not fix caregiving stuckness
20:21 Wisdom as applied truth under real constraints
30:05 What faithful caregiving actually requires
If this episode brought clarity to something you are carrying, subscribe to the podcast so you do not miss future episodes.
Leave a review to help other Christian caregivers find biblically grounded support.
Share this episode with someone who is caring for a loved one with dementia and feels stuck.
Faithful caregiving matters, and you do not walk this road unseen.
And if you’re ready for a simple, structured, biblical place to think through this season with clarity, you’re invited to explore the DigniCare Society — Foundations.
https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/join
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
If this resonates, the blog is available here:
https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/faithful-caregiving-when-theology-isnt-the-problem/
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
What do you do when your mom stands up, reaches for the door, and insists, “I want to go home”—especially when it isn’t safe, and she’s already moving?
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, you’re invited into a live discernment conversation that names one of the most common and emotionally charged—moments in dementia caregiving. When “I want to go home” collides with urgency, weather, safety, and truth, caregivers are often left feeling torn between protecting their loved one and preserving dignity.
This conversation explores what may actually be happening beneath the words, why home is not always a place, and how Christian caregivers can respond faithfully without lying, arguing, or escalating the moment. Rather than offering scripts or guarantees, this episode orients caregivers toward discernment, responsibility, and steady presence in the moment God has entrusted to them.
Key Topics Covered in This Episode
- Why “I want to go home” is not always about location
- How dementia changes meaning without erasing personhood
- The difference between stopping behavior and stewarding safety
- What Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ looks like in real time
- How tone and posture can de-escalate without deception
- When walking with your loved one may preserve more dignity than restraint
- Why repetition does not mean failure in dementia care
Time-Stamped Episode Highlights
0:00–1:16 — The Real-Life Dilemma
A common caregiving moment: urgency, rain, a moving body, and a caregiver forced to respond in real time.
1:16–1:59 — What “Home” May Actually Mean
Why home may point to memory, emotion, or eternity—and why correcting facts often escalates distress.
2:00–3:39 — Live Discernment Conversation Begins
Martha shares her caregiving reality and names the tension between honesty and safety.
3:39–5:06 — When Walking Feels Like the Only Option
Physical strength, autonomy, and the challenge of stopping movement without causing anger.
6:21–7:51 — Truthful Validation Without Lying
Why agreeing with emotion is not the same as agreeing with a false reality.
7:51–9:36 — Redirecting Without Resistance
How open-ended questions and gentle redirection can slow escalation.
9:36–10:21 — Repetition and Faithfulness
Why answering the same question repeatedly is not failure—but neurological reality.
10:38–12:06 — When Safety Is at Risk
Rain, weather, and movement: discerning when presence matters more than prevention.
12:06–12:42 — Discernment Over Control
Why caregivers are not called to fix the moment, but to steward responsibility faithfully.
Key Takeaways for Christian Caregivers
- Dementia is a progressive neurological disease marked by loss—not something to solve or spiritualize.
- Truth does not require correction; it requires integrity and wisdom.
- Safety is part of faithful stewardship, even when it’s messy or inconvenient.
- Dignity is preserved when caregivers stay present rather than escalate or restrain.
- Faithful caregiving is not measured by outcomes, calm emotions, or perfect responses.
If this episode resonates with you—if you’re navigating moments where safety, truth, and love collide—you’re invited to take the next faithful step.
Join the DigniCare Society — Foundations, a bounded space for Christian caregivers seeking biblical clarity and discernment as they steward what God has entrusted to them.
Listen. Discern. Walk faithfully—without false hope or pressure to fix what cannot be fixed.
https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/join
#DementiaCaregiving, #ChristianCaregiver, #CaregivingWithDignity
Friday Jan 02, 2026
Friday Jan 02, 2026
What do you do when grief, worry, and responsibility all wake up with you at the same time—and none of them wait for you to feel steady?
In this episode of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, we name a collision many Christian caregivers are living inside of but rarely articulate: fragile plans and shifting emotions pressing up against fixed responsibilities that do not pause.
Recorded in the days after Christmas, this conversation does not offer coping strategies or emotional resolution. Instead, it slows us down long enough to tell the truth about what changes—and what does not.
Plans change.
Feelings change.
Roles change.
Christ has not changed.
This episode helps caregivers discern the difference between every need around them and the actual responsibility God has entrusted to them today, anchoring caregiving decisions in biblical truth rather than guilt or urgency.
Topics Covered
- Christian caregiving and overwhelm
- Dementia caregiving after loss and grief
- Faith-based caregiving discernment
- The difference between emotions and truth
- Shifting caregiving roles and Christian identity
- Biblical perspective on responsibility and stewardship
- Why caregiving is not a detour from God’s plan
Episode Highlights
00:00 When grief, worry, and overwhelm wake up with you
02:55 Fragile plans colliding with fixed caregiving responsibility
04:48 Why plans are fragile, but God is sovereign
09:35 Emotions shift, but God’s mercy does not
15:05 Caregiving roles change, but Christ does not
19:22 The days are long, the years are short
26:04 Discernment question: what responsibility has God entrusted to you today?
Key Takeaways for Christian Caregivers
- Feeling overwhelmed does not mean you are failing in your faith.
- Emotions are real, but they are not truth.
- Caregiving responsibility remains even when feelings are heavy.
- Your identity is in Christ, not in your caregiving role.
- Faithfulness begins with accepting the responsibility God has entrusted to you today—no more, no less.
This episode is not about resolving emotions.
It is about standing on truthful footing before the Lord.
If this episode helped you think more clearly about your caregiving responsibility, please subscribe, leave a review, or share this episode with another Christian caregiver who may be carrying more than they can name.
If you are looking for a place to discern your caregiving responsibility biblically—without pressure to fix or feel better—you are invited to join the DigniCare Society – Foundations.
Christ has not changed.
And faithful caregiving begins with clarity, not certainty.
If this episode resonated with you, consider sharing it with another Christian caregiver who is carrying heavy decisions right now.
Subscribe to Dementia Caregivers Support for Christians so you don’t miss future episodes grounded in biblical truth and caregiving clarity. A review also helps other caregivers find faithful support when they need it most.
And if you’re ready for a simple, structured, biblical place to think through this season with clarity, you’re invited to explore the DigniCare Society — Foundations.
https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/join
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
Read the blog: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/christian-caregiver-overwhelm-finding-stability-in-christ/
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
What do you do when the calendar turns to January, but dementia has made even Tuesday uncertain?
In this end-of-year episode of Dementia Caregivers Support for Christians, Lizette speaks directly to Christian family caregivers who feel pressured to plan, decide, and resolve everything for the year ahead—while living in the unpredictable reality of dementia.
This episode does not promise peace, solutions, or outcomes. Instead, it offers biblical clarity on how faithful decision-making begins with truth: stewarding today, facing real limits, and taking small, obedient steps without trying to control tomorrow.
Rooted in Scripture and lived caregiving experience, this conversation reframes planning, wisdom, and responsibility through a distinctly Christian lens.
Episode Highlights
0:00–1:15 - The Calendar Moment Every Dementia Caregiver Knows
• Sitting at the kitchen table with a blank calendar and a noisy mind
• Medication changes, doctor conversations, and the pressure of “what’s next”
• Why traditional year-ahead planning breaks down in dementia caregiving
1:15–2:06 - The Weight of End-of-Year Decisions
• Care choices, finances, housing, and health all colliding at once
• How planning quietly turns into pressure—or denial
• Why this season feels heavier than others
2:06–3:03 - A Different Goal: Noticing What Is Real Today
• Shifting from controlling outcomes to stewarding responsibility
• Recognizing limits, needs, and the next faithful step
• Why Christian caregiving requires truth, not optimism
3:56–5:59 - What Psalm 90 Teaches Us About Wisdom
• “Teach us to number our days” vs. trying to control the year
• Why Scripture never calls caregivers to manage outcomes
• Daily dependence as biblical wisdom
6:40–9:56 - Stewarding Today, Not Controlling Tomorrow
• The difference between planning and outcome control
• Why dementia exposes the limits of even good intentions
• Releasing responsibility for what only God governs
9:56–14:18 - Wisdom Begins With Facing Reality
• Why denial often masquerades as faithfulness
• Two caregiver scenarios: maintaining “normal” vs. telling the truth
• How obedience starts with honesty before God
14:18–17:07 - Small Faithful Steps Over Big Resolutions
• Why New Year’s resolutions often harm caregivers
• The danger of unsustainable promises
• Faithfulness in modest, repeatable obedience
17:07–20:31 - Identity and Personhood Are Secure
• Dementia does not erase dignity or personhood
• Why identity is grounded in the image of God, not cognition
• God’s unchanging faithfulness amid decline
20:31–21:59 - A Clarifying Question for the Year Ahead
• What are you trying to control that belongs to the Lord?
• What has God actually entrusted to you today?
This moment is meant for discernment—not emotional processing or decision-making pressure.
Key Takeaways
• Dementia makes future-focused planning unreliable—and that is not a spiritual failure.
• God calls caregivers to steward today, not secure outcomes.
• Wisdom begins with truth about limits, resources, and reality.
• Faithfulness is measured in obedience, not productivity or results.
• Personhood and dignity remain intact because they are rooted in God, not cognition.
If this episode resonated with you, consider sharing it with another Christian caregiver who is carrying heavy decisions right now.
Subscribe to Dementia Caregivers Support for Christians so you don’t miss future episodes grounded in biblical truth and caregiving clarity. A review also helps other caregivers find faithful support when they need it most.
And if you’re ready for a simple, structured, biblical place to think through this season with clarity, you’re invited to explore the DigniCare Society — Foundations.
https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/join
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
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It's time to chose ease...
Are you a family caregiver who is dealing with dementia in your life and you feel overwhelmed with the never-ending challenges you face, and don’t know where to turn for help?
Are you searching for answers to your questions about dementia, joining countless Facebook groups but find them toxic and a waste of your precious time?
Do you want to face your dementia caregiving journey in a proactive way, but feel confused about where to even start?
Are you juggling your marriage, your kids, your work, your faith and your loved one’s life and still feel like you are letting everyone down?
Learning the skills you need to simplify your dementia caregiving may seem hard.
But not learning the skills you need to simplify your dementia caregiving journey will be even harder.
It is time to choose your “hard”.
The choice is 100% yours.
I know what I chose: I chose to have ease in my dementia caregiving journey.
Hey, Dementia Success Seeker!
I’m Lizette Cloete. 30 + year veteran occupational therapist turned into a dementia educator, coach and consultant and I am a daughter of dementia.
In this podcast you will learn the truth that the only way to increase the ease of your dementia caregiving journey rests squarely in YOUR hands.
The way you actively prepare and what you believe about dementia caregiving makes all the difference.
>>>You will gain the practical skills you need to simplify care.
>>>You will be challenged by what it means to be a successful caregiver, teaching you to harness the power of the most powerful caregiving tool that you have: your mindset.
>>>And you will learn exactly what dementia is (and is not), how dementia changes the brain and what you can expect next in your dementia caregiving journey.
You will find a community of like minded family caregivers, helping someone with dementia and you will not be alone anymore.
My mission is to help the unsung heroes who are in the midst of dementia caregiving, with the skills to simplify your dementia care journey so that you don’t feel overwhelmed and burn out.
I help you find clarity and certainty using the latest evidence based research, so you have perseverance for this marathon.
I approach dementia caregiving using faith informed principles that allow you to navigate this journey with peace of mind.
So, warm up your coffee, grab a notebook and pen and be ready to be a Dementia Success Seeker.
It’s time to choose your easy.