Dementia Caregiving Made Easy
A monthly membership that gives you the knowledge, activities, tools & community you need to make challenging behaviors easier, so you can spend more time on what matters.
Dementia Caregiving has closed until later in 2023.
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Discover How To Handle Challenging Dementia Behaviors With Half The Effort.
“If you have been feeling overwhelmed and you want a clear path that allows you more time, peace, and gives you a tight knit community, then this is probably one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make.”
An Easy, Inexpensive Caregiving Solution
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If you’re like most at-home caregivers, you felt overwhelmed when you first start researching how to care for your loved one with dementia.
You saw a massive amount of things online that could help you and your loved one but you didn’t know the exact steps to take and what would make living with dementia and the challenging behaviors it comes with easier to manage.
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What you need are the tools, community support and real world help from a professional who’s got your back.
That’s why I created a membership subscription service called “Dementia Caregiving Made Easy.”
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An easy to follow, step-by-step guided path to handling challenging dementia behaviors with half the effort.
As a result of mastering challenging behaviors, you will save yourself a ton of time and energy so you can experience relief, freedom, and ease.
What You Get in the Membership
Weekly Videos
Short weekly video tutorials on topics on the systems, communication skills & activities that make common challenging behaviors easier.
Guides & Tools
Get guides, cheatsheets, activity ideas, shopping lists & checklists so you can manage challenging behaviors easier.
Small Groups
Be a part of an intimate group of professional, at home & distance caregivers that meet 2X a month for ideas & support.
Workshops + Q&As
A monthly presentation where you get hands on help with common challenging behaviors or your questions answered by guest experts.
What the Members are Saying:
“The membership & especially the workshops, have helped me get prepared for what is & what could happen with my husband. Things are a lot more peaceful with him now that I know what to say.”
— Tamyra R. Home Caregiver
“The guides & activities have been the best. I have printed out all of the tools and I used [an activity] with my client. She was so happy and I feel like I now know so many more ways I can be better in my career as a caregiver.”
— Marian O. Professional Caregiver
“The best part of the membership in my opinion is the small groups. Being in the small groups has allowed me to intimately know my client’s experience and be able to have more insight in how I can help them in my practice.”
— Deborah K, Family Physician
“The knowledge I’m gaining from the membership and especially the videos are so valuable. I now feel like I have the tools to connect with Mom even at a distance & make sure her team is taking care of her like family.”
— Anne M. Distance Caregiver
What “Dementia Caregiving Made Easy” Will Do For You…
Dementia Caregiving Made Easy FAQs
+ When to Join
The membership only opens a few times a year (roughly once every 4-6 months).
Only opening a few times allows us to create a strong community and make sure all members who participate get results.
Our next opening will be in early 2022.
+ How much is it?
In short, the average member pays about $20 a month. However, we are of the belief that you should pay for what you need so we offer a few different options.
a) $20 a month for a 3 month minimum commitment
b) $27 a month with no minimum time in the membership
c) $37 a month for a VIP membership (explaintion next line)
d) $195 annual (get 2 months off)
e) $295 annual VIP membership (get 2 months off)
The annual options come with a 30 day money back guarentee
+ VIP Membership
VIP membership gets you:
a) Group coaching with other VIP members on topics of the membership
b) Discounted 1:1 coaching with Krista on topics related to the membership
c) Your questions taking priority on the Q&As and workshops
+ Is This Membership for Me?
The membership is for you if you are:
a) A Home Caregiver- you take care of your loved one at home
b) Distance Caregiver- your loved one don't live with you or they are in long term care
c) Professional Caregiver-you work with demenria patients directly or coach caregivers
If you identify with any of these roles, watch some of our member's story by clicking here to get a better idea of what you'd get out of the membership.
+ Who Runs the Membership?
My name is Krista Mesenbrink,CDP, AT-BC. I have worked for the last 5 years hands on with thousands of dementia patients as an Activity Therapist at a psychiatric hospital for geriatric folks that only takes patients with extreme behaviors.
In addition to my work, I am a Certified Dementia Practitioner and have a certification in Person Centered Care from the Alzheimer's Association.
What You Get in the Membership FAQs
+ What Topics Does the Membership Cover?
Just some of the topics covered include:
Intro to Challenging Behaviors
Getting to Know Online Caregivers/Professionals
Friends/Family/Coworkers
Triggers in the Home/Workplace
Activities That Work for your LOWD/Client
Create an Activity Calendar
Create a Self-care schedule
Sharing Your Story/Mentoring
Master Challenging Behaviors, including a deep dive into:
- Sundowning
- Accusations
- "I Want to Go Home" / Delusions
- Refusals
- Repeating
- Anger
- Innappropriate Behaviors
- Wandering
- Mood Swings
+ What Does the Membership Not Include?
The membership aims to teach and support you in learning how to better communicate and engage your LOWD/client with managing challenging dementia behaviors.
The membership does not include the following information:
Financial planning
Long term care placement advice
Medication advice
Specific dietary advice
Hands-on activities of daily living advice (however, we will teach you communication around ADLs)
How to navigate the healthcare system
However, we do have guest experts come on to touch on some of these subjects from time to time.
+ Weekly Videos
Video topics are organized in what we call the "Dementia Success Path". Click here to learn more. You will get a 5-10 minute video every week.
Topics of the videos range from educating on challenging behaviors to tutorials on how to use the tools.
Some videos are more important to watch than others, so if you fall behind, the membership is set up to where it is easy to get back on track.
+ Tools
You are given either a new tool, asked to use a previously given tool each week.
Tools are the following:
a) Guides/Workbooks- These are longer form and explain more of whatever topic we are learning
b) Cheatsheets- This is usually a one page reference that you can scan and get quick information
c) Checklist- A tool to help you keep track of tasks that help you make cargiving easier
c) Activity Ideas List- a list of ideas compatible with common challenging behaviors
d) Activity Quiz- a quiz to guide you on narrowing down the activity idea list to work for your LOWD/client
e) Shopping List- list of items you can buy to make caregiving easier
+ Small Groups
You'll be able to join a small group of your peers and small groups get together the 1st and 3rd week of the month. You will have a group leader and about 4-10 other caregivers.
You'll get to choose which group you join based on what group meetup time best fits your schedule for the bi-weekly call.
The members of your group are made up of home, distance and professional caregivers. Unlike support groups, small groups are unqiue in that you come together to problem solve vs only give support.
Being in a small group will give you:
More direct support associated with a weekly or monthly objectives.
A smaller group in the community knowing your situation in case you ever need help and that can keep you accountable to meeting your goals.
Get personal advice and tips from other caregivers directly.
Brainstorm ideas and get feedback from other caregivers.
There is no better opportunity to gain personal connections with other caregivers like you in a safe and caring environment.
You’ll finally have people who understand you to bounce your ideas off of, get advice from, and just be able to talk to when the going gets tough, because we’re all in this together.
With personal groups, you won’t have to feel alone ever again.
+ Casual Member Online Hangouts
This happens every 2nd week of the month. This is an opportunity for you to connect with the larger group on a more personal level, ask questions blow off some steam.
Bring a beverage (I like wine, but you do you) and sign on to socialize.
+ Workshops
Workshops are done on a either the topic of the month or a pressing topic that members are requesting.
This hands on presentation will help you learn more about a challenging behavior and get some practice with engaging and deescelading.
Every month we will either have a workshop or a Q&A session.
+ Q&A's
When I was first starting out as a caregiver, one of the single most important things I did was learn from the experienced professionals that were already having the kind of success that I wanted.
Sure… I learned a lot through the normal trainings and researching online… but my biggest breakthroughs came from learning and observing caregivers who were “the best”… and finding out just what exactly they did that made their work seem so easy and natural.
Surprisingly, many of the caregivers I found to be the very best weren’t the particularly patient “saints” you’d expect them to be, but people like all of us who have good and bad days, just better systems in place.
I believe that if these caregivers could be amazing with the patients, then so could I… if I knew the secrets. And it turned out I was right.
Learning from other caregivers is vitally important… I can’t tell you how many YEARS of time and effort this cut off of my learning curve… or even if I would have EVER achieved the skills I have with dementia patients without taking this vital step
Because this is so important, I’ve begun tracking down as many of these masters as I can to get them to “spill their guts” for the benefit of caregivers and their loved ones alike.
+ Bonuses
Additional tools & videos are provided in the Bonus tab in your membership. This includes:
a) A list of charities/organizations that will directly help & video tutorial
b) A list of where to find paid help & video tutorial
c) and more developing!
Member’s Success Stories
Tamyra’s Story
Tamyra is an at home caregiver to her husband. She describes her transformation of feeling alone and unprepared to knowing what to say to keep things more calm. She also describes being a small group leader and her membership experience.
Deb’s Story
Deb is a family physician by training & works primarily with dementia patients & their families. Deb describes the deeper relationship she has built with caregivers in the small groups and how the membership benefits her as a professional.
Anne’s Story
Anne is a distance caregiver for her Mom. Despite the distance, Anne is a very involved caregiver and joined the membership to make the most of her facetime, phone calls and visits, be able to advocate and teach her mom's team.
Marian’s Story
Marian is a professional in home caregiver with Seniors Helping Seniors. She joined the membership to get a community of other dementia caregivers (her coworkers don't care for dementia clients) and to get more practical knowledge.
How Your Membership Works
1. Join the Membership
Join the membership when the doors open.
2. Join the Community
Join the member’s FB group & your small group.
3. Start Your Success Path
Start your journey in the member’s space.
Dementia Success Path: Your Journey in the Membership
To learn more about everything we cover along the success path and how it’s going to make your life a whole lot easier, watch the video below:
The Dementia Success Path is set up to last about one year from start to finish. Month by month, you will progress in your membership down the following success path that helps you organize and track your progress.
The membership is designed with the expectation you will fall behind at times. So if you do, don’t worry, it’s easy to catch up.
From setting up the foundation to your success (months 1 & 2), to mastering each challenging behavior (months 3-11) and finally giving back by helping newer caregivers in the membership succeed (month 12).
When you finish your path, you can:
1) Become a mentor and help newer caregivers
2) Keep learning as your loved one or clients change over time
3) Stay for the groups
4) Cancel your membership