Welcome to the Support & Caregiving Blog.
This space offers gentle support, encouragement, and resources for caregivers, families, neurodivergent individuals, and those navigating developmental, sensory, medical, and memory-care journeys.
When people feel supported, connection and growth become possible.
When a Person With Dementia Says “I Want to Go Home”—Even When They Are Home
Why does someone with dementia say “I want to go home,” even when they are home? Learn what “home” may really mean and how caregivers can respond with connection, curiosity and compassion.
About the photo: A glimpse of “home” as my mom remembered it: her beloved blue heron—with its morning hot dog—in the foreground, while her husband helps their grandson prepare a fishing rod on the boat behind him.
There Will Always Be Another Need
There will always be another appointment, another phone call, another problem to solve. But what happens when caring for everyone else begins to cost you who you are? This is the lesson that changed the way I parent, care for my mother, and think about love.