Sweet Basil Senior Care, LLC

10/09/2025

Unnoticed or unaddressed confusion can overwhelm a person living with dementia and quickly transition to anxiety and/or agitation.

By disrupting the Overload → Anxiety → Agitation pattern, we can often ward off undesirable responses before they happen. How? By stepping in when we recognize the warning signs.

-Making Peace with Dementia

10/08/2025

10/03/2025

Link to full Break for 8 post in bio.

10/01/2025

Link to full Break for 8 post in the bio.

09/13/2025

I can't help but think that the world could use a little dementia training.

Peace.

Making Peace with Dementia link: https://a.co/d/aUwFTpT

09/09/2025

Dementia care partners - take this mini break now, right now:

1. Breathe in deeply through your nose.
2. Hold briefly at the top of the inhale.
3. Exhale through pursed lips.
4. Repeat.

💚

09/08/2025

Help tackle the stigma and lack of understanding around dementia by becoming a Dementia Friend.

I'm hosting a 1-hour online session to present the Dementia Friends program. This is basic information designed to help educate the public about dementia and is perfect for family and friends of a person living with dementia or anyone who wants to learn more.

Visit https://dementiafriendsmn.org/find-session to register.

09/05/2025

In a familiar routine and surroundings, the brain doesn't need to work so hard.

09/01/2025

Answer: What will you do to help my loved one adjust to living here?

Ideally, this question will lead to a conversation about your person including things like their preferences; life story; and what makes them happy, sad or afraid.

The more they know, the better dementia care they can provide.

What are other questions do you like?

08/29/2025

Just in time for the holiday weekend...

Learn a few card games that have been modified for dementia. Link to full post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YKKuL0QGzM

08/28/2025

Care partners are superheroes who offer companionship in the midst of all sorts of uncertainty.

Without words you're saying, "I may not always know what to say or what to do, but I'm going to walk with you. You are not alone."

Break for 8 dementia education and meditation videos: https://www.youtube.com/

My new book, Making Peace with Dementia: https://a.co/d/iwxnaC7

Please visit www.sweetbasilcare.com for information about my services.