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My Spouse Has Dementia

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Recent EPISODES

Jan. 20, 2026

Feeling Squeezed? Caring for a Parent with Dementia while Raising Your Young Family

What’s it like to be the caregiver for your parents while raising a young family of your own, and your wife is pregnant? Not easy! Healthcare journalist Paul Wynn writes about caregiving issues for more than 70 national publi...
Jan. 10, 2026

AI Resurrects Your Dead Loved One: A Miracle? Or Emotional Whiplash?

Imagine you open your computer, strike a few keys, and there’s your spouse…who died three years ago – like my husband did. You aren’t looking at a photo. Or a video. No. This is more like Zoom or Facetime. The image you see l...
Dec. 24, 2025

How Deep-Rooted Childhood Bonds Shape Your Adult Caregiving Style

The attachment bonds we formed in our earliest relationships influence how we connect with others later in life. Dementia care expert Tami Anastasia, MA, brings 30 years of experience in supporting family and professional caregivers. In this episode she talks about four attachment styles and how th…
July 11, 2025

Alzheimer's, Romance, and Intimacy

You will never regret being kind to your spouse. In a strong marriage, the sexual expression of love is the sinew that ties two hearts together and forms the kind of bond we depend on to get us through life's greatest challen...
June 24, 2025

Can Improv Help Dementia Caregivers Survive?

You know that caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or other form of dementia can leave your mind confused, your body exhausted, and your spirit depressed. Yes, and what if I said there's something simple that might help yo...
May 9, 2025

My Two Elaines - A Governor's Dementia Caregiving Memoir

Former governor of Wisconsin, Martin L. Schreiber ("Marty") married his high school sweetheart, Elaine. Sixty-two years later, she died from Alzheimer's Disease. To help other spouses on the same dementia caregiving journey, Marty wrote a memoir: My Two Elaines. In it, he says, “None of the books I…

Reviews

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None | March 1, 2022

Compassion and Care

"Listen to one woman’s account of her caregiving journey, from the shock of the first diagnosis of her spouse’s progressive dementia, to the frank discussion of how the disease has changed not only hi…"

leftymlb | Feb. 10, 2022

Heart and Soul

"Zita shares her journey with such admirable authenticity that even if her situation is not yours, you will be able to relate and grow in compassion and understanding for the human condition."

JudyForge | Feb. 9, 2022

You are not alone 💕

"A voice of truth: kind, patient, loving, frustrated, insightful, sometimes painful and always beautiful. While your spouse may not remember, you will. I really enjoyed this and am very much looking f…"

Mom3x3 | Feb. 7, 2022

On The Road Again

"My intention is to take this full journey with Zita. Her words are clear, revealing, and true to the bone. As a daughter to a mom, who I struggled over her care with one brother and her sisters, dear…"

Susan Heffron Hajec | May 3, 2022

Gracefully honest

"Love listening to the stories she shares- experiences of loss, love, grief, validation, worry, sadness, and peace. reminder that caregivers must be caretakers of their own health and well-being! Insp…"

SWAB516 | June 10, 2022

Beautiful & helpful

"Zita, thank you for the warm, witty, knowledgeable, and compassionate podcasts. Although we don’t have dementia in the family, I was caregiver for a loved one and and see the wisdom and helpfulness i…"

Susan Barlow | July 8, 2022

Beautiful

"Beautiful voice telling her story. Only been a few months my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Dementia, I am her caregiver. Zita I'm truly grateful for your words give me strength. Thank you 😊"

Angelina Targatt | Aug. 3, 2022

An antidote to loneliness

"Living alone with a spouse with dementia is a special kind of lonely. Hearing from the voice of someone else doing so is a special kind of comforting."

Dee Tee | Aug. 5, 2022

AMAZING

"Thank you SO much for sharing your experience. I am knee deep in this. I just sent this link to my husband’s kids & my support group coordinator. Grateful beyond words to you."

Robbi44 | Nov. 29, 2022

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