One Caregiver Shares Her Dementia Journey To Help Others

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Lori La Bey Talks with Mary Jo Belmont, who, at the age of 74, wrote and self-published her first book, Our Dementia Journey and Beyond. The book was curated from the journals she kept while caring for her husband, Jack. He passed in September of 2021, from Lewy body dementia, vascular dementia, and Alzheimer’s dementia. Mary Jo decided to write the book to educate people about dementia and help caregivers as they travel the dementia journey with their loved one.

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Learn:

1. Did Journaling help Mary Jo Belmont during her dementia caregiving experience?
2. Why was it important to Mary Jo to write her book?
3. In Mary Jo’s book called Our Dementia Journey and Beyond, what exactly is the section called “Beyond,” and why did she include it in her book?
4. Examples of how Mary Jo “lived in Jack’s dementia world.”
5. Mary Jo mentions her faith in Jesus throughout her book. Find out some of the examples of the times she felt God was by her side.
6. In the book, there is a section called “My Toolbox for Caregivers.” Learn what Mary Jo felt were some of the most important tools for her.

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