Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians: Tips for Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregivers to Manage Stress, Prevent Burnout & Handle Difficult Behaviors

“I look in the mirror and I don’t recognize myself anymore.” If that’s you, Episode 281 is a gentle reset. Caregiving changes you—but not into less. God is reshaping you in this season.

1) Clarity: Your identity is hidden in Christ Roles shift—daughter, spouse, scheduler—but identity doesn’t. Colossians 3:3–4 steadies us when roles blur: your life is hidden with Christ; when He appears, you will appear with Him in glory. You belong...

As a Christian dementia caregiver, you can pour your heart into providing safety, comfort, and love — and still feel like you’re falling short when your loved one isn’t happy.

In Episode 280 of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, host Lizette  talks about the crushing weight of caregiver guilt. Together, they explore why it’s not your responsibility to guarantee someone else’s happiness — and how embracing healthy boundaries...

“Not long ago, I had a conversation with someone who called my coaching community a support group… It is supportive… But here’s the difference.” 

In Episode 279, Lizette explains why many groups offer comfort but send you home with the same questions—and how a Christ-centered, facilitated community equips you to walk faithfully tomorrow.

1) Comfort vs. Equipping Support groups can be valuable, but if you only vent, you won’t be pre...

“The most expensive mistake dementia caregivers make isn’t medical—it’s waiting too long to secure legal and financial footing.” Episode 278 is a straight-talk coaching call with Margie that every Christian caregiver needs to hear.

Lizette begins with her signature prompt to create clarity: “So let’s say it’s six months from today and things are easier in your caregiving journey. What would that look like for you?” Margie’s goal: s...

It’s 2 a.m. The phone rings. “Your mom fell.” Panic. Guilt. A thousand what-ifs. Episode 277 speaks straight into that moment—and shows a calmer, wiser way forward.

1) Know the two types of falls

Medical emergency: obvious injury, severe pain, deformity, unconsciousness. Don’t pass go—call 911.

Non-injury/assist-needed fall: dignity is hurt, not the body. The person can’t get up but is responsive. You have time to assess.

2) Rememb...

Not the decision-maker, still carrying the heartbreak? That’s Helen. She isn’t in the driver’s seat of her sister’s dementia care, yet the weight lands squarely on her heart. 

Episode 276 of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians walks through how to truly help when you’re not the one in charge.

Lizette begins with her coaching prompt to create clarity and direction: “let’s say it is six months from today and things are easier f...

“For years I said it: I will never live with my dad.” Episode 275 begins with Lizette’s confession—and the quiet, Spirit-led shift that changed everything after her mother’s death. If you’re wrestling with the same question—“Am I being called to be a dementia caregiver?”—this 30-minute solo reflection is your roadmap.

1. What is a calling? Lizette defines it as a providential placement for God’s purposes, not limited to pulpits or ...

Lisa’s groceries were in the cart when her real burden tumbled out: “I’m doing everything, and I don’t feel gentle anymore.”

Episode 274 captures that live coaching moment and the three biblical strategies Lizette used to turn Lisa’s exhaustion into a game plan.

1. Begin with Clarity, Not Guilt Lizette opened with her signature question: “Let’s say it’s six months from today and things are easier in your caregiving journey. What wo...

“Have you ever caught yourself thinking, maybe God isn’t going to fix this?” Lizette opens Episode 273 with the question most Christian caregivers whisper but rarely voice. If that sentence hits home, today’s five-part framework is for you:

1. Faith What do you really believe about God while dementia keeps progressing? Lizette reminds us our comfort is Heidelberg Q 1: I belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savi...

“If you are the one holding all of the decisions, the care, the appointments, the family tension, and you’re wondering if it’s even OK to use your parents’ money to get help, you’re not the only one.”

Joseph’s Dilemma Mom has passed away. Dad is 91. Joseph shoulders every fall, appointment, and bill while siblings hover on the sidelines. He worries that hiring CNAs with Dad’s savings is selfish.

Lizette walks Joseph through her sig...

“Have you ever wondered if it's okay to wrestle with God?” Lizette opens Episode 271 with that raw question, then answers it by walking straight through Psalm 89.

1. If God Is Faithful, Why Is There Dementia? The psalmist begins by singing of God’s steadfast love—and ends by crying, “Lord, where is Your steadfast love of old?” Lizette reminds us the Bible never hides this tension. Dementia exists because we live in a fallen world, ...

Need more help but flinch at the word “trust”? Anne gets it. In Episode 270 of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians she admits, “**One word would make caregiving easier—**trust.” Doctors who push life-at-any-cost, aides who overstep, relatives who second-guess… no wonder she’d rather shoulder everything herself.

Lizette begins with her signature prompt: “Let’s say it’s six months from today and caregiving is easier. What would...

Why do we still feel uneasy when secular experts say, “Just tell Mom her husband is at work” or “Late-stage patients have no quality of life”? Episode 269 answers with three Bible-anchored distinctives that drive the Think Different Dementia Method™.

1. Dignity Is Imago Dei, Not IQ Lizette opens by reminding us that worth flows from Genesis 1 27, not from Mini-Mental scores. Your loved one’s confused smile still reflects God’s imag...

Your loved one suddenly shaves unprompted, laughs at old jokes, and walks 10 000 steps with the grandkids. It feels like heaven cracked open—until dread creeps in: “What if tomorrow they slip back into twenty-hour sleep days?”

Episode 268 meets that exact tension. Anne, whose husband battles Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and FTD, just lived two glorious weeks of “honeymoon” clarity. She tells Lizette, “I feel like I’m wa...

Are you juggling meds, bills, and late-night Google searches while silently asking, “Why am I still failing?” Episode 267 of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians exposes a hidden truth: burnout often happens when we care outside the wiring God gave us.

1. The Question That Changes Everything “Let’s imagine it’s six months from today and your caregiving journey feels easier. What does easier actually look like for you?” Your an...

Are you a Christian caregiver who secretly wonders, “Is all this sacrifice even worth it?”

Episode 265 meets you in that raw place with Psalm 73 as a roadmap out of spiritual jail.

1. Name the Tension “Sometimes caregiving doesn’t feel like a calling. It feels like punishment.” That line opens the episode and echoes Asaph’s cry, “Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure.”

2. God’s Character, Your Circumstances Psalm 73:1—“Surely Go...

Beth is a pastor’s wife who never planned to be a dementia caregiver. Her father died in January; her 75-year-old mother could no longer live alone. In today’s episode, Beth admits:

“I’ve moved into my bedroom and she’s moved into the house.”

Shadowing, constant haggling, endless “Where’s my bank card?”—Beth is overwhelmed. So I invite her to pause and answer the question I ask every guest:

“Let’s imagine it’s six months from today...

Linda reheats her coffee three times; John skips lunch again; Maria hasn’t opened her Bible in a week because the pillbox, insurance forms, and laundry shout louder. Episode 263 meets caregivers right there—in the blur of unfinished tasks—and offers a compass: the 4D Method™ (Do, Delay, Delete, Delegate).

The Wake-Up Statistic Lizette reminds us that 30 percent of caregivers die before the one they serve. That sobering number refra...

Linda answered my signature question with a sigh:

“Six months from today? I just want to let go of the guilt of being there all the time.”

Episode 262 invites every Christian caregiver to wrestle with that same ache. Linda’s 89-year-old mom (post-stroke, post-fall) and her 91-year-old dad live fifteen minutes away. One midnight call changed everything; now Linda’s phone sits on the nightstand like an alarm she can’t snooze. Visits ...