The DAWN method taught me that folks living with dementia will benefit from feeling a sense of love, admiration, and respect. But in the same way, caregiver spouses need this too!
Pushing a caregiver spouse toward what we believe they need doesn’t work – instead, we need to show them love, admiration, and respect. We need to give them the space to arrive at their own best decisions on the type of help and the amount of help they need!
