FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS
Choosing a new home for your loved one doesn’t end caregiving.
It changes it.
When your loved one moves into a care community, you may no longer be providing the same hands-on care every day, but you are still their person.
The Dementia Pocket Guide App helps families understand dementia, navigate this new season, and stay connected through more meaningful visits, practical education, and gentle emotional support.
Feel more
prepared
before you visit.
Feel more
connected
while you’re there.
Feel more
supported
when you leave.
UNDERSTAND WHAT’S CHANGING
Learn what may be happening in the brain so behaviors, communication changes, and emotional shifts feel less confusing.
CREATE BETTER VISITS
Get simple ideas for connection, conversation, activities, and meaningful moments based on where your loved one is now.
SUPPORT YOUR OWN HEART
Because guilt, grief, and uncertainty don’t disappear after this decision. Families need support in this transition, too.
Families need support after move-in too
1 in 2
families experience guilt after a move into residential dementia care.
98%
say communication barriers can get in the way of meaningful connection.
71%
wish they had known more about dementia-related behavior changes.
This is why support after move-in matters. The Your Dementia Therapist App helps families understand dementia, prepare for better visits, and stay connected in ways that meet their loved one where they are now.
Your role still matters.
Research shows that family involvement continues to matter after a loved one moves into long-term care — supporting connection, advocacy, and quality of life.
You may not be doing the same daily care tasks anymore, but your presence, your voice, your advocacy, and your connection still matter deeply.
I kept watching families go through this alone.
My name is Mary Osborne. I’m an Occupational Therapist who has spent over a decade working directly with individuals living with dementia in memory care communities, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing. I have sat across from more families than I can count who were in exactly the place you’re in right now.
Smart, loving, devoted people who were doing everything right, and still felt lost. Still felt guilty. Still left visits feeling like they’d somehow failed the person they were trying so hard to show up for.
That’s a sign of a system that never gave you the tools you needed. The Dementia Pocket Guide is my attempt to fix that.
Everything inside it is rooted in real clinical experience. Not theory, not generic wellness content, not advice written by someone who has never sat in a memory care common room and watched a family member try to reach their loved one across a table. I have been in that room.
You don’t have to figure this out alone anymore.
Occupational Therapist · Certified Life Coach · 10+ Years in Dementia Care · Founder, Your Dementia Therapist (2021)
Wish your loved one’s community offered more support for families after move-in?
You’re not asking for more paperwork, another portal, or a complicated training system.
You’re asking for something that helps families understand dementia, feel more confident during visits, and stay connected to the person they love.
Nominate your loved one’s community, and we’ll send them information about bringing the Your Dementia Therapist App to families and staff.
