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When someone you love is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, it hits fast. In this episode, two sisters document the real mechanics of building and managing a care team for their mom, who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in June 2025.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s an honest walkthrough of what they’ve tried, what’s broken, and what’s actually working, including the Skylight calendar system that gave their whole care team shared visibility, the medication tracking spreadsheet that evolved over months into something they couldn’t live without, and how they use Zoom’s remote screen access to troubleshoot tech from hundreds of miles away.

They also break down how they divide responsibilities across four people using a RACI framework borrowed from the corporate world to clarify who’s responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed. Because when you have multiple people caring for one person, communication gaps aren’t just inconvenient. They have real consequences.

And if you’re doing this alone? These tools still apply. A shared calendar, a medication spreadsheet, a Zoom session to help from afar, these aren’t team luxuries. They’re systems any caregiver can build, and they scale up the moment someone in your life says “I want to help.” This episode will give you something real to hand them.

If you’re an adult child managing a parent’s Alzheimer’s care, a spouse trying to build support around someone you love, or a solo caregiver figuring out how to hold it all together, this is a starting point. Not a perfect roadmap, but a real one.

In this episode: remote Alzheimer’s caregiving | building a care team | dividing caregiver roles | Skylight calendar for dementia | medication management | RACI for family caregiving | Zoom for remote caregiving | early onset Alzheimer’s | solo Alzheimer’s caregiver

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Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026.

If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials:

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Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

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In this episode, we start to unpack all the things we had to learn and unlearn about Alzheimers. In this episode we'll talk about the differences between Alzheimer's and dementia, and the differences between being in the early stages versus having early onset Alzheimer's. We also share where things stand with our mom this week- because it was a hard week. The more you know, the more empowered you are to care for your loved one.

If you're in the thick of a new diagnosis and still trying to make sense of the language around it, we hope this one helps. You're not behind. We're all just figuring it out as we go.

Support the show

Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026.

If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials:

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsthroughalz
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThroughALZ

Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

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This is Part 3 of our three part series on getting to our mom Rose's Alzheimer's diagnosis.

We take you from the beginning of April through to June 2025, to the day we got the blood test results that confirmed what we had feared. Along the way we walk through the neuropsych evaluation process, what moderate cognitive impairment actually means, the MRI results that made our parents think everything was fine, and the exhausting back and forth of trying to get everyone to see what we were seeing once all the puzzle pieces finally came together.

We share what it felt like to wake up on a Tuesday morning, open an email, and see a number that was nearly six times the positive threshold for Alzheimer's disease. We talk about how we told our dad, how he told our mom, and the FaceTime call that night where we all sat with it together for the first time.

This episode is also about everything that happens in the space between suspecting something and knowing it. The yo-yo of results that seem alarming and then get explained away, the frustration of feeling like you are being dramatic when the paperwork is right there, and the complicated grief of finally having an answer you were never hoping to be right about.

If you are in the middle of trying to get a diagnosis for someone you love, this episode is for you. Keep pushing. Get on every wait list. Bring a written list to every appointment. Fight to be taken seriously. The earlier you know, the more time you have to take action.

Walk with us! Join our team at the Walk to End Alzheimer's in Buffalo, NY this September 2026 — or donate! 100% of proceeds go to the Alzheimer's Association: act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818

Support the show

Thanks for walking this journey with us. Conversations Through Alzheimer's is hosted by sisters Amber and Felicia, and new episodes drop every Monday through September 2026.

If this show has resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow along on our socials:

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conversationsthroughalz
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThroughALZ

Support the Alzheimer's Association by joining our Walk to End Alzheimer's team or donating: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/NY-WesternNewYork?pg=team&team_id=1057467&fr_id=19818