Dementia Unfiltered

Calling all caregivers! Wanna pod with us? Follow us on Instagram (@dementiaunfiltered) and let us know if you'd like to join us as a guest on an episode in Season 2! You can talk truthfully with us about what's made you laugh, cry, scream, and jump for joy. We're taking a wee breather but will be back at it soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this season finale, Suzanne and Kelly catch up after a wild week with Gloria, including an epic (but not catastrophic) meds mixup (Help me, Rhonda!) and some truly unhinged Google searches (yes, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt both make appearances). As always, the laughs come with a side of honesty about what it's really like to care for someone living with dementia. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

It’s been two years since everything changed—Gloria’s fall marked the moment Kelly and Suzanne stopped tiptoeing around tough decisions and stepped head first into the role of caregivers. In this episode, they finally share the story they’ve hinted at since the beginning:  It started with a birthday visit and ended with their first ER visit as a family (awww!) and a one-way trip to Charl...

In this episode of Dementia Unfiltered, Kelly and Suzanne are back with a fresh batch of chaos and caregiving gold. From Mama’s Google searches (“Why is George Clooney so famous?”) to her cutting one-liners (“I hate you both”), it’s another week of wild rides and real emotions. They share a new biopsy update, swap mama survival stories, and laugh their way through an old-school incident involving...

Some mornings start with coffee. Others start with an oyster knife and a UTI. In this episode, Kelly and Suzanne share the chaos of Alzheimer’s mornings—missing teeth, questionable phone history (hello, Washington, D.C.?), and Mama’s firm stance on not being drugged. They reflect on their dad’s passing 20 years ago, the weight of caregiving, and the challenge of not digging themselves into a hole....

In this episode, Kelly and Suzanne go from sweet, joyful moments with Mama to gut-punching reminders of what’s been lost. Another ER visit, email flashbacks of her former sharpness — reality hits pretty freaking hard. They talk ugly crying, jealousy of “normal” people, and the fear of discovering the next new normal. Oh, and there’s also a bold declaration: “I am NOT an exhibitionist.” …Isn’t she,...

On this episode of Dementia Unfiltered, Kelly and Suzanne are back with some action-packed Mama Drama. There’s been vomit. There’s been a no-bra situation. And there’s plenty to guffaw about.  Buckle up for another dose of the insane everyday life of caregiving. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Dementia Unfiltered, Kelly and Suzanne are fumbling through the dark—literally and emotionally. From Gloria’s latest Google searches (Juicy Couture, anyone?) to unexpected, ahem, surprises in her tissues (and shoes), it’s another week of chaos wrapped in caregiving. The sisters get real about feeling overwhelmed, hitting emotional walls, and wondering how long they can keep jugg...

This week on Dementia Unfiltered, Kelly and Suzanne officially celebrate a cancer-free milestone—but trust, the road here wasn’t without its usual chaos. From getting mis-ID'd as a shoe rack to waking up to a murder trial morning to enduring a False Alarm Friday and a For-Real Alarm Saturday, these co-caregiving sisters have had… a week. Life keeps serving up sh*tstorms, but as always, they’re her...

On this episode, Suzanne and Kelly talk about another shot out of the cannon morning that was the most terrifying one yet and new ways they’ve had to pivot to keep Mama feeling safe and them feeling sane. Also: ragers, strip teases, and 4 a.m. Jimmy Dean the Sausage King inquiries. Another wild week in the joy, comedy, and chaos of caregiving. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

In this episode of Dementia Unfiltered, sisters and co-caregivers Suzanne and Kelly talk about how they balanced breast cancer surgery with New Year's Eve, and they reflect a little more on the beginning of this heartbreaking — yet, somehow, sometimes freaking hilarious — journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Suzanne and Kelly uncover the source of last week's hallucination (#NailedIt), reflect on the two-year anniversary of their mom's dementia diagnosis (whoopee…), and revisit the signs that led them to call in the experts. They also share a new diagnosis that has them ready to toss their 2024 BS bingo card. But for these over-it caregivers, the light at the end of this week's tunnel...

We’re Kelly and Suzanne, two sisters co-caregiving for our mother, who has mixed dementia, including Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. We hope to build a community with this podcast so we all don't feel so alone and insane and inappropriate for laughing our way through this hellhole. Caregiving: It’s messy. It can be a hoot. It can break our hearts. We’re unpacking it. Zero filters. Buckle up! In...