When a Parent Has Dementia | Joseph F.B. Publishing

Name: When a Parent Has Dementia
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Author: Joseph F.B. Publishing

Dementia doesn't just change your parent. It tests every sibling relationship in the family.

When a parent is diagnosed with dementia, the caregiving questions arrive fast — who does what, who pays for what, who makes the hard calls — and they arrive at exactly the moment siblings are least equipped to answer them calmly. When a Parent Has Dementia offers a structured way through that chaos: the Sibling Care Partnership System, six essential elements for building care-sharing that's fair without demanding it be equal. The book includes 25 real-life difficult-conversation scripts, a Family Care Dashboard for tracking tasks and costs transparently, a Fair Contribution Assessment, and a 20-plus worksheet Sibling Care Toolkit — practical tools for families who may not agree on everything, but still need to build something that works.

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The Sibling Care Partnership System

Six essential elements for fair, sustainable family care — sharing the load, managing money transparently, and making decisions together even when siblings disagree.

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25 real difficult-conversation scripts

Ready-to-use language for the conversations siblings dread most — money, unequal effort, disagreements over a parent's safety and independence.

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The Family Care Dashboard

A practical system for tracking tasks, people, costs, and deadlines transparently, so contributions are visible instead of assumed or resented.

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The Fair Contribution Assessment

A structured way to account for money, distance, time, and circumstances — because fair doesn't always mean equal, and this book helps families name that honestly.

"You may not agree on everything, but you can create a care system that works. For your parent. For your family. For the long run."

Stop letting dementia care become a source of family conflict.

A practical system for sharing care, costs, and hard decisions fairly among siblings. Available on Kindle.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this book only useful if all siblings are willing to cooperate?▾

It's most effective when at least one sibling is willing to introduce structure, even if others are initially resistant — the scripts and tools are designed to open conversations, not require everyone's buy-in from day one.

Does the book cover the medical side of dementia care?▾

No. The focus is specifically on the family logistics of shared caregiving — responsibilities, costs, communication, and decisions — not medical or treatment guidance, which the book directs to healthcare professionals.

What if I'm an only child managing care alone — is this book still relevant?▾

The Sibling Care Partnership System is built for multi-sibling families, but the Family Care Dashboard, worksheets, and decision-making tools are useful for any family caregiver organizing care and costs, sibling or not.

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