When dementia changes the person you love, even ordinary days can become confusing and overwhelming. HartSake gives you practical guidance, real-life support, and trusted tools to help you understand what’s happening, respond with more confidence, and feel less alone along the way.
Your Academy membership includes practical dementia caregiving education plus all seven HartSake caregiver resources—giving you guidance, tools, and support to turn to throughout your caregiving journey.
I know what it feels like to care for someone with dementia and wonder if you're doing the right thing. I know the exhaustion, the confusion, the difficult days, and the feeling that you're trying to figure out things no one ever prepared you for.
I created the HartSake Dementia Caregiver Academy to give you the kind of practical guidance and support I wish I had during my own caregiving years.
You’ll learn how to better understand changes in behavior and communication, respond to difficult moments with more confidence, make everyday care and safety feel more manageable, and recognize when caregiving is taking too much out of you.
And while you’re learning how to care for someone you love, you’ll also be reminded of something caregivers too often forget: you matter in this journey, too.
You don't have to figure all of this out alone.
Caring for someone with dementia can bring challenges you never expected. Repeated questions, changes in behavior, resistance to care, confusion, wandering, sleepless nights, and difficult decisions can leave you wondering what to do next.
You’ll have practical guidance to turn to when those everyday moments leave you wondering what to do next.. You'll learn ways to communicate more effectively, respond to challenging behaviors, make daily care easier, improve safety, recognize important changes, and care for yourself along the way.
You won't have every answer, and you don't have to. Sometimes simply understanding why something is happening and what you can try next can make a difficult moment feel a little more manageable.
You don't have to know everything. You just need somewhere to turn when you don't know what to do next.
Practical guidance for the real challenges of dementia caregiving—so you can feel more prepared, confident, and supported every step of the way.
I wanted this Academy to give you more than information. I wanted you to have practical resources you could actually reach for during the difficult days—the checklists, planners, guides, and tools that can help you feel more organized, prepared, and supported.
That’s why you’ll also have all seven HartSake caregiver resources to turn to when you need practical help beyond the lessons.
A clear, easy-to-understand guide to the stages of dementia, what changes you may notice, and what those changes can mean for everyday care.
A practical planner designed to help you make room for your own wellbeing, routines, rest, and needs while caring for someone else.
A room-by-room guide to help you identify potential risks and create a safer home for someone living with dementia.
A thoughtful self-assessment to help you recognize signs of caregiver burnout, reflect on how you're really doing, and identify where you may need more support.
Quick, practical guidance to help you feel more prepared when an unexpected or difficult caregiving situation arises.
A practical collection of organized forms and trackers to help you keep important medical, medication, appointment, emergency, and caregiving information together in one place.
A compassionate workbook created to help you work through burnout, guilt, difficult emotions, self-care, hope, and the realities of caring for someone you love.
Understand what may be happening, what may come next, and how to respond with greater confidence when difficult situations arise.
Have practical guidance, checklists, planners, and tools ready when you need them—instead of trying to find answers in the middle of an overwhelming day.
Caregiving can take so much out of you. The Academy was created to support not only the person you care for, but you as the caregiver.
Many dementia caregivers don't realize there may be help available to give them a much-needed break. This free guide explains a Medicare program that may provide eligible families with up to $2,500 per year in professional respite care and additional caregiver support—and shows you what to do next.
These resources were created to be used in real caregiving moments—not simply read and forgotten. Whether you need an answer, a place to organize important information, help preparing for what may come next, or simply reassurance on a difficult day, you’ll have practical support to turn to when you need it.
No. The HartSake Dementia Caregiver Academy was created for caregivers at different points in the journey. Whether you're just beginning or have been caregiving for some time, you can use the lessons and resources based on what you need right now.
You’ll receive access to the complete HartSake Dementia Caregiver Academy, along with all seven caregiver resources included with the Academy. These resources are designed to give you practical tools you can return to throughout the caregiving journey.
Yes. The Academy is online and self-paced, so you can work through the lessons when it fits your schedule and return to them when you need a refresher.
No. You can begin at the beginning or go directly to the lessons and resources that are most helpful for what you're dealing with right now.
Yes. The included caregiver resources are designed so you can download them and use them as practical tools at home.
No. The Academy provides caregiver education, practical guidance, organization tools, and support. It does not replace advice, diagnosis, or treatment from qualified healthcare professionals.
Dementia caregiving can bring questions and challenges you never expected. You don’t have to search for every answer on your own. The HartSake Dementia Caregiver Academy gives you practical guidance, trusted tools, and compassionate support to turn to throughout the journey.
