About this episode
Carol Reid shares her experience of grieving before death as she navigates her husband's diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
Carol Reid and her husband were looking forward to spending their retirement together. But when Jim was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia , Carol found that although she had worked as a palliative care nurse, it did not prepare her to deal with the gradual loss of her own loved one.
People in this episode
Guest: Carol Reid
Topics covered
- grief
- dementia
- palliative care
- retirement
Keywords
- loss
- caregiving
- emotional journey
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