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I was scrolling through TikTok yesterday and saw a difficult series of videos that showed an elderly woman spitting and throwing items at her caregiver. This showed up on my "For You" page, and I thought this would be a unique opportunity to open the conversation to talk about caregiving.  Here is a screenshot from one of the initial videos that went viral.  Tough Times As A Caregiver This was one of many users that shared it, one video garnering over 5.2 million likes, and more than 295 thousand shares. There was no mention of the caregiver's race or insinuations made by the client, but it was easy for users to assume that this was the central issue. Some of the comments included: "Never too late to unplug it," "she literally on 1%," "nah, it's her time. we won't snitch sis," and one of the few that stood out to me was "They don't pay her enough money to deal with that ."  The text on the video is also worth analyzing. ...

 I interviewed Loretta Veney, and she is such an asset to the caregiving community, especially for those that are caring for someone who lives with Dementia or Alzheimer's.  What drove you to move her into a senior living community? Was it hard? Did you question yourself at times? She first took care of her grandmother with colon cancer, she wanted to die at home and had a colostomy bag. She took classes for colostomy care. She and her cousins thought that their aunt wanted to help take care of her mom.  Loretta wrote her book based on dementia and it came out of the blue. Her mom was 77 when diagnosed with dementia. We spoke about the woman that took a dishwashing job at the facility her husband was in since COVID started because they had never been separated. Instead of complaining, she changed her circumstances to solve the problem. Loretta has spoken to gerontology students to prepare them for what they will encounter. Students are often shocked by the behaviors t...