Free for families · from Caring Companions
A free course for families caring for someone they love.
Understand the changes, protect the relationship, and learn how to care without losing yourself. Narrated by Samantha, the owner of Caring Companions. No sign-up, no grades, no pressure. Just company for the road.
Begin Module 01 →The families you’ll walk with
Ellen & Ruth
a daughter and her mother
Frank & June
married 52 years
Denise & Walter
a daughter and her dad,
40 years a machinist
Carol & Gene
married 47 years
Tia & Opal
a granddaughter and the pie story
Marcus & Leon
a son in the middle of everything
more families
joining as modules open
Their stories carry the lessons, so you’re never learning alone.
The journey
Start at the beginning or jump to tonight’s problem. Each module stands on its own, and they’re better together.
1 Available now · ~20 minThe feelings nobody warns you about: grief that starts early, guilt, anger, and the love that holds it all.
▶ 2 Available now · ~25 minThey are not giving you a hard time. They are having a hard time. The detective questions, and the one firm rule about sudden confusion.
▶ 3 Available now · ~25 minConnection is often more helpful than correction. The feeling beneath the words, the validate-then-redirect sequence, and the phrases that open doors.
▶ 4 Available now · ~27 minAccusations, anger, and the night they don’t know your face. The hurt you feel is real, and there are ways through, for both of you.
▶ 5 Available now · ~28 minApproach, pace, choices, and dignity, including Teepa Snow’s Positive Physical Approach™, the same craft our professional caregivers train in.
▶ 6 Available now · ~31 minA person is more than what they can remember today. The beautiful road: identity, music, story doors, and the “This Is Who I Am” keepsake you’ll build.
▶ 7 Available now · ~27 minNot a nursing course, a dignity course: bathing, dressing, the bathroom, and meals, with Teepa Snow’s Hand-under-Hand™.
▶ 8 Available now · ~27 minThe module about you. No bubble baths: specific asks, the family meeting, your circle of support, and when one pair of hands is no longer enough.
▶Driving, living alone, wandering, planning, and facing choices together.
Printable tools from the course, free to anyone, no course completion required. The library grows with each module.
Family Caregiver Emotional Check-In → What Might This Behavior Be Communicating? → What to Say Instead → When Dementia Says Something Hurtful → The Calm Communication Guide → This Is Who I Am (keepsake page) → 100 Story Prompts → Daily Routine & Trigger Tracker → Burnout Self-Check & Support Plan →This course draws on widely accepted person-centered dementia care, including the teachings of dementia educator Teepa Snow and her Positive Approach to Care®, which Caring Companions is licensed to use and teaches to every professional caregiver on our own team. Families who want to go deeper can explore her demonstrations and resources at teepasnow.com.
Emergencies: 911 · Emotional crisis: call or text 988 · Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline: (800) 272-3900 · Sudden changes in your loved one: call their healthcare provider.