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For the road that doesn't have a map.

A lifetime-membership platform built for the family members and caregivers walking someone they love through dementia. Stage-specific community, guided meditations, and plain-language education — all in one place. Built by someone who lived it.

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Why this exists

My wife. Six years. One disease.

6 yrs
Caring for my wife through dementia

"What I learned is that dementia caregiving is not one journey. It is seven. The fear in Stage 3 is different from the fear in Stage 5. Generic advice does not meet you where you are."

— Anthony Newell, Founder

Built from the inside out.

In 2021, after a six-year journey, my wife Lori passed away from dementia. I was her primary caregiver. I lived inside that disease — the slow erasure of someone you love, the loneliness of being awake while the world sleeps, the tenderness of caring for someone who no longer knows your name.

What I needed at every stage was someone who had been there one step ahead, and a moment of stillness designed for that exact part of the road. Day to Day Dementia is the resource I wish I had — and the one I am building so other families have fewer of those moments alone.

What's Inside

One platform. Three pillars. Organized by clinical stage.

Education tells you what is happening. Meditation helps you metabolize what is happening. Community reminds you that you are not alone in what is happening. Existing options give you one of the three. Day to Day Dementia gives you all three.

The Community

A moderated peer space, not a chaotic Facebook group.

  • Message boards organized by clinical stage
  • Weekly live group support calls
  • Subgroups for spouses, adult children, post-loss
  • Monthly office hours with a clinician advisor

The Meditation Library

35+ original meditations, recorded for caregivers.

  • Mapped to the seven stages of dementia
  • Targeted to specific moments (sundowning, after a fall)
  • Recorded by a credentialed meditation expert
  • Listenable on iOS, Android, and the web

The Compass

Plain-language education, when you actually need it.

  • Stage primers explaining what's happening in the brain
  • What to expect next at every stage
  • Decision checklists (driving, finances, care levels)
  • Short videos and downloadable guides
The Framework

The seven stages of dementia: what helps at each stage.

Anchored in the Reisberg Global Deterioration Scale, the staging system most neurologists already use. Stages 1–3 are pre-dementia. Stages 4–7 are the dementia stages. Stage 5 is the point at which a person can no longer live independently. Click any stage to see what we cover there.
1
No cognitive declinePre-diagnosis or worry stage
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For families noticing something feels off but unsure what it means. We help with grounding, honest self-observation, and preparing for a clinical conversation.
  • Grounding when something feels off
  • Preparing to talk to a doctor
  • Listening to a parent who insists nothing is wrong
See the full Stage 1 overview →
2
Very mild decline (forgetfulness)Subjective complaints, minor word-finding
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The early uncertainty period. Meditations and content focused on living with not knowing, and not catastrophizing every misplaced key.
  • Living with uncertainty
  • Keeping calm when the lapses keep happening
  • Talking to siblings about what you're seeing
See the full Stage 2 overview →
3
Mild decline (early confusional)Diagnostic conversations begin
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The diagnostic period. Receiving a name for what's happening, telling family, confronting the long horizon ahead.
  • Receiving a diagnosis
  • Telling family — the conversation you've been avoiding
  • The first time you cry in the parking lot
See the full Stage 3 overview →
4
Moderate decline (mild dementia)Clear memory loss, financial confusion
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The first major caregiver decisions. Driving, money, social withdrawal. The role shift begins in earnest.
  • Taking the keys away
  • The role shift — when you become the parent
  • Small daily losses
See the full Stage 4 overview →
5
Moderately severe decline (mid dementia)Cannot live without assistance
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The point of no return on independent living. Meditations and guidance for the caregiver-as-identity moment, and the difficult choices about safety and autonomy.
  • When safety overrules autonomy
  • Moving in, or moving them — the housing decision
  • Partner-as-caregiver: how the marriage changes
See the full Stage 5 overview →
6
Severe decline (mid-late dementia)Personality changes, behavioral symptoms
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The hardest middle. Sundowning, behavioral changes, the day they don't recognize you. Meditations for the moments after the worst moments.
  • After a difficult moment
  • Sundowning — staying in your body when the day breaks down
  • When they don't recognize you
  • Physical caregiving and dignity
See the full Stage 6 overview →
7
Very severe decline (late dementia)Loss of speech and motor function
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The end-of-life stage and after. Bedside meditations, permission to grieve a person still alive, and continued community access through bereavement.
  • Bedside presence
  • The last conversations
  • Permission to grieve while they are still here
  • After: the strange grief of someone you already lost
See the full Stage 7 overview →
Who's behind this

A founder who has been where you are.

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Anthony Newell

Founder

Anthony was the primary caregiver for his late wife Lori through the full progression of dementia — six years from the first warning signs to her passing in 2021. He is building Day to Day Dementia from that lived authority, in partnership with credentialed clinicians and meditation experts.

The product is shaped by experience, validated by clinical advisors, and priced as a one-time lifetime purchase so that almost any family — anywhere in the world — can afford it once.

Frequently asked

Questions you might be wondering.

How much does Day to Day Dementia cost?
$179 USD as a one-time lifetime payment. No subscriptions. No upsells. Founding members who join from this waitlist will receive an early-access price (details in the launch email).
Why a one-time payment instead of a subscription?
Caregivers are decision-fatigued. The dementia journey itself is finite. We don't want you managing a monthly bill on top of everything else — especially during bereavement, when you may want continued community access without paying through the hardest months.
Is this medical advice?
No. Day to Day Dementia is a peer support and education community. It does not provide medical, psychiatric, or crisis advice. Our clinical advisor reviews content quarterly for accuracy of language about the disease, but you should always work with your loved one's care team for medical decisions.
Who created the meditations?
Original meditations are written and recorded by a credentialed meditation expert with experience in caregiver and grief populations. Scripts are co-developed with the founder and reviewed by our clinical advisor for accuracy. We are not licensing third-party tracks from generic wellness apps.
Can I use this if my loved one isn't formally diagnosed yet?
Yes. The early stages cover the period before diagnosis — when you suspect something is wrong but aren't sure, and need help thinking it through and preparing for clinical conversations.
What if my loved one has already passed?
The community continues to be valuable through bereavement. Stage 7 content explicitly addresses life after loss. You retain lifetime access regardless of where you are in the journey.
Is this available outside the United States?
Yes. The platform is launching in English globally. Spanish-language content is on the roadmap for the year following launch. We also plan to introduce purchasing-power parity pricing for lower-income markets.
How do I know this is safe to share something personal in?
Members can post anonymously. The community is moderated by a trained community manager. We display crisis-line information persistently. Clinical concerns are escalated to our advisor. We are GDPR-compliant for European members and operate to a HIPAA-aware standard even though we are not a covered entity.
The Compass — Education

Plain-language articles, when you need them.

Clinically reviewed education for caregivers — written from lived experience and grounded in current research. A growing library; start with these.

Medication safety

When the Sleep Aid Is Part of the Problem

Do over-the-counter sleep aids like ZzzQuil and Unisom raise dementia risk? What exhausted caregivers should know — and safer alternatives.

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Medication safety

The Hidden Load

Can your loved one's everyday medications make dementia worse — or work against drugs like Aricept? Understanding anticholinergic burden.

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