In the third and final episode, Talking Christmas: taking care of the carer, Colm focuses on the importance of looking after yourself at this busy time, taking a break, and sharing the caring role with others.
Colm also discusses the impact of COVID-19 on people with dementia, restrictions that may be in place, and the ability to come together.
“It was impossible to do this podcast without addressing the impact of COVID-19 in 2020. We finish the Talking Christmas Podcast series with a discussion with Professor Chris Poulos, Head of Research and Aged Care Clinical Services at HammondCare.”
Chris stresses that it is really important to realise that rules around visiting people in care homes will be different in each State and Territory and even within each State, so people need to check the care homes about their rules around visitors at this time.”