{"id":4804,"date":"2025-10-09T16:23:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/?p=4804"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:23:31","slug":"the-caregivers-journal-with-lance-a-slatton-with-cindy-pt-christina-st-family-caregiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/the-caregivers-journal-with-lance-a-slatton-with-cindy-pt-christina-st-family-caregiver\/","title":{"rendered":"The Caregiver&#8217;s Journal with Lance A. Slatton with Cindy-PT &#038; Christina-ST &#8220;Family Caregiver&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Caregiver&#8217;s Journal with Lance A. Slatton with Cindy-PT &#038; Christina-ST &#8220;Family Caregiver&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Caregiver&#039;s Journal with Lance A. Slatton with Cindy-PT &amp; Christina-ST     &quot;Family Caregiver&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TP8uvDfuW88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Caregiver&#8217;s Journal hosted by Lance A. Slatton with Cindy (PT) &#038; Christina (ST) Hardin-Weiss.<\/p>\n<p>The Caregiver&#8217;s Journal is the show where we are sharing the caregiving experiences, stories, and wisdom of family caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 16 &#8211; &#8220;Family Caregiver&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>About Madeline Bastida:<\/p>\n<p>My name is Madeline Bastida, but most people call me Maddy. I\u2019m a proud Puerto Rican from New York City, now living in Washington State. I\u2019m a daughter, advocate, and creative soul navigating life while caring for my dad, Fernando, who is living with Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Our journey began when my dad started showing early signs of memory loss, when he lived in Puerto Rico, and everything changed. I felt overwhelmed and alone, unsure of where to turn. But over time, I realized that this wasn\u2019t just a diagnosis, it was a chance to connect deeper, love harder, and find purpose through pain.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I created my platform to share real, joyful, and honest moments between me and my dad, to remind others they\u2019re not alone. From dancing through sundowning episodes to finding peace in small wins, I\u2019ve made it my mission to advocate for caregivers and those living with dementia or Alzheimer\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>I also volunteer for the Alzheimer\u2019s Association since they helped me a lot, I want to provide support. and I recently launched a fundraiser and awareness campaign through my Mindful Memory Solutions a website that I just created.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38528570\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/ebb319\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" height=\"192\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Caregiver&#8217;s Journal with Lance A. Slatton with Cindy-PT &#038; Christina-ST &#8220;Family Caregiver&#8221; &nbsp; The Caregiver&#8217;s Journal hosted by Lance A. Slatton with Cindy (PT) &#038; Christina (ST) Hardin-Weiss. The Caregiver&#8217;s Journal is the show where we are sharing the caregiving experiences, stories, and wisdom of family caregivers. Chapter 16 &#8211; &#8220;Family Caregiver&#8221;: About Madeline Bastida: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","category-the-caregivers-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/4805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allhomecarematters.com\/api-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}