Radio Shows
Appearance on Fading Memories Podcast
I’m convinced you need a professional when dealing with many eldercare issues. In this podcast I’ll tell you what we care managers do all day to help families and older adults. Enjoy!
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Why isn’t dental care treated like health care?
I just read an Issue Brief put out by Justice in Aging, July 2016, titled: Oral Health in California: What About Older Adults? http://www.justiceinaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Oral-Health-in-CA_What-About-Older-Adults.pdf What struck me was this sentence: “Poor oral health also leads to increased infections, which early research associates with higher risk for heart and lung disease, suffering a stroke, and experiencing
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KRCB Interview with Bruce Robinson
Bruce and I discuss helping your parents accept home help and why I wrote my book. Listen here!
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Hard to take vacation when parents need medication monitoring?
Going on vacation? Worried if your parents will manage their medication safely? It’s even common to feel guilty about leaving! This radio interview excerpt reinforces the importance of getting away and how to do so with parents relying on you to manage their medication. We talk about using a medication system such as a pill box or
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What if the money runs out before mom dies?
It’s a question clients are embarrassed to ask, but the worry is so common. Recently, after leading a productive meeting with the caregiving support team for a client with advanced dementia, I was glad a family member was brave enough to ask me what she was really thinking. “I don’t mean to sound morbid, but
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Yes! A wrinkle on my face!
Hey, a century ago people didn’t try to look younger. Are you kidding me? They didn’t live long enough to look old! Life expectancy at the time was only 46 years old for men, 48 for women. In 2015, U.S. life expectancy is about 76 (men), 80 (women). But rather than bask in the glow of aging,
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Getting you and mom through the next ER visit
I don’t know about you, but for me, being in the emergency department with a loved one can be like entering the Twilight Zone. You enter the florescent light waiting room and are there for hours “in chairs,” then you’re uncomfortably hanging by the side of the gurney keeping your loved one company, trying to
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Dedicated to Dad
I’m back after my hiatus… …offering an easier to use website, with 5 years of radio podcasts now ORGANIZED into CATEGORIES. That’s the good news. Yay for me and yay for you! ¬ Need advice on housing for your parents or free placement help? ¬ Are you sifting through years of stuff in their house?