Caring Conversations
This podcast features the voices of those who care. We share stories, perspectives and insights about the caregiving experience.
Episodes
March 31, 2020 • 31 mins
Claire Day shares updates on how to manage a family member with dementia while worrying about coronavirus. Claire is Chief Program Officer for the Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter.
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March 27, 2020 • 15 mins
Beth, who cared for her father, shares how she’s giving herself peace of mind as we worry about the impact of the coronavirus. Beth supports family caregivers through her business, Caregiving Pathways. She’s a Certified Caregiving Consultant, Educator and Facilitator and End of Life Doula. Connect with Beth on her website, https://caregivingpathways.com.
You can download your state's advance directive forms from the AARP website...
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March 26, 2020 • 55 mins
Sharon Hall will be joined by Nansi Gregor-Holt, RN, MSN, MPH, NP from UNC Neurology. Nansi will answer questions recieved through ftdpodcastquestions@yahoo.com we will take as many questions as we have time for during the broadcast
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March 19, 2020 • 30 mins
Ellen, our wealthness expert, will talk out how we stay connect to our coping strategies when we're faced with uncertain times.
About Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP® and Abundance Activist®
Ellen has made her life’s work educating, counseling, and guiding people to grow their prosperity and to use it as a force for good in their lives and in the world.
She is the co-author of NY Times best-seller, Picture Your Prosperity: Smart Mon...
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March 9, 2020 • 29 mins
Theresa Wilbanks, Certified Caregiving Consultant™, Certified Caregiving Educator™, joins Denise to talk out their plans for the unexpected, including the coronavirus. Theresa cares for her 98-year-old father and Denise helps her 88-year-old father and 85-year-old mother.
Visit CareGiving.com and SustainableCaregiving.com for more insights and resources.
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February 27, 2020 • 37 mins
Sharon Hall will be joined by Rebekah Wilson, MSW, https://www.agingcarecoach.com/ to discuss the hard decisions we need to make in the care of those with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). When do I take away the car keys? When do I consider placement? How do I decide on when to call hospice? How do I brace myself for end of life decisions like when to no longer give antibiotics?
These are the questions that haunt us as care partne...
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February 20, 2020 • 30 mins
When we feel like we're in the midst of a financial crisis, how do we find our calm?
Ellen Rogin joins me to share tips to help us calm the panic when we're struggling to get enough.
Ellen wrote the New York Times bestseller on turning your vision into reality, Picture Your Prosperity. She’s an acclaimed speaker, TEDx presenter, blogger, a 20-year veteran of the financial services industry, and a Certified Financial Planner®...
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January 24, 2020 • 32 mins
Denise’s guest is Angie Ardolf, who cares for her daughter, Ruby. In 2017 a video of Angie and Ruby went viral on Instagram which created a new role for Angie — social media disability advocate. Angie shares photos, videos and stories on her social media channels to help shift the narrative about disability issues and to make the world a kinder, more accepting and inclusive place for all.
Angie’s YouTube channel, Angie and Ruby,...
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December 10, 2019 • 30 mins
At our Fourth Annual National Caregiving Conference, we awarded Life Solutions, the maker of ChuckMates, the winner of our Fourth Annual National Caregiving Technology and Product Pitch Event. Lauren Somma, President of Life Solutions, joins us to share about the inspiration for ChuckMates and her mission to help family caregivers and professional caregivers.
ChuckMates is placed under a cloth or disposable Chuck, which is ga...
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October 28, 2019 • 29 mins
As the youngest of her parents’ 16 children, and the only one who went into the healthcare profession, Margaret Fitzpatrick was the natural choice to be a caregiver to both of her parents as they aged into their 90’s.
Additionally, Margaret is the healthcare POA for several of her siblings who are dealing with health challenges (end-stage Multiple Sclerosis, complications from alcoholism and heart disease).
Margaret has been ...
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October 28, 2019 • 30 mins
Jeff joins us at this year's conference to talk about grieving, coping and finding your way during tough times.
Jeff cared for his “Lyme Warrior” wife Cherie who amazed him daily with her courage in fighting this horrible disease. Jeff was also a co-caregiver for his father for 5 years, during his battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
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October 24, 2019 • 36 mins
Sharon Hall will be joined by Nansi Greger-Holt, RN, MPH, MSN, a Geriatric and Family Nurse Practitioner, BC, at UNC Neurology Clinic in the Cognitive Disorders Division, in Chapel Hill, NC. She has been helping patients and their family/caregivers navigate, understand, manage, and treat symptoms of their dementia to maximize their quality of life since 2012, when she started specializing in dementia care.
Nansi has been an RN i...
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October 17, 2019 • 32 mins
We may think our prosperity begins with our bank account. Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, believes it begins with our mind. She'll help us see what's possible as we picture our prosperity.
About Ellen
Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP® and Abundance Activist® has made her life’s work educating, counseling, and guiding people to grow their prosperity and to use it as a force for good in their lives and in the world.
She is t...
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October 17, 2019 • 33 mins
Bobbi Carducci shares about her presentations at this year's National Caregiving Conference. You can meet Bobbi and learn more about her work here: https://www.caregiving.com/ncc19/presenters/bobbi-carducci/
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October 11, 2019 • 30 mins
Tobin Ward, a market research manager with Genworth, joins us to discuss the focus groups she’ll hold at the Fourth Annual National Caregiving Conference. You can join us at the conference virtually or in person on November 7-10 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare, 8535 W. Higgins.
While you’re attending our conference, please consider joining Tobin during one of her one-hour focus groups. You’ll receive a $30 Visa gift c...
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September 26, 2019 • 39 mins
Sharon Hall will be joined by Rebekah Wilson, MSW, www.agingcarecoach.com for this podcast on helping diminish the "anti-social" behavior and re-engage the FTDer.
We will discuss why they disengage and what a care partner can do to get them to socialize anfeel comfortable in day centers, etc.
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August 27, 2019 • 33 mins
Claire E. Day, Chief Program Officer, Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, join us to discuss this question: How do we cope when our caregiving experience could increase our risk for dementia?
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August 22, 2019 • 37 mins
Sharon Hall will be joined by Nansi Greger-Holt, RN, MPH, MSN, a Geriatric and Family Nurse Practitioner, BC, at UNC Neurology Clinic in the Cognitive Disorders Division, in Chapel Hill, NC. She has been helping patients and their family/caregivers navigate, understand, manage, and treat symptoms of their dementia to maximize their quality of life since 2012, when she started specializing in dementia care.
Nansi has been an RN i...
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July 30, 2019 • 30 mins
Claire E. Day, Chief Program Officer, Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, joins us to share updates from this year's Alzheimer's Association International Conference®.
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July 26, 2019 • 30 mins
My guest, Warren Hebert, and I share our thoughts about our most crucial caregiving conversations.
About Warren
Warren Hebert, DNP, RN, CAE, is an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Executive Nurse Fellows Program. Hebert is Chief Innovation Officer for a home health analytics company. He is also a family caregiver, home health nurse, nursing professor, and executive director of the HomeCare Association of Louisi...
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