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March 8, 2022 32 mins
Dave Iverson joins Denise to discuss his book, "Winter Stars: An elderly mother, an aging son, and life’s final journey."

About Dave
During his broadcast journalism career, Dave Iverson produced over 20 documentary specials for PBS, including the Frontline film My Father, My Brother and Me (2009), and Capturing Grace (2015). He also hosted local NPR/PBS programs at KQED in San Francisco and served as a special correspondent to the PBS NewsHour.

Iverson was 56 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and a few years later he decided to do something he’d never imagined—he moved back home to care for his 95-year-old mother, Adelaide. Winter Stars is the story of the ten-year journey that followed. For anyone who’s considering taking on a caregiving role, Iverson’s memoir offers an intimate, unvarnished portrait of the challenges and changes that lie ahead.

Connect with Dave at www.daveiversonauthor.com.

About Denise
Denise develops and leads training and leadership opportunities to help individuals transform a personal caregiving experience into a volunteer opportunity, a small business or a career change. Denise launched several initiatives to ensure the voice and experiences of family caregiver receive the spotlight they deserve. She launched one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 and was the first to feature family caregiver blogs. She convened a National Caregiving Conference for four years (2016-2019), hosted a 36-hour Christmas chat for six years and celebrated creative side of family caregivers with an online Caregiving Art Show. Her research shined a light on family caregiver stress, the needs of working family caregivers and the daily challenges faced by family caregivers. She was a 2017 Influencer in Aging. Denise is the author of several books including "Healing Words: Soothing Strategies for Your Caregiving Fatigues," "The Caregiving Years, Navigating the Six Caregiving Stages and the Take Comfort series." Denise also helps her parents, who are 90 and 87. Learn more at https://www.careyearsacademy.com.
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