keepingitrealcaregiving's podcast

keepingitrealcaregiving's podcast

In this Keeping it REAL Caregiving Podcast episode, we chat with a family caregiver about the importance of being an advocate if your loved one is admitted to the hospital. In this case, her mother's health condition declined substantially after a medical procedure. But because of this daughter's determination and persistence that something was seriously wrong with her mother, the medical team took action. In this episode, hear the full story of what happened to this family and some practical steps all of us should consider when and if our loved ones are admitted to the hospital. Paying close...

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Spousal Caregiving is the topic of this Keeping it REAL Caregiving podcast episode. Some of the challenges of caring for a spouse may be similar to those of us caring for an elder, but the situation is worlds apart, because your person is not a parent or other relative… it is your wife or husband; your life partner and best friend. The woman you will meet in this is a wife, a mother of two children, and now also a widow. She shares her personal experience and offers some guidance for those living a similar situation as well as advice for how to help support someone facing this...

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In this "mini-edition" of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving Podcast, we chat with Cindy Fink, Director of the Meals on Wheels, Rowan program in North Carolina. As our nation and lawmakers continue tograpple over how best to meet the needs of our aging population (and those caring for them) there are signs of growing awareness among individuals, organizations and companies... that we MUST do better at caring for our elders. “There is slightly more awareness, but we are in the infancy stages of what we need to do for our seniors.” So says Cindy Fink, the Executive Director of

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welcomes Financial Literacy Expert Vickie Frazier-Williams to the program to talk about L.T.C. No, not T.L.C. - tender loving care, but the OTHER combination of the same three letters, which for all practical purposes do the same thing. We're talking about long term care insurance coverage and why you need to begin to educate yourselves about what this coverage is and how it works. Your KIRC host, Julia Yarbough and guest, Frazier-Williams are both former broadcast news journalists. We know the power of going after topics by asking the who, what, where, when, how and why questions. It is no...

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Congratulations! If you are a family caregiver you may also be a family historian and sometimes, an archeologist.

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In this episode of Keeping it REAL Caregiving On-Air, we learn more about the extensive reach of some of the different people who serve as family caregivers in the United States. Keeping it REAL Caregiving host Julia Yarbough introduces us to family caregiver Dwane T. Hodges. He is the face and experience of a growing number of family caregivers - MEN - who are tasked with caring for loved ones. In a 2020 report, AARP recorded 39% of the more than 43-million family caregivers in the United States are men. Mr. Hodges shares with viewers his personal story, some of the challenges and hurdles...

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What is Palliative care and how and when should you consider this option?

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In this episode of Keeping it REAL Caregiving On-Air, meet family caregiver Rowena, who is tasked with providing care for her elderly father. The challenge ahead involves finding a safe living facility AND moving him across the country despite already being elderly, frail and ill.

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In Episode3 of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving podcast, family caregiver Bonita Green shares her personal experiences and insight after caring for her elderly mother, Miss Hattie, for more than ten years.

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In episode two of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving Podcast, host Julia Yarbough is joined by family caregiver and registered nurse Debra Craton to discuss the realities of senior caregiving during the age of the Coronavirus.