An expert on caring for both children and aging parents.
She has been a delegate to the last two White Conferences...
Motivational Speaker, Author and Personal Power Expert
DeLores Pressley, Motivational Speaker and Personal Power...
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Jane Gross, author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents and Ourselves, joins us to discuss how we can maintain a balance while taking care of our families and ourselves.
May 7, 2012
Jane Gross on Becoming a Caregiver
hello and when I asked her to fill out an endorsement sheet for the Caregiver Tax Credit, she ensaituhstically did so and made positive comments. She signed even though she was rushing out (the meeting had ended late). When Carol Levine came out, she stood by my table but with her back to me. When I went over and introduced myself (reminding her that we had met several years prior) and asked her to sign so that we can begin to get an income credit for caregivers, she looked at the sheet, did not look at me, and said dismissively, I don’t have time for this. She then proceeded to the elevator without looking back at me. She did not even say goodbye or thank you to the two members of the Board of Directors of the Women’s City Club who saw the whole thing, nor thank them for inviting her.Notwithstanding whatever Carol Levine may have written, or is writing, about her experiences as a caregiver, yesterday she showed herself to be not a true advocate. She is a paid speaker who clearly does not care to get a significant policy win for caregivers in the form of some income safety net. She has no respect for the work of other advocates such as myself.Gail Sheehy on the other hand, really cares and is a true enthusiast and motivator of other activists. I will never attend another talk by Carol Levine again.