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...
Tweet The Fearless Caregiving Gary Barg joins us to tell us how to take the best care of your loved ones and still have a life of your own. He is the editor of todays caregiver and the author of “The Fearless Caregiver”. Gary is also the founder of the original caregiver community, caregiver.com. Wriggling: [...]
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Category Archives: Alzheimer’s
3 Things I Thought I knew when I had to Care for my Mother
Tweet Jane Gross – Author of ‘A BitterSweet Season’ answers three insightful questions about what she learned while caring for her mother: Wriggling: What do you know now that you wish you would of known before? Jane Gross: On the practical level, I wish I had understood that medicare actually did not cover most of [...]
Read MoreUnderstanding the Alzheimer’s Journey: Tips for Creating Moments of Joy
Tweet “When I call my mom, we can have a great conversation for an hour, but when I go visit her face-to-face, we can’t talk because she’s distracted by my face and is too busy trying to figure out who I am.” Those with a friend or family member who suffers from Alzheimer’s can relate [...]
Read MoreLearning to COPE with Alzheimer’s: Simple Changes Make a Differen
Tweet Our expert guest, Joanne K. Coste, shared that when her husband was ill with Alzheimer’s, he would open the front door and start wandering outside. Her toddler son would follow and eventually learned how to open the door himself. Fearing that both her husband and son would wander outside and get lost, she disabled [...]
Read MoreBringing Activity Back to Suffers of Alzheimer’s & Their Families
Tweet Life is not over if you have Alzheimer’s, life is not over if you are 80, life still goes on, for everyone. This is vital information, not just for the elderly, but for their caregivers as well. Two special guests join us for our December 13th show, Amir Parsa, Director of The MoMA Alzheimer’s [...]
Read MoreCaring for a Difficult Parent
Tweet For our November 15th show, Jacqueline Marcell, author of the bestseller, “Elder Rage, or Take My Father Please!â€Â joined us to discuss the challenges of caring for an uncooperative elderly parent. What do you do when your parents want all of your time? How do you stop a parent from driving when they shouldn’t? [...]
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