Caring for the caregiver

Eric Jorgensen created The Special Needs Navigator to help parents like himself find their ways through the maze of information waiting for them as they care for their special needs children.

Ashley is a Cancer Survivor and a Stroke Thriver who helps others build inner strength and embrace individuality in body, mind, and soul through Reiki, yoga, mindfulness and meditation.

Meet Adrienne Gruberg, the founder of The Caregiver Space Community; a safe place online for caregivers around the world to communicate, commiserate and comfort each other.

Her quest for knowledge about dementia care began when our guest, Loretta Woodward Veney, recognized that she had become her mother's mother. This conversation with Loretta is eye-opening for she has much essential information to share with us.

Today's guest is Elissa Lewin, the creative light and executive director of Nancy’s House. Founded in 2006, Nancy’s House fills a need for service to family caregivers by breaking the isolation and exhaustion that can come with taking care of someone who is ill or disabled.

Our guest, Elaine Barlin talk about how blogging provided support, interacting with friends and family while in the midst of caregiving.

Our guest, Linda McCaffrey demonstrates how it is possible to care for another, while caring for yourself.

Dawn Sully Pile had a 35-year career in education. During that time she also got her Masters of Arts in Ministry, and later she became certified as a Co-Active Coach. Dawn developed a program for caregivers called Reimagine Your Role - Restore Your Soul. In this beautiful episode she takes us to the well of imagination. You can find dawn at https://dawnsullypile.com/

Kate Washington is the author of Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America. It is the story of her struggle to care for her seriously ill husband-a look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support. Kate is the dining critic for the Sacramento Bee, so you know her recipe for Peach Kuchen is going to be amazing. This will be an insightful conversation about the loneliness of caregiving and the impact it is having on the health and well-being of so many, and what interventions are needed to better support the legions of caregivers.

Dr. Richard Address is the Director of Jewish Sacred Aging and the host of a weekly podcast called Seekers of Meaning. He teaches at several seminaries and contributes articles to a variety of publications on issues relating to Baby Boomers, aging and spirituality. Being a care recipient puts the person in a very vulnerable position and allowing them their dignity is so important. We will be talking with Rabbi Address about caregiving with dignity in this episode. And the recipe??? Coffee Cake - looks delicious!