The Caring Together Podcast features diverse family caregivers at various stages of their caregiving journeys. Each episode highlights a caregiver’s story, the strategies that worked for them, challenges they faced, and the joys in the journey.
Episode #11: How we all can support family caregivers
In the final episode of the season, Amy, Jack and Jill discuss many ways that we all can support family caregivers. Hint: Don't add to a caregivers debt!
5 May 2020
Episode #10: Special Topic - Caregiving and COVID-19
Amy, Jill and Jack discuss the special considerations for caregivers during the global pandemic of COVID-19 and the stay-at-home orders.
5 May 2020
Episode #9: Forming Your Caregiver Survival Plan
Amy, Jack and Jill discuss the kind of plan that can help keep caregivers afloat. This simple 3-step plan goes a long way to help caregivers stay mentally strong during their caregiving journey.
9 Apr 2020
Episode #8: Yes, caregiver burnout is real! (But what can we do about it??)
Amy, Jill, and Jack address head-on the very real issue of caregiver burnout.
9 Apr 2020
Episode #7: Caregiver Survival with Jill Gafner Livingston
Season 2 begins in the midst of the Corona virus quarantine. Amy and Jack are joined via Zoom by Jill Gafner Livingston, who is a Certified Dementia Practitioner and Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Trainer through the International/ National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners and has trained 1000s of formal and family caregivers around the world. They discuss the challenges of caregiving during the quarantine on top of all of the stresses that already come with it.
14 Nov 2019
Episode 6- Judy Morton Interview
Judy discusses her long caregiving journey as well as her work with supporting hundreds of other caregivers. She has a wealth of knowledge for caregivers and the unique things that come up along the way.
7 Nov 2019
Episode 5- Lisa Jacques Interview
Lisa shares about her caregiving journey transitioning her mother into her house and explores the power of journaling. She also opens up about initially not wanting to take on the role but also shares about how much of a gift it has been and how her relationship with her mother has transformed as a result of her caring for her.
31 Oct 2019
Episode 4- Shirley Hoskins Interview
Shirley shares about her amazing story of caring for her stroke survivor husband, William, for over 17 years. She shares about some of the many successes that she had, the importance of support group communities and about some of the struggles of a long care giving journey.
25 Oct 2019
Episode 3- Becky Carlisle Interview
Millennial caregiver Becky Carlisle shares about her journey caring for her grandmother. She discusses some of the challenges of learning about the medical nature of her grandmother's health issues, balancing a family while caring for her and finding time to recharge.
17 Oct 2019
Episode 2- Colleen Beauvais Interview
Hosts Jack and Amy interview caregiver Colleen about her long history with caregiving. They discuss her years working in adult day programs, caring for her sister and most recently caring for her mother while she battles dementia and Alzheimer's disease. They get into the challenges of relocating loved ones, wrestling with feelings of guilt, and changing dynamics of mother-daughter into a caregiving role.
1 Oct 2019
Episode 1- Jack Baker Interview
Jack and Amy kick off the first season with Jack's story of how he came to be a caregiver.
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