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July 14, 2026
The Children's Book Making Caregivers Feel Less Alone
<p>The River of Caregiving: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711679/the-river-of-caregiving-by-jocelyn-chung-illustrated-by-sarah-gonzales/" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711679/the-river-of-caregiving-by-jocelyn-chung-illustrated-by-sarah-gonzales/</a><br /><br />What does care look like when nobody has the words for it? That's what this episode is about, through a new children's book called The River of Caregiving.<br /><br />We sat down with author Jocelyn Chung and illustrator Sarah Gonzales to talk about the book and the caregiving stories behind it. Jocelyn wrote it while caring for both of her grandparents through cancer diagnoses, and we get into how that turned into a story built around water, memory, and family. Sarah shares how she illustrated the book without ever talking to Jocelyn during the process, working straight from Jocelyn's own family photos.<br /><br />We talk about growing up in four generation households, staying close to family as adults, keeping language and culture alive across generations, and how the book deals with loss in a way that's honest but still right for a kid.<br /><br />Jocelyn Chung: <br />→ <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/jocelynschung" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jocelynschung</a><br />→ <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.jocelynchung.com" target="_blank">https://www.jocelynchung.com</a><br /><br />Sarah Gonzales<br />→ <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/sgonzalesart" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/sgonzalesart</a><br />→ <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sgonzalesart.com/" target="_blank">https://sgonzalesart.com/</a></p>
July 7, 2026
How to Get Your Parents Talking About Money and Care
<p>Most families avoid this conversation until a crisis forces it. By then, the choices are already gone.<br /><br />In this episode, Shauna, Founder and CEO of tendercare, sits down with Dan Henderson (Assisted Living Locators) and Zahya Beall (Damefender Financial Partners) to talk about why the money conversation with aging parents is so hard to start, and the one trick that actually works: flip the script.<br /><br />Instead of asking your parents about their plan, tell them about yours. Watch what happens.<br /><br />They cover what the AARP study found about the checkbook knowing before a diagnosis does, why the families who plan early keep their choices and the families who wait lose them, what actually happens the first time someone asks "who has power of attorney" and gets silence back, the widow's penalty and RMD squeeze most people have never heard of, and why waiting for one "big talk" is the wrong goal entirely.<br /><br />If you're the son or daughter trying to figure out how to talk to your parents about aging in place, long-term care, or elder care planning, this episode gives you a real way in.<br /><br />Links to resources: <br /><br />→ Damefender Financial Partners: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://damefender.com/" target="_blank">https://damefender.com/</a><br />→ Zahya Beall LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahya/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahya/</a><br /><br />→ Assisted Living Locators, Scottsdale: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://scottsdale.assistedlivinglocators.com/" target="_blank">https://scottsdale.assistedlivinglocators.com/</a> <br />→ Dan Henderson LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhenderson1/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhenderson1/</a><br /><br />→ MIT AgeLab resources: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://agelab.mit.edu/resources" target="_blank">https://agelab.mit.edu/resources</a><br /><br />→ Find a tendercare Trusted Network member near you: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://trytendercare.com/trusted-network" target="_blank">https://trytendercare.com/trusted-network</a><br />-----<br />tendercare is the caregiving app built by caregivers, for caregivers. Whether you’re supporting aging parents, caring for a spouse, or helping a loved one after a diagnosis, we make caregiving easier, safer, and less overwhelming.<br /><br />With tendercare, families can keep medical records, medications, and documents organized in one secure place, share updates with everyone at once instead of repeating themselves five times, store emergency information that first responders can trust, and connect with vetted elder care professionals through our trusted network.<br /><br />Caregiving is one of the hardest jobs in the world, but you don’t have to do it alone. Join thousands of families who are finding peace of mind with tendercare.</p>
June 30, 2026
The Government Said We're The Blueprint to Elder Care
<p>See if you're eligible for the GUIDE program: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://trytendercare.com/GUIDE" target="_blank">https://trytendercare.com/GUIDE</a><br /><br />Most families navigating elder care feel like they're figuring it out alone. No roadmap, no one to call, no idea what resources even exist. That's the problem tendercare was built to solve.<br /><br />This week, Shauna and Chris pull back the curtain on what it actually takes to build it.<br /><br />Shauna shares where tendercare is in its fundraising journey and what that process really feels like from the inside. The energy it takes. The right questions to ask. Why finding the right investor is less like a business transaction and more like finding the right partner. She also gets into why money has always been part of the caregiving story and why understanding it is one of the most protective things a family can do.<br /><br />Then the conversation shifts to what's happening on the ground right now. The team is personally calling hundreds of families to help them get through the GUIDE enrollment process.<br /><br />tendercare just launched a partnership with Vivo Health bringing free fitness classes to caregivers and seniors. And Shauna shares what it felt like to hear someone from the government say that tendercare might be the blueprint for how America thinks about aging.<br />-----<br />tendercare is the caregiving app built by caregivers, for caregivers. Whether you’re supporting aging parents, caring for a spouse, or helping a loved one after a diagnosis, we make caregiving easier, safer, and less overwhelming.<br /><br />With tendercare, families can keep medical records, medications, and documents organized in one secure place, share updates with everyone at once instead of repeating themselves five times, store emergency information that first responders can trust, and connect with vetted elder care professionals through our trusted network.<br /><br />Caregiving is one of the hardest jobs in the world, but you don’t have to do it alone. Join thousands of families who are finding peace of mind with tendercare.</p>
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