Caregiving Gen X Style

Family Communications (Listener Mail)

In this latest CGS, Jennifer and Steve tackle a listener email question about family communications, and Gagi makes a surprise appearance!
Link mentioned in this episode: https://www.deadparentswhatnow.com/
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End of Life Planning

Conversations about your loved one's passing are typically something you like to avoid, but they are critical to ensure their wishes are met. In this episode, Jennifer and Steve welcome to the show guest Amy Stein-Milford from DOROT, a New York City-based nonprofit that has a goal of improving the lives of the elderly. Amy talks about how to get the conversation started and what items you need to have in place.
Learn more about DOROT here: https://www.dorotusa.org/
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Hospitals 101

Hospitals can be confusing, but it's a near certainty that caregivers will spend time there with their loved ones.  In this episode, Jennifer and Steve interview a very special guest who is a hospital employee and future RN (spoiler alert: she's also their daughter) about how hospitals work and how family members can work with the nursing staff.
More about the DAISY Award: https://www.daisyfoundation.org/about-daisy-award
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Self Care for Caregivers

In the 20th full episode (not counting the trailer) of Caregiving Gen X Style, Jennifer and Steve talk about something critical for caregivers -- taking care of themselves while taking care of their loved one.
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Caregiver Balance

CGS is back with the first of our once-per-month summer episodes! In this show, Jennifer and Steve talk about a lesson given to Gen X by Mr. Miyagi from the movie The Karate Kid -- that it's important to achieve balance. In this case, we're talking about balancing your caregiving life with the rest of your life.
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Summer Preview, Bloopers, and Outtakes

Due to an illness we don't have a full episode this week, but we took the time to preview what we're doing this summer plus we gave our listeners the gift of bloopers and outtakes!
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Caregiving Guilt

Guilt is a sign that you care, because if you didn't give a hoot then you wouldn't bother feeling guilty.  Caregiver guilt is no exception to this, and it's something all of us who care for our parents deal with at some point or another.  In this new episode, Jennifer and Steve go on a guilt trip.
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Caregiving Quick Hits

In this episode, Jennifer and Steve tackle three shorter topics: problems with secondary caregivers, caregiving versus caretaking, and toxic positivity.
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Caregiving Helpers

Caregiving is hard. No one who has ever taken care of another human being will disagree with that statement. In this new episode, Jennifer and Steve talk about the people who can be your caregiving helpers.
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Control Issues

The elderly parents we GenXers care for are all so very different, but one of the nearly universal things they deal with is loss of control. In this episode, Jennifer and Steve tackle the problem and provide some advice on how to mitigate it.
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