Caregiving Gen X Style

Expect the Food to Suck

The words "hospital food" don't exactly bring to mind the idea of a culinary masterpiece, and for good reason.  In this episode, Jennifer and Steve discuss the questionable food your loved one may be served in all of the different facilities where they might stay, and what you can do about it.
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Caregiving Cautionary Tale

In this episode, Steve and Jennifer tell the story of an "incident" with Steve's mom that taught them more lessons than they could have imagined, including why you shouldn't trust Life Alert.
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Everything I Know About Caregiving I Learned in Elementary School

Steve and Jennifer discuss how lessons learned in child rearing come in very handy when caring for elderly parents, including realizing people will be mean, things are scary, and assisted living facilities are basically high school for old people.
Links mentioned in this episode:https://www.amazon.com/Really-Need-Know-Learned-Kindergarten/dp/034546639X/Note: Steve referenced this as an Erma Bombeck book, which was partially incorrect.  Bombeck did write a book with a similar name that was a semi-parody of the Fulghum book linked above. 
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Long Distance Caregiving (Listener Mail)

In an episode inspired by a listener email, we talk with medical social worker Robin Hollar about how to take care of your loved one from a distance.
Links mentioned in this episode: 
Eldercare Locator https://eldercare.acl.gov/ 
Aging Life Care Association https://www.aginglifecare.org/ 
National Family Caregivers Association (now Caregivers Action Network) https://www.caregiveraction.org/ 
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Holiday Bonus Episode

We usually publish new episodes every other Tuesday, but this one is a special bonus episode! In it, we talk about how to help make the holidays better for your elderly loved one, AND we have a holiday gift for all of our listeners - bloopers and outtakes!  Jennifer is really excited about it too!  Our regularly scheduled next episode will publish next Tuesday.
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Different Environments

There are a LOT of different places your loved one could reside during your caregiving journey.  Jennifer and Steve talk about a variety of them, and give advice on each.  Also, Steve tells the story of when there was "almost" an old lady slap fight in his mother's assisted living.  Join us every other Tuesday for new episodes!
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University of Healthcare Facilities

In this third episode of Caregiving Gen X Style, Jennifer and Steve talk about how selecting a facility for your loved one is very similar to picking out a college.  They also start a new segment called, "How's your mom?"  Join us every other Tuesday for new episodes!
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Types of Caregivers

In this episode, hosts Jennifer and Steve Mullen discuss the many different types of caregivers.  We hope you'll continue joining us every other Tuesday for new episodes!
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Introduction

NOTE: We had some sound issues in this episode, which have been fixed for episode two and beyond. 
Welcome to the premier episode of Caregiving Gen X Style.  In this episode, hosts Jennifer and Steve Mullen introduce themselves and tell a bit about their caregiving journey.  Thanks for joining us on this ride, and check back every other Tuesday for new episodes!
To contact us: Email: caregivinggenxstyle@gmail.com Voicemail/text: 804-723-1221 Twitter: https://twitter.com/genxcaregiving Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caregivinggenxstyle/
 
 

Trailer

This is a teaser episode for the all-new podcast series Caregiving Gen X Style, which will publish new episodes twice each month.  Hosts Jennifer and Steve Mullen are both GenXers navigating taking care of aging parents while also taking care of kids.  Our generation is truly the sandwich generation now, and we're all being squished in the middle of the sandwich! We're not experts but we hope to talk about the things we've learned in the hopes that we can help people, and have a little fun along the way.  As we all know, misery does love company.  Join us every other Tuesday for new episodes!
 
To contact us: Email: caregivinggenxstyle@gmail.com Voicemail: 804-723-1221 Twitter: https://twitter.com/genxcaregiving Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caregivinggenxstyle/