by Jana Panarites | Jan 30, 2020 | Podcasts, Podcasts - Newest |
In the last two decades the number of people age 65 or older who are taking five or more medications has increased 300 percent. A problem that is much bigger than America’s opioid crisis, the scope and impact of over-prescribing in older adults is detailed in...
by Jana Panarites | Jan 16, 2020 | Podcasts, Podcasts - Newest |
Geriatric Care Manager Sonja Kobrin was in her twenties when she began caring for the grandparents who raised her. She had no help and was traumatized by the experience, but it informed her approach years later, when she cared for the biological father who had...
by Jana Panarites | Dec 12, 2019 | Podcasts, Podcasts - Newest |
Brent Wright is one of 64 million sandwich generation Americans who simultaneously cared for an aging parent and his kids, all under the same roof. What made their setup unusual? His mom moved in with Brent and his husband, Sandis, plus their two daughters. Brent...
by Jana Panarites | Nov 28, 2019 | Podcasts, Podcasts - Newest |
One in 68 children born in the US today is diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. The vast majority of them are being raised by single moms, and boys make up roughly three-quarters of those diagnosed. Faced with these and other alarming statistics, Topher...
by Jana Panarites | Nov 14, 2019 | Podcasts, Podcasts - Newest |
Michigan resident Shaista Kazmi has firsthand knowledge of the isolation and guilt felt by millions of family caregivers. But as a Pakistani Muslim, she’s had the added challenge of finding culturally competent home health aides for her elderly family...