Episode 184 – Shaista Kazmi: Serving Elderly Ethnic Minorities
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 members....Episode 183 – Suzanne Garber: Unraveling Global Healthcare
Single Payer, Medicare For All, Universal Healthcare – as these phrases get tossed around the presidential debate stage we get real with Suzanne Garber, whose documentary film, “Gauze: Unraveling Global Healthcare” compares and contrasts healthcare...Episode 182 – Cynthia Lim: Carving a New Path After Loss
LA resident Cynthia Lim, author of the book, “Wherever You Are: A Memoir of Love, Marriage and Brain Injury,” returns to the show a year after our first interview to talk about how her life has changed since the death of her husband, Perry. Retired from...Episode 181: Elissa Altman on “Motherhood: A Memoir of Love, Loathing and Longing”
What happens when a gay, middle-aged daughter who has never gotten along with her makeup-addicted, former television singer mother is suddenly thrust into the role of her caregiver? That’s the subject of James Beard Award-winning food writer Elissa...Episode 180: Millennial Caregiver Adrienne Glusman
Adrienne Glusman always knew she would have to care for her mother at some point. It just happened 30 years sooner than she expected. An only child of divorced parents, Adrienne was 29 years old and traveling the world in between waitressing gigs in New York City...Scattered
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