Episode 43: The Cuban Caregiver

by | May 1, 2016 | Podcasts | 0 comments

Mary Aguiar slept about twenty hours in the first three months after her mother moved in with her. Mary’s mother has Parkinson’s disease, and the medication she was on helped with her motor skills, but it also produced hallucinations and made her mother angry. In...

Episode 29: Love, Life And Living

by | Jan 7, 2016 | Podcasts | 0 comments

Retired engineer Patricia Lodge was thrown for a loop when her late father remarried after her mother’s death, but she soon realized the gift he’d been given, finding love again in life. In this episode Patti talks about how she dealt with her father’s decline, how...

Episode 4: All About Family

by | Jul 16, 2015 | Podcasts | 0 comments

Gina Latture Briscoe negotiates a range of family dynamics in her position as marketing sales director for an assisted living facility in Washington DC. In this episode she reflects on her “calling” as an elder care advocate and provides tips for family members...