Meet Catherine Hodder, former long-distance caregiver for her dad who had Alzheimer’s. Catherine’s years of experience as an Estate Planning Attorney and caregiver prompted her to write a book to help Sandwich Generation caregivers. In this episode, we talk about the important role long-distance caregivers play as part of the care team, the conversations and documents which help to get everything in order, and how listeners can participate in a book giveaway.

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Links & Resources Mentioned

Catherine was a long distance caregiver who helped her mom and sister care for her dad who had Alzheimer’s.
Catherine’s book incorporates her caregiving knowledge and her estate planning professional experience:

Everyone who either emails Elizabeth or joins the Happy Healthy Caregiver newsletter list between August 26th and August 31st, 2020 will be entered into a free drawing for an autographed copy of Catherine’s book.
Catherine’s Next Avenue article that talks about the five essential conversations to have with older adults: How to Have Difficult Conversations with Your Aging Parents
The National Alliance of Caregiving’s Portrait of a Sandwich Generation Caregiver
Elizabeth used Mama Bear Legal Forms to quickly get documents in place for her children who are in college and over the age of 18.
Related post: Long Distance Caregiving
Catherine’s blog post: Separating Hospice Facts From Fiction
Elizabeth uses the Marco Polo app with her sisters and close friends to help fight off lonliness.
All of the prompts from the lightning round segment of the show are borrowed from Elizabeth’s book Just For You: a Daily Self-Care Journal.

Visit Catherine’s website to learn more about her resources and services, including her family binder forms.

Favorite moments & quotes from the episode

It’s not until you deal with it personally that you realize how #estateplanning facilitates and helps you so you can focus on the care of your loved one and not deal with a lot of red tape. @sandgenlife

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A misconception about estate planning is that it’s something for when you die. But actually it is much more helpful and meaning as you progress through life. @Sandgenlife

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If you can’t be there physically to do things…things like going to support groups and doing research can help the day to day caregivers. #longdistancecaregiving

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Catherine’s advice: Get your house in order first before starting the conversation with your aging parents. #estateplanning

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