In this caregiver spotlight episode, meet Margaret Fitzpatrick from Chicago who found her experience as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Anesthetist to greatly help her as a family caregiver. She cared for both of her parents as they aged into their 90’s and helped care for her ex-husband…after she was remarried. In this show we talk about sharing the care with siblings (Margaret has 15 siblings!), guilt, caregiver burnout, when to call 911, palliative care and the greatest gift you can offer a loved one.
Listen to the show: Caregiver Spotlight – Margaret Fitzpatrick
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Links & Resources Mentioned
- Related blog post: Sharing the Care – How Our Family Approached Caregiving
- Related podcast: Tools to prevent caregiver burnout
- How to stay connected with your long distance aging parent
- No excuses! Margaret shared that Prepareforyourcare.org doesn’t require a notary or an attorney and after walking through their process you will have a legal power of attorney.
- Elizabeth and her husband used Willing.com to prepare their irrevocable trust.
- Margaret’s book “Getting the Best Care: Rescue your loved one from the healthcare conveyor belt”
- Margaret and Elizabeth recommend Dr. Atul Gawande’s book where a doctor’s perspective changed after caring his for his father
- Free resource Margaret shares on her website some of her best tips on when to call 911
- Differences between palliative care and hospice care. They are not the same!
- Margaret is one of the speaker’s at 2019 National Caregiving Conference in Chicago this November and one of the presentations each attendee will leave with completion of their own power of attorney.
- Listen to episodes of Margaret’s podcast “Getting the Best Care”
- The Just For You: a Daily Self-Care Journal is available as one of the gift options.
- Find out more about Margaret’s resources and connect with her on social platforms by visiting her website: https://gettingthebestcare.com/
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