Sometimes self-care is getting your important paperwork together. Other practical self-care activities that result in peace of mind include: keeping our loved ones safe, advocating for ourselves, finding ways to make caregiving sustainable, and making our home a place we want to be.
Podcast Episodes
Remote and Long Distance Caregiving
Paula Muller helped care for her grandmother and has a lifelong passion for technology applied to healthcare. Paula grew up in Chile and was very close to her grandmother and remains close to her mother. Her passions for family and technology came together in her product that we learn about called CareLink360. In this episode we discuss the caregiver guilt that comes with living from a distance from those requiring care, ideas to create connection with verbal and non-verbal care recipients, methods to infuse joy and energy into life, and ways technology can be a part of a caregiver’s care team.
Unpacking Family Expectations
Lynn Abaté-Johnson understands the typhoon of emotions and responsibilities that come with caring for a loved one. For over six years, Lynn was the primary caregiver for her mother. Lynn says she discovered how to blossom through (and after) caregiving rather than let it drown her. In this episode, Lynn and I chat about grief relief, matriarchy expectations, unexpected respite, and online journals to help streamline communication surrounding a health journey.
Communicating with Persons with Dementia and Dev. Disabilities
In this show, we learn how Teepa Snow’s experience caring for grandparents shaped her career focus, the language and visual cues to use to better communicate with our care partner, her self-care rituals, where she obtains her trusted dementia information, how her training may also help better communicate with persons with developmental disabilities, and the story of how she got the name ‘Teepa’.
- Long Distance Caregiving – Elizabeth Miller
- Self Care for Caregivers – Susanne White
- Fun Activities with Your Care Partner – Patti Lafleur
- Life After Caregiving Ends – Susie Morrell
- Live Without Regret – Rayna Neises
- Become a Badass Advocate – Erin Galyean
- Navigating Military Family Caregiving – Caira Benson
- Reclaiming Your Identity – Ashley Jackson
Articles & Event Replays
- TV Segment: How Technology Can Be A Part of Your Care Team
- Caregiving Advice I Gained from Watching Ted Lasso
- Writing a Self-Care Plan or Your Own Caregiving Plan
- How to Have 'The Talk' With Your Parents About Assisted Living
- Navigating the Role Reversal with Your Parents
- 3 Strategies to Improve Your Home Care Experience
Product Reviews
From Our Gift Shop
Learn from Other Caregivers
Help Keeping It All Together
More Practical Favorites
Other Practical Self-Care & Caregiving Resources
- Digital Course: Six Steps to Infusing Self-Care into Your Caregiving Life
- Cindy and Christina Hardin-Weiss are a wealth of information on how to help your care recipient live independently for as long as possible. Check out their Adaptive Equipment Corner videos on YouTube.
- Hospital Stay, Discharge Planning, Rehab, and Home Care Guides & Checklists
- Mediation & Conflict Coaching Services
- Check out our general resources page and our partner discount page.