The Caring Generation® | Advice & Tips for Caregivers
Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, offers caregiver advice and tips to navigate the challenges of caring for aging parents and managing health issues related to aging. Receive practical and proven strategies to manage health, financial costs of care, legal matters, and family relationships on each episode. Wilson's 25-year career as an expert witness, geriatric care manager, professional fiduciary, and owner of a home care agency offers unique support for caregivers and solutions for eldercare planning.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 228
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Caregiving: Dealing With Grief and Loss
Dealing with grief and loss is a lifelong experience that may not be recognized until the loss of an aging parent or family member. Learn how to deal with feelings of grief that result from loss and …
00:15:50 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Finding the Discipline to Move Ahead and Leave the Drama Trauma Behind
Finding the discipline to move ahead from drama and trauma can be challenging in any stage of caregiving—beginning to end. Caregivers who feel stuck often lack a plan and the motivation to change. Fi…
00:14:51 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
How to Manage Sibling Relationships When Caring for Elderly Parents
Sibling agreements can be critical for the care of elderly parents. Learn how to prevent and manage disagreements when siblings have different personalities and behavioral styles from caregiving expe…
00:16:06 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
How to Face Fears When Caring for Aging Parents
Learn why managing fears is essential when caring for aging parents who experience ongoing health challenges. Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson shares seven tips to help caregivers remain practical …
00:15:39 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Why Self-Care Is Important At All Ages
Health impacts many aspects of life, including becoming a caregiver or needing care. Learn why self-care is important at all ages. Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, shares why attention to physical…
00:16:01 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Caregiving: How to Have a Better Tomorrow By Planning Ahead
If you are a caregiver, having a better tomorrow means finding a balance between the urgent and routine. Not planning for the care of aging parents can leave caregivers in an ongoing state of crises …
00:14:32 |
Tue 12 Dec 2023
Balancing Work and Family Caregiving Responsibilities
Being a caregiver is hard work. Learn how to manage increasing family care responsibilities and careers by applying practical skills from the workplace to the tasks of caring for aging parents and lo…
00:38:05 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
Caregiving: How to Manage What Life Throws at You
If you are a family caregiver or a person managing health issues, your time may be consumed with ongoing tasks, doctor appointments, treatments, and responding to unexpected challenges. Learn how to …
00:39:52 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Caregivers: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Living
Caregivers often find themselves in a wait-and-see pattern that can last years. Learn how to stop avoiding and start living life. Gain insights about how your environment shapes your thoughts about w…
00:43:38 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
How to Understand The Differences Between Medicare Plans
Trying to understand Medicare programs can be challenging if you don't understand the long-term financial and health impacts of your choices. If you are a caregiver for an aging parent, an adult enro…
00:40:05 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
The Price Paid by Family Caregivers
Family caregivers pay a high price when trading time and money to care for loved ones. Learn the risks caregivers face and why creating a care plan is essential for having a life while managing care …
00:36:31 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
When Is Change Good For Caregivers?
When is change good for caregivers? Knowing when you can’t do it anymore is a crossroads moment in caregiving situations. It might be time for a change when caregiving responsibilities limit your pot…
00:31:51 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Why is Medicaid So Difficult to Understand?
Are you a caregiver struggling with the financial aspects of paying for a spouse’s or elderly parent’s care? Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, offers an explanation of Medicaid home and community-…
00:35:28 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
How Not to Lose Sight of What is Important
Learn how not to lose sight of what is important. The sacrifices involved in caring for others can result in the loss of relationships and difficulties working with healthcare providers. Caregiving e…
00:38:43 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Are Caregivers Brainwashed?
Are caregivers brainwashed? Caregivers can focus on fixing or doing things for aging parents or spouses due to societal, cultural, family, or groupthink to the exclusion of their well-being. In this …
00:36:20 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
Doing the Best You Can With What You've Got
Being a caregiver is hard. Doing the best you can with the resources and time you have to care for aging parents may never feel like enough. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares examples of careg…
00:36:21 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Things That Don't Make Sense to Caregivers Until Later
Learn about the things that don't make sense to caregivers until later in life. Caregiving expert, Pamela Wilson, shares how minor decisions and personal interactions can have major consequences that…
00:53:44 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
What Happens When Caregivers Have Too Many Responsibilities
Too many responsibilities? Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares what caregivers can do about major life changes that result in feeling hyper-responsible for managing the care of aging parents and…
00:34:37 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Why Do Persons With Dementia Struggle With Little Things?
Persons with dementia lose the ability to complete simple everyday activities. Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson shares why learning about dementia behaviors and personality changes is important to …
00:38:37 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
How Can Caregivers Hold Onto The Good Things In Life?
The act of caregiving for loved ones can seem like a never-ending job. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson discusses how family caregivers can hold onto the good things in life while creating even more…
00:37:13 |
Wed 31 May 2023
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