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
How to Create an Emergency Medical Plan for Elderly Parents
Learn why creating an emergency plan for elderly parents is important to respond to sudden changes in health and hospitalizations. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares practical tips about naviga…
00:35:13 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
How to Keep Elderly Parents Healthy and Independent
Making sure elderly parents stay healthy can feel overwhelming when you're not sure what is important. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson offers tips to support good health throughout life to help you…
00:34:52 |
Tue 26 Jul 2022
How to Deal With Dementia in a Parent
Learning how to deal with dementia in a parent can be an ongoing challenge for family caregivers. Find tips to prepare for the unpredictable journey. Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson, shares tips f…
00:31:28 |
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Getting the Most Out of Life in Your 60s
Pamela D Wilson shares tips for getting the most out of life in your 60s that depend on goals made in your younger years. Learn the steps to identify what's important to you in your 20s 30s and beyon…
00:34:23 |
Tue 28 Jun 2022
How Caregivers Can Respond to Negative Life Events
Caregiving expert and host Pamela D Wilson offers tips for responding to unexpected or ongoing caregiver experiences that can be emotionally and physically draining. Learn how to retrain worrisome th…
00:33:41 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Why Do Old People Not Go to the Doctor?
Host and caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson, answers the question why do old people not go to the doctor? Learn why elderly parents refuse medical care and what family caregivers can do to ease fear a…
00:34:47 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
What is the Impact of Dementia on a Spouse?
The impact of dementia on a spouse caregiver can't be ignored. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson talks about making a dementia plan to care for the spouse with dementia and the caregiver spouse. Lear…
00:32:38 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
How to Be Realistic About a Parent's Health
Pamela D Wilson, shares insights into why elderly parents might be in denial about their health. Learn why family members distance themselves from care situations plus the effects of avoiding health …
00:31:06 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
How to Recognize Self-Destructive Caregiving Behaviors
How to Recognize Self-Destructive Caregiving Behaviors. Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson shares habits that negatively affect family caregivers and how to change behavior patterns to replace self-d…
00:36:29 |
Tue 24 May 2022
When Should An Elderly Parent Stop Living Alone?
When should an elderly parent stop living alone? Caregiving expert, Pamela D Wilson shares how to identify factors that indicate parents will need more day-to-day help and medical care. Guest Dr. Gar…
00:37:05 |
Wed 18 May 2022
Caring For Elderly Parents What Matters Most
Host Pamela D Wilson discusses the 4Ms of caring for elderly parents. Learn the actions that family caregivers and all adults can take to manage health care decisions and make good choices about dail…
00:31:14 |
Wed 11 May 2022
What to Do When Elderly Parents Won't Listen
What to do when elderly parents won't listen. Caregiving expert and host Pamela D Wilson shares both sides of this issue, adult children who become frustrated and aging parents and spouses who feel n…
00:32:58 |
Wed 04 May 2022
Why Family Caregivers Feel Like Failures
Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares eight reasons family caregivers struggle to care for aging parents or spouses. Learn how guilt or feeling responsible for things caregivers don't control can …
00:29:49 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Signs Parents Need Memory Care
Signs parents need memory care include many considerations: caring for elderly parents at home, considering a memory care community, navigating emotions, and more. Dr. Stephen G Post joins host Pamel…
00:35:15 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Taking a Different Approach to Caregiving
Taking a different approach to caregiving includes learning practical steps to manage caregiver relationships with elderly parents and spouses. Host and caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares tips …
00:30:39 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Breaking Promises to Care for Elderly Parents
Breaking caregiver promises isn't easy. Caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson shares how to adjust personal goals with commitments to care for elderly parents, spouses, and loved ones. Caregiving promise…
00:31:29 |
Tue 05 Apr 2022
Challenges Faced by Women as Caregivers
Pamela D Wilson discusses the challenges faced by women as caregivers that affect health, well-being, and financial security. Dr. Katherine Ornstein from Mt. Sinai discusses her research Kinlessness …
00:36:43 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
What Difficulties Do Caregivers Face?
What Difficulties Do Caregivers Face? Caregiver Expert and Host, Pamela D Wilson talks about common issues that family caregivers face. These include learning to set boundaries, providing life suppor…
00:36:06 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
What to Do When Elderly Parents Won't Make Decisions
Caregiving expert and host Pamela D Wilson offers insights into why elderly parents struggle with aging and decision-making. What can adult children caring for aging parents do to move situations for…
00:36:34 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Being a Caregiver When You Are Young
Pamela D Wilson shares insights and her personal story about being a young caregiver and why understanding the life history of parents who need care can help caregiving make more sense. Learn tips fo…
00:51:49 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
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