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Keeping it REAL Caregiving is for those who are tasked with caring for a senior loved one. The road can be rewarding, but make no mistake; it is equally challenging, exhausting and sometimes emotionally draining. The goal of Keeping it REAL Caregiving is to help you understand and navigate the health care world you are entering including how to move through Medicare and other insurance options, altering a home to provide safe living spaces, proper food preparation for senior nutrition, keepi ...
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KIRC Podcast S2:E1 How one woman helped save her mother's life
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In this Keeping it REAL Caregiving Podcast episode, we chat with a family caregiver about the importance of being an advocate if your loved one is admitted to the hospital. In this case, her mother's health condition declined substantially after a medical procedure. But because of this daughter's determination and persistence that something was ser…
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KIRC Podcast S1:E10 When caregiving means losing your life partner
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Spousal Caregiving is the topic of this Keeping it REAL Caregiving podcast episode. Some of the challenges of caring for a spouse may be similar to those of us caring for an elder, but the situation is worlds apart, because your person is not a parent or other relative… it is your wife or husband; your life partner and best friend. The woman you wi…
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KIRC Podcast S1:E9 Tablet technology for companionship and more
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In this "mini-edition" of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving Podcast, we chat with Cindy Fink, Director of the Meals on Wheels, Rowan program in North Carolina. As our nation and lawmakers continue tograpple over how best to meet the needs of our aging population (and those caring for them) there are signs of growing awareness among individuals, organi…
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KIRC Podcast S1:E8 What you need to know about Long Term Care coverage
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Keeping it REAL Caregiving welcomes Financial Literacy Expert Vickie Frazier-Williams to the program to talk about L.T.C. No, not T.L.C. - tender loving care, but the OTHER combination of the same three letters, which for all practical purposes do the same thing. We're talking about long term care insurance coverage and why you need to begin to edu…
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KIRC Podcast S1:E7 Capturing famiy history with Video Journals
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Congratulations! If you are a family caregiver you may also be a family historian and sometimes, an archeologist. In this episode of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving podcast, we explore the idea of how and why we - as a society - choose to chase and document history. And when I say history, I mean everyday stories. OUR STORIES. I’ve always considered…
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KIRC Podcast S1:E6 When family caregiving is a man's job
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In this episode of Keeping it REAL Caregiving On-Air, we learn more about the extensive reach of some of the different people who serve as family caregivers in the United States. Keeping it REAL Caregiving host Julia Yarbough introduces us to family caregiver Dwane T. Hodges. He is the face and experience of a growing number of family caregivers - …
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What is Palliative care and how and when should you consider this option? In Season One; Episode 5 of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving Podcast we chat with a registered nurse who is also a Palliative care specialist. Learn more about this specialized field of medical care, what patients and their families need to know before being admitted to a hospi…
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Keeping it REAL Caregiving discovering my father
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In this episode of Keeping it REAL Caregiving On-Air, meet family caregiver Rowena, who is tasked with providing care for her elderly father. The challenge ahead involves finding a safe living facility AND moving him across the country despite already being elderly, frail and ill. Keeping it REAL Caregiving is the brainchild of Emmy award-winning b…
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Family Caregiving Lessons Learned from Bonita & Miss Hattie
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In Episode3 of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving podcast, family caregiver Bonita Green shares her personal experiences and insight after caring for her elderly mother, Miss Hattie, for more than ten years. She shares her top five 'suggestions' for other caregivers on how to navigate the experience and how to care for oneself 'after' your loved one pa…
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Senior Living Caregiving in the Age of Covid-19
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In episode two of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving Podcast, host Julia Yarbough is joined by family caregiver and registered nurse Debra Craton to discuss the realities of senior caregiving during the age of the Coronavirus. Topics include current news reports, staffing challenges for living facilities, nurse burnout and the need for family members t…
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In this debut episode of the Keeping it REAL Caregiving podcast, host Julia Yarbough speaks with family caregiver Debra Craton about the loss of her elderly mother and the challenges she faced caring for a senior for more than 12 years. Discussion includes insight on navigating health and daily needs and how the current system often neglects the ne…
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