Transition Aging Parents

 Please join us to learn about making one simple change that will have an amazing positive impact on your aging loved one as well as you and the rest of your family. We are all pressed for time and face competing priorities.  Wouldn't it be nice to find a way and "commit" to something that can truly change quality of life for your loved one and you.  That is what we'll be talking about in today's show.Our guest today, John Bruinsma,  is going to share a simple, transforming idea with us.  Bring back Sunday dinner! Tune into our show to hear about the reserach conducted that confirms how powerful a family Sunday dinner can be to the entire family.  John will share strategies on how to keep the dinner and day stress-free as well as providing great ideas and menus for the actual dinner.  Best of all, if you sign the Sunday Dinner Pledge by July 31, Home Instead will donate $1 for each pledge received to Meals on Wheels (a program whose funding is being cut while the demand/need for meals is increasing dramatically.)What can a simple change like this mean for your aging loved one and for you?  We hope you will join us for a time of learning and conversation.During our 30 minute segment, you will be able to submit your questions for John via the web chat or our call-in number. For more on John Briunsma or his local office of Home Instead, visit https://www.homeinstead.com/343Thank you, Dale Carter, Transition Aging Parents(For those with aging loved ones, you will find more resources at my website, http://www.transitionagingparents.com/welcome/)

Please join us to learn about making your community senior friendly.  We hear that we need to prepare for the Silver Tsunami as the boomer generation ages and become seniors.  How do we even begin to face this daunting task?Our guests today, Tami Neumann and Catherine Braxton, have confronted this challenge and created comprehensive programs to facilitate businesses and entire communities in becoming certified as senior-friendly. Tune into our show to learn what it takes to become senior friendly in areas such as health care, lifestyle, dementia care and in creating an inclusive environment.  Learn about how their efforts enabled the first city in the state of Illinois to become certified as senior friendly.  What did it take to make this goal a reality for Blue Island, Illinois?  How did this change life for the seniors, their families, area businesses and overall quality of life?What can a change like this do for your community?  How can you advocate for this program in your community?  We hope you will join us for a time of learning and conversation.During our 30 minute segment, you will be able to submit your questions for Tami and Catherine via the web chat or our call-in number. For more on Tami Neumann, Catherine Braxton and Silver Dawn, visit http://www.silverdawnsfc.com/Thank you, Dale Carter, Transition Aging Parents(For those with aging loved ones, you will find more resources at my website, http://www.transitionagingparents.com/welcome/)

Please join us to learn about an innovative home care agency.  This evening, I will be joined by our guest, Andre Best, founder and owner of Best Home Care, LLC.Tune into our show to learn how to help your aging loved one: Continue living independently with the aid of PCA services Have friends or family as paid caregiverAscertain if eligible for free servicesThere are lots of home care agencies to choose from.  Andre will share the factors that he deems important in selecting the right agency for your loved one.  If you're a family caregiver, you will walk away from this program with an understanding of what to look for in an agency.  If you're an elder care professional, you'll learn key success factors in providing quality and compassionate care.During our 30 minute segment, you will be able to submit your questions for Andre via the web chat or our call-in number.  We hope you will join us for a time of learning and conversation in caregiving.For more on Andre Best and Best Home Care, visit http://www.besthomecaremn.com/Thank you!  Dale Carter, Transition Aging Parents(For those with aging loved ones, you will find more resources at my website: http://www.transitionagingparents.com/welcome/)

Please join us for the third segment in a very special 4 part evening series.  This evening, I will be joined by our guest, Shellie Kermin, caregiver for her mother-in-law with Alzheimer's, and now a team member of the very first “memory care assisted living” community in Michiana (northwest Indiana.).   Alzheimer's changes the caregiver in so many ways.  Some, like Shellie, have found the experience guides them to a new career of helping others understand and find meaning in the care and support of their loved ones during this very challenging time.  Shellie and her family have been walking the journey with her mother-in law for 8 years.  Shellie gives us a window into the role of the caregiver.  Each loved one and caregiver are unique.  But, we can learn so much by listening to another person's story against the filter of our own.  We'll explore the many twists and turns of Shellie's mother-in-law's life and of her family…from diagnosis to home care to skilled nursing care.  Walk away with “lessons learned” and perhaps some new insight into your situation.   During our 30 minute segment, you will be able to submit your questions for Shellie via the web chat or our call-in number. For more on Shellie Kermin and her new career at North Woods Memory Care, http://www.northwoodsmemorycare.com/ Thank you!  Dale Carter, Transition Aging Parents (For those with aging loved ones, you will find more resources at my website: http://www.transitionagingparents.com/welcome/)

Please join us for the first segment in a very special 4 part evening series.  This evening, I will be joined by our guest, Gary Joseph LeBlanc, founder of the new Alzheimer's/Dementia Hospital Wristband Program, recently launched nationally at a major Florida hospital.  This is a truly comprehensive program to ensure loved ones with dementia receive the most appropriate, quality care while in the hospital. Gary is the author of “Staying Afloat in a Sea of Forgetfulness,” “Managing Alzheimer's and Dementia Behaviors” and co- author of “While I Still Can”. Also, a weekly columnist of “Common Sense Caregiving” published in the Tampa Tribune and Hernando Today and many other health publications. He also founded the Alzheimer's/Dementia Hospital Wristband Project His writings and speaking events utilize his 3,000 plus days and nights of personal caregiving experience to help other Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers cope with the everyday challenges and emotional struggles of caring for the memory-impaired. Gary will discuss his innovative program (born out of his own personal experience) and its benefits to patients, families and medical staff.  He'll share about the program's national launch in Florida and how other hospitals can learn about and implement this incredible program to a truly under-recognized and under-served population. During our 45 minute segment, you will be able to submit your questions for Gary via the web chat or our call-in number. For more on Gary LeBlanc, http://commonsensecaregiving.com/Wristband_Project.html Thank you!  Dale Carter, Transition Aging Parents (For those with aging loved ones, you will find more resources at my website: http://www.transitionagingparents.com/welcome/)