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  • I Thought I had Gone to Another Land: With Guest Kitty Eisele

    I Thought I had Gone to Another Land: With Guest Kitty Eisele
    2023/06/27
    Kitty Eisle, executive producer for podcasts with Texas Public Radio and NPR, as well the host of Twenty-Four Seven: A podcast about caregiving, joins us to discuss caregiving for parents, how to prepare ahead of time for caregiving needs, and why it's important to know your neighbors.
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    56 分
  • What If We Really Believed That Care Is A Part of Everyone's Life?: With Guest Emily Kenway

    What If We Really Believed That Care Is A Part of Everyone's Life?: With Guest Emily Kenway
    2023/06/20
    We're joined by Emily Kenway, the author of "Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It". "Who cares" is a very loving memoir of Emily's own caregiving experience. It also is a great work of advocacy by imagining the changes that would happen throughout our world if we started from the default assumption that all people will be caregivers at some time in their lives.

    https://www.emilykenway.com/about
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    35 分
  • Recognizing Youth Caregivers with guest Connie Siskowski

    Recognizing Youth Caregivers with guest Connie Siskowski
    2023/06/13
    Connie Siskowski, President of the American Association of Caregiving Youth, joins us to discuss youth caregivers. Her program recognizes and supports young people who are caregivers

    Find out more about the American Association of Caregiving Youth
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    45 分
  • Youth As Caregivers: With Guest Melinda Kavanaugh

    Youth As Caregivers: With Guest Melinda Kavanaugh
    2023/06/06
    Melinda Kavanaugh describes what her organization YCARE does to support young caregivers. Young caregivers are very frequently overlooked, yet perform many of the same tasks as adults with many of the same responsibilities. Hear how Melinda brings youth caregiving education and a chance to connect to same age peers with similar experiences.

    https://uwm.edu/ycare/
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    39 分
  • The Call to Increase DSP Wages: With Guest Kim Evon

    The Call to Increase DSP Wages: With Guest Kim Evon
    2023/05/30
    We're joined by Kim Evon to discuss California caregivers and the large gap in staffing that leads to reliability issues in caregiving. We discuss why family caregivers may have difficulties working full-time and what happens when there's not enough care to go around to those who need it.

    transcript
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    25 分
  • The Shortage of Direct Care Workers: With Guest Elise Augilar

    The Shortage of Direct Care Workers: With Guest Elise Augilar
    2023/05/23
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    Elise's letter on healthcare workforce shortages

    ANCOR's report "The State of America’s Direct Support Workforce Crisis 2022"

    Elise Augilar, Director of Federal Relations at ANCOR discusses the shortage of (non family) direct support providers. We discuss the need for DSP jobs to be properly recognized and paid.
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    32 分
  • Sources of Funding for Family Caregivers: With Guest Maressa Brown

    Sources of Funding for Family Caregivers: With Guest Maressa Brown
    2023/05/16
    Maressa Brown joins us to discuss possible ways that some family caregivers may be able to get paid for work.

    read the full article on care.com

    https://maressabrown.com/
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    15 分
  • For Mother's Day, Moms are Plunged Back into an Impossible Situation: With Guest Calli Ross

    For Mother's Day, Moms are Plunged Back into an Impossible Situation: With Guest Calli Ross
    2023/05/14
    Calli Ross is back to discuss the current state of the movement in OR to allow parent paid caregivers through Medicaid Home and Community Based Services. Just in time for mother's day, hundreds of mothers in Oregon lost their income for meeting the extraordinary needs of their children as the state of emergency which temporarily allowed parent paid caregivers expires without a permanent replacement yet in place.
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    27 分