Caregiving Blog: Caring for Aging Parents
Welcome to the Caregiving Blog: Caring for Aging Parents. Here you will find helpful caregiving blog articles as well as podcasts and transcripts from The Caring Generation® radio program for caregivers and aging adults. Use the social media buttons at the left to share on Facebook, Twitter, or Linked In, to email a copy to family or friends or to print a copy. All posts are written by caregiving expert, Pamela D. Wilson.
The Caring Generation® How to Keep a Job & Care for Elderly Parents
The Caring Generation® - Episode 28 February 26, 2020 On this caregiver radio program Pamela D. Wilson caregiving expert shares tips for How to Keep a Job and Care for Elderly Parents. Attorney Cynthia Calvert with Workforce 21c and Hastings College of Law talks about...
The Caring Generation® Warning Signs For Helping Elderly Parents
The Caring Generation® - Episode 27 February 19, 2020 On this caregiver radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert talks about Warning Signs for Helping Elderly Parents to stay at home and caring for elderly parents. Nearly 50% of older adults are...
The Caring Generation® How to Talk to A Parent With Dementia
The Caring Generation® - Episode 26 February 12, 2020 On this caregiver radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert shares Love Your Parents: How to Talk to a Parent with Dementia. Guest Stephen G. Post author and founder of the Institute for Research on...
Caregiving Blog: Digital Support Programs Prevent Caregiver Discrimination
Digital caregiver support programs offer life support to working caregivers who are treading water to keep up with caregiving responsibilities. Choosing between work and caring for elderly parents is a challenge that adult children who are working caregivers will...
The Caring Generation® Advocating for Elderly in Nursing Homes
The Caring Generation® - Episode 25 February 5, 2020 On this caregiver radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert talks about Advocating for Elderly in Nursing Homes to avoid elder abuse and neglect. Guest Jim Berklan of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News shares...
Caregiving Blog: Tired of Caring? Saying No To Caregiving
Tired of Caring? Tired of Life? Just saying no to caregiving is a daydream of stressed caregivers for elderly parents and spouses. Until one has walked in the shoes of a caregiver who is tired of caring, it is impossible to understand what a caregiver does each day....
The Caring Generation® Caring For My Elderly Mother Is Killing Me
The Caring Generation® - Episode 24 January 29, 2020 On this caregiver radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert shares tips for working family caregivers who say “Caring for My Elderly Mother is Killing Me.” Tips to resolve complaining plus seven habits...
The Caring Generation® What to Do When Elderly Parents Refuse Help
The Caring Generation® - Episode 23 January 22, 2020 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about What to Do When Elderly Parents Refuse Help that results in caregiver role stress and feeling out of control. Special Guest Katherine...
Caregiving Blog: The Four Stages of Caregiving for Elderly Parents
The Four Stages of Caregiving for Elderly Parents The four stages of caregiving for elderly parents relate to the challenges and time commitment of being a caregiver as elderly parents and spouses need increasing levels of care. Based on my personal and professional...
The Caring Generation® Juggling Work and Finding Caregiver Support
The Caring Generation® - Episode 22 January 15, 2020 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert shares Tips for Juggling Work and Caregiving. Guest Rita Choula, Director of Caregiving Projects, with the AARP Public Policy Institute shares...
The Caring Generation® How to Manage Medications for Elderly Parents
The Caring Generation® - Episode 21 January 8, 2020 On this caregiver radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about How to Manage Medications for Elderly Parents. Special Guest. Dr. Neha Jain, a geriatric psychiatrist from the University of...
The Caring Generation® Caregiver Exhaustion I’m Tired of Caring for Elderly Parents
The Caring Generation® - Episode 20 December 18, 2019. On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, shares tips for caregiver exhaustion and feeling Tired of Caring for Elderly Parents. Dr. Brooks Cash from the University of Texas Health...
The Caring Generation® Is Healthcare Forgetting the Elderly?
The Caring Generation® - Episode 19 December 11, 2019 On this radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, answers the question Is Healthcare Forgetting the Elderly? Guest Dr. Mary Wyman from the University of Wisconsin shares research to answer the question Is...
The Caring Generation® The Ultimate Caregiver Survival Skills
The Caring Generation® - Episode 18 December 4, 2019 On this caregiving radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about The Ultimate Caregiver Survival Skills by sharing caregiver skills and tips. Guest Steve Rubin of The Waves Project Shares Solutions...
Caregiving Blog: Making Patient Engagement & Education A Reality
The Importance of Patient Engagement & Education Patient engagement and education is a weighty subject for healthcare providers. Patient-centered care is a simple concept that is difficult to deliver. Healthcare providers are continuously seeking and evaluating...
The Caring Generation® Caregiving: How to Manage When Families Don’t Get Along
The Caring Generation® - Episode 17 November 20, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about How to Manage When Families Don't Get Along and how dysfunctional families create conflict and drama. Guest Spencer Crona, attorney...
The Caring Generation® Why Is Patient Education & Engagement So Important?
The Caring Generation® - Episode 16 November 13, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, answers the question Why Is Patient Education & Engagement So Important for working caregivers and aging adults? Health strategies to...
The Caring Generation® Costs of Caring for Elderly Parents
The Caring Generation® - Episode 15 November 6, 2019 On this caregiving radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about The Costs of Caring for Elderly Parents. Guest Liza Marquez of the American Patriot Service Corporation shares information about...
The Caring Generation® What Is Assisted Living?
The Caring Generation® - Episode 14 October 30, 2019 On this caregiving radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, answers the question "What Is Assisted Living?" Guest Corky Kyle of the Kyle Group talks about legislation requiring disclosure of financial...
The Caring Generation® The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Aging Parents and Children
The Caring Generation® - Episode 13 October 23, 2019 On this caregiving radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about the Challenges of Being in the Sandwich Generation Caring for Aging Parents and Children. Guest Gina Gardiner, international coach...
Caregiving Blog: Caring for Elderly Parents
I Am So Tired of Being a Caregiver Caring for elderly parents and being a caregiver is a blessing and a stressful role in life. Until one becomes a caregiver, the changes resulting from the life transition of caregiving is difficult to imagine. Even then caregivers...
The Caring Generation® Dealing With Negative Elderly Parents
The Caring Generation® - Episode 12 October , 2019 On this radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, shares tips for Dealing With Negative Elderly Parents. Special guest Cara Conway from Paws With a Cause talks about the benefits of service dogs for the...
The Caring Generation® Signs of Dementia Checklist
The Caring Generation® - Episode 11 October 2, 2019 On this caregiving radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about the Signs of Dementia Checklist. Special guest Dr. Jonathan Graff-Radford from the Mayo Clinic talks about the Risk Factors for...
The Caring Generation® Why Being A Caregiver Is So Exhausting
The Caring Generation® - Episode 10 September 25, 2019 On this radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about caregiver burnout and Why Being A Caregiver Is So Exhausting and interviews special guest Rita B. Choula director of caregiving projects for...
The Caring Generation® What to Do When Work And Caregiving Collide
The Caring Generation® - Episode 9 September 18, 2019 On this caregiving radio program, Pamela D. Wilson caregiving expert talks about What to Do When Work and Caregiving Collide. Special guest Daniel Collins joins Pamela to answer the question, "What is Probate?" To...
The Caring Generation® Caring for Aging Parents: A Checklist
The Caring Generation® - Episode 8 September 11, 2019 On this caregiving radio program, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about Caring for Aging Parents - A Checklist that helps take care of parents in the home. Special guest Dr. Valerie Worthington joins...
Caregiving Blog: Work-Life Balance for Working Caregivers
Being a caregiver is an unexpected life role that is all-encompassing. Achieving work-life balance as a working caregiver adds complexity into already busy lives. Working women caregivers shoulder the main burden of caring for aging parents upsetting work-life...
The Caring Generation® How to Make Life Changing Decisions
The Caring Generation® - Episode 7 September 4, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wiilson, caregiving expert, talks about How to Make Life Changing Decisions. Special guest Maro Casparian talks about how to avoid financial scams. To listen to the show,...
The Caring Generation® Managing Work-Life Balance For Working Caregivers
The Caring Generation® - Episode 6 August 28, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about Managing Work-Life Balance for Working Caregivers. Special guest Dr. Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez talks about preventing midlife health...
Caregiving Blog: Family Caregivers Providing More Care
This is a transcript from a radio interviw on CUTV News Radio with host Doug Llewelyn and caregiver expert, Pamela D. Wilson, discussing family caregivers who are providing care for aging parents and spouses. The program aired on July 11, 2019. The podcast is on the...
The Caring Generation® Why Caregiving Takes More than Love – How to Keep Your Heart Healthy
The Caring Generation® - Episode 5 August 21, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert talks about Why Caregiving Takes More than Love. Special guest cardiologist Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley talks about how to keep your heart healthy...
Caregiving Blog: Effects of Being a Caregiver
This is a transcript from a radio interview on CUTV News Radio with host, Jim Masters, and caregiving expert, Pamela D. Wilson about the effects of caregiving and being a caregiver on the family The show aired on July 25, 2019. The podcast is available on the media...
The Caring Generation® Surviving the Emotional Roller Coaster
The Caring Generation® - Episode 4 August 14, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, talks about caregiving and Surviving the Emotional Roller Coaster. Caregiver anger and caregiver resentment are common feelings when caregiving...
Caregiving Blog: Subjects Caregivers Avoid
Subjects Caregivers Avoid This is a transcript from a radio interview on CUTV News Radio with host Doug Llewelyn and Pamela D. Wilson featuring subjects caregivers avoid because of not knowing how to be a caregiver. The program aired on August 1, 2019 and the podcast...
The Caring Generation® What’s Really Making You Sick?
The Caring Generation® - Episode 3 August 7, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert asks the question, Are You a Helper or a Caregiver? Special guest, Dr. Robert Kellum joins Pamela to answer the question, What's Really Making You...
Caregiving Blog: The Upside of Caring for Aging Parents
While experiencing the effects of caregiving, it can be difficult to see the upside of caring for aging parents. Becoming a caregiver happens because of love and a sense of responsibility. The effects of caregiving can feel like an up and down rollercoaster ride....
Caregiving Blog: What Is the Role of a Caregiver
What is the role of a caregiver? In simple terms, a caregiver is a family member or a paid caregiver who helps a sick, elderly, or disabled person. Another word for a caregiver is a helper. Family members who help aging parents may not be familiar with the term...
Caregiving Blog: What to Do With Stubborn Elderly Parents
What to do with stubborn elderly parents—especially when parents don’t see themselves as being stubborn? Some say being stubborn is a generational trait of elderly parents. Elderly parents have done the same things year after year using the same habits. Why change...
The Caring Generation® My Parent is So Stubborn
The Caring Generation® - Episode 2 July 31, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert, shares Tips for How to Deal with Stubborn Aging Parents. Special guest Dr. Allison Heide joins Pamela to share her research on this topic. To listen...
Caregiving Blog: Dealing With Getting Older
Dealing with getting older is a worry of many adults. As a caregiver of an aging parent or a spouse who has hands-on experience, dealing with getting older can be a challenge for many reasons. Watching a loved one decline and then feeling powerless to change the...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Burnout Plus Compassion Fatigue
Caregiving burnout is experienced by caregivers who become physically exhausted by the tasks, role, and responsibilities of being a caregiver. Behaviors and patterns of loved ones trigger negative reactions by the caregiver that result in emotional exhaustion that I...
The Caring Generation® Top 10 Caregiving Mistakes
The Caring Generation® - Episode 1 July 17, 2019 On this caregiving radio program Pamela D Wilson, caregiving expert shares the Top 10 Caregiving Mistakes plus an interview with Dr. Joy Kong on the subject, The Unknown Truth About Stem Cells. Evidence exists that...
Introducing The Caring Generation® Radio Program
The Caring Generation radio program for caregivers and aging adults allows us to talk about caregiving, aging, health and everything in between. The Caring Generation radio program previously aired on 630 KHOW-AM in Denver and will now air on Internet radio on the...
Caregiving Blog: Becoming A Caregiver for An Aging Parent
Becoming a caregiver for an aging parent may be a relationship that you accept but may not want. The role of caregiving for aging parents is unexpected. Caregiver responsibilities grow overnight. A previously stable, happy, life becomes fraught with frustration,...
Caregiving Blog: The Two Things Caregivers Fear the Most Result
Fear of making caregiving mistakes paralyzes caregivers. The two things caregivers fear the most have the greatest potential to solve caregiving issues. When caregivers move past insecurity and denial to ask questions and ask for help, caregiving roles and...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiving TV Now on Roku TV
Roku TV featuring Caregiving TV is Pamela D. Wilson’s latest caregiving media venture. Pamela’s goal is to help aging adults and caregivers through Caregiving TV with an ongoing supply of streaming caregiving videos that are updated monthly. Caregiving TV, on Roku TV,...
Caregiving Blog: Caregiver Resources and Help For Caregivers And Aging Adults
Caregiver Resources and Help For Caregivers And Aging AdultsCaregivers and aging adults benefit from caregiver resources, help for caregivers and hope to navigate caregiving situations. By becoming more informed and knowing available caregiver resources and help,...
10 Reasons Why Caring for Aging Parents Can Feel Overwhelming
Caring for aging parents can feel overwhelming. Caregiving is not a job that one applies for – it is a job that happens in the blink of an eye. On the job training can feel like being on a roller coaster with all of the ups and downs especially when caregivers have no...
Caregiving Blog: The Duty to Caregive; How to Manage Caregiver Burnout When You Hate What Caregiving is Doing to Your Life
Caregivers accept the duty to caregive without realizing how quickly life changes. The question of “how to manage caregiver burnout” when you hate what caregiving is doing to your life is commonly asked by caregivers for aging parents, spouses, and other family...
Caregiving Blog: What Assisted Living & Care Communities Don’t Tell Families
Caregiving Blog: What Assisted Living & Care Communities Don't Tell FamiliesPamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CSA, NCGWhat assisted living and care communities don't tell families is a subject rarely discussed. Assisted living communities and nursing homes...
