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Coping
With Caregiving
Email Host:
Jacqueline Marcell
The Author
of Elder Rage
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Show Date: 9/06/03
Linda LaPointe is the owner of Senior Options and Services, and discusses growing older gracefully. An advocate for long-term inter-dependence and elder-life matters, Linda started as a direct service caregiver, and became a nursing home, rehabilitation and assisted living administrator. Now a geriatric care manager, college instructor, national speaker, and author of works on human services, she’s developed an educational board game, providing a unique opportunity to experience aging: “In My Shoes: Growing Old”. www.SOSpueblo.com
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Show Date: 9/06/03
Allen Hager is the founder/owner of Right at Home, a nationally franchised home care provider with offices in 23 states. He’s Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the National Private Duty Association (NPDA), the national voice for organizations providing private pay home services for seniors and the disabled. Allen coordinates legislative and regulatory initiatives, and has worked as a hospital administrator with over 18 years in developing health care services in institutional and home settings. www.privatedutyhomecare.org
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Show Date: 9/06/03
Maria
Meyer is the Oregon State Coordinator for the National Family Caregivers
Association, and an advocate of social causes. As an award-winning author
and publisher, she works for institutional advancement of nonprofit organizations,
ranging from homeless shelters to botanical gardens. When her father-in-law
suffered a stroke in 1993, the experience led her to found CareTrust Publications,
and to co-author “The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide
for Caregivers”.
www.comfortofhome.com
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4 Russell Kendzior is President/CEO of Traction Plus, producers of slip-and-fall prevention products and services. He’s Founder/Executive Director of the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), a not-for-profit research and education foundation--and is a lecturer, author and legal consultant. A member of the National Safety Council and the American Society for Testing and Materials, he’s internationally known and considered one of the nation’s leading safety experts. He authored, “Slip and Fall Prevention Made Easy”. www.nfsi.org |
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5 Dr. John Maher is co-founder of Doctors for Nutrition, and has practiced clinical nutrition for over 25 years and taught nutritional diagnostics and therapeutics across America. He’s a certified anti-aging specialist and a past faculty for the NY Academy of Anti-Aging. He is columnist on nutrition for Dynamic Chiropractic, the editor of the Longevity News, moderator of the Anti-Aging Question and Answer Forum, and author of “Your FREE Ant aging Self-Help Course Online!” He discusses the 5 Steps to the 100 Year Health Span”. www.rxforwellness.com |
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Show Date: 9/06/03
Kathy and Gary Young are a widow and widower who found each other after the death of their spouses, and became support group leaders for people with illness and death issues. Gary’s plays have been performed at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the White House. He’s worked with the National Very Special Arts Festival, and he’s Executive Director of the Lifetime Achievement Foundation. Kathy Young has written children's books and worked with children in Afghanistan and Indonesia. They wrote, “Loss and Found: How We Survived the Loss of a Young Spouse”, and are seeking stories to be included in their sequel, “Losses and Gifts”. www.LossAndFound.com