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Coping
With Caregiving
Email Host:
Jacqueline Marcell
The Author
of Elder Rage
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Show Date: 9/27/03
Peter A. Lichtenberg, Ph.D., is Director of The Institute of Gerontology and a Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Wayne State University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America. He’s been awarded the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, the Michigan Alzheimer's Advocate Award, and over $10,000,000 in grant funding. He’s authored, “Handbook of Dementia: Psychological, Neurological and Psychiatric Perspectives.” www.iog.wayne.edu
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Show Date: 9/27/03
Maureen O'Toole is vice president of Senior Services at Holy Redeemer Health System, in suburban Philadelphia, PA. She has an advanced degree in Gerontology, more than 24 years of experience in Senior Services, and an extensive background in working with seniors and their families in making life-changing decisions. She discusses the problems that baby-boomers face when they become caregivers to their parents. www.holyredeemer.com.
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Show Date: 9/27/03
Barbara
Friesner is a Generational Coach, seminar leader, speaker and expert on
issues affecting seniors. As a result of being the care manager for her
grandmother and mother, Barbara started AgeWiseLiving to help adult children
help their aging parents. Working with clients all over the world, her
primary focus is on building trust and improving communication. Barbara
also created and taught "Seniors Housing Management" for Cornell University’s
School of Hotel Administration.
www.AgeWiseLiving.com
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4 Betty Lucas is the Director of the public service programs for EyeCare America, the charitable public service foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. EyeCare America operates four public service programs in the U.S: The Seniors, Glaucoma, Diabetes and Children’s. She has 15 years experience designing and developing volunteer programs, and she has been instrumental in creating pro-bono family law clinics in two counties in California. www.eyecareamerica.org |
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5 Pat Lynch was the first woman to begin a successful advertising and marketing agency alone in the South in the late sixties. She began WomensRadio.com in 1996 to give women a larger voice--the largest single audience segment in the world. Last year her company also began WomensCalendar.com, which is now the largest databank of women’s events in the world. www.womensradio.com & www.womenscalendar.org |
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Show Date: 9/27/03
Jim Stevens is President of Caring Transitions Inc. in Cleveland, OH. The company helps seniors, people with disabilities, and their family members manage not only the physical demands of moving, but more importantly, helps them cope with the psychological and emotional aspects of a later life move. Jim’s 25-year professional background in financial services and insurance include helping senior clients and their families deal with the potentially devastating financial aspects of aging and declining health. www.caringtrans.com