Coping with Caregiving
with Jacqueline Marcell
Saturday 3:00 - 5:00PM PST

Saturday 3p - 5p PST

	01.15.04	Listen With...
	Peter Gelbwaks is the current Chairman of the National Long Term Care Network, --the largest Long Term Care Insurance marketing firm in the United States. He’s taught LTC classes at various Financial Planners Association conventions, and he’s received his Certification in Long Term Care designation. Peter has written numerous articles on Long Term Care and co-authored a Long Term Care book. WebSite
	Teri Louden is President of the health care consulting firm, The Louden Network. She’s passionate about encouraging people to take control of their own health, and to focus on aging with a healthy body and mind. Her own mid-life injury forced Teri to experience "early aging", and led her on a 5-year journey to overcome debilitating pain. She turned to her father for help and in the process discovered his miracle, which led her to write: "On God's Wings: A Daughter's Inspirational Story of Her Dad and His Miracle." WebSite
	Kathleen W. Wilson, MD, is a Mayo Trained Internal Medicine Specialist, --and author of three books "Brain Maintenance: Preventing Stroke & Delaying Dementia", and "Health For Midlife Women: When You Think You Are Falling Apart" and "Your Husband's Health: Simplify Your Worry List". Dr. Wilson has been in practice for 30 years, and lives and practices in New Orleans at a large multi-specialty Hospital. WebSite
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	Betty Short is National Director of Assisted Living and Dementia Care for The Fountains, --which owns and operates nineteen planned adult communities in thirteen states. She travels the United States for The Fountains, working with older adults, families and caregivers, providing training and promoting quality care and quality of life. Betty holds a certificate in gerontology and is a registered nurse with over thirty years experience. WebSite
	Lydia Burdick is the author of "The Sunshine on My Face: A Read-Aloud Book for Memory-Challenged Adults", -- written for her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Lydia didn't know if her mother was actually reading the magazines she browsed through or not, so she decided to write an optimistic book with illustrations of older people to find out. Lydia says one of her greatest pleasures was sitting next to her smiling mother, guiding her to read the book, at a time when she had nearly stopped speaking completely. WebSite
	Chet Cunningham sold his first novel, --a western in 1968, and went on to publish 281 novels and 16 nonfiction books, most of them self help medical books for the layman such as: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Sciatica, the Prostate, and Macular Degeneration. After being the sole caregiver for his wheelchair-bound wife, Rose Marie, for five years, the experience led him to write his latest book, "Caring For Your Aging Parents: a Caregiver’s Guide." Order: 877-930-0100. ChetCunningham.com or WebSite

show info Next Shows: February 12. For upcoming guests, see Coping with Caregiving entries by date here.

Coping with Caregiving is an uplifting program and a valuable resource for anyone coping with the challenges of caregiving, and for everyone who thinks it will never happen to them.

Jacqueline Marcell is a former college professor & television executive, who after the experience of caring for her elderly parents has become an author, publisher and sought-after national speaker, dedicating her life to eldercare awareness and reform. She is the devoted daughter in her riveting true story, "Elder Rage, or Take My Father... Please! How To Survive Caring For Aging Parents," written she says, "so that no one else would ever have to go through what I did."

"Elder Rage" is endorsed by: Hugh Downs,  Regis Philbin, Dr. Dean Edell, Duke University  Center for Aging, Dr. Nancy Snyderman/ABC News, Ed Asner, Betty Friedan, Art Linkletter, Dr. Bernie Siegel,  John Bradshaw, Dr. John Gray,  Senator John D. Rockefeller IV and The Johns Hopkins Memory Clinic. 

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