Coping with Caregiving

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I barely survived the most horrific year of my life as the sole caregiver to my challenging elderly father and sweet but ailing mother, both with early Alzheimer’s which went undiagnosed for over a year. But after fighting through an unsympathetic medical system, and having my once-adoring father hauled off by the police for violence (choked me) several times to a psychiatric hospital where he’d promptly be released, and depleting my parents’ life savings and most of my own—with sheer determination I solved the endless crisis medically and behaviorally.

INFURIATION TO HIGHER PURPOSE
Stunned by what I endured so needlessly compelled me to give up my (by then stalled) career as a television executive to become an advocate for eldercare awareness and reform. Passion to save others from a similar experience (and especially from getting so frustrated they commit elder abuse) somehow resulted in my first (bestselling) book ELDER RAGE; launching the 'Coping With Caregiving' radio show and interviewing over 1500 healthcare professionals; media including TODAY, CNN, Womans Day, Prevention, AARP Bulletin cover story; and hundreds of presentations including for the California Governor’s Conference (replaced ailing Maureen Reagan), Area Agencies on Aging, National Security Agency and Florida House of Representatives. I also speak about writing, self-publishing, marketing, obtaining celebrity endorsements--and also breast cancer as I am a survivor.

ELDER RAGE is a Book-of-the-Month Club selection (the first time a book on caregiving is selected), receiving 282 five-star Amazon reviews and being considered for a film. Over fifty endorsements include Hugh Downs, Regis Philbin, Leeza Gibbons, John Hopkins Memory Clinic and Harvard Medical School. The Addendum by renowned neurologist/dementia specialist, Rodman Shankle, MS MD (former Medical Director UCI Alzheimer’s Center), makes it also valuable for healthcare professionals/doctors and required reading at numerous universities for courses in geriatric assessment and management. Endorsements & Reviews.

MY MISSIONS ARE TO: Help improve eldercare laws; Encourage long-term care planning; Show healthcare professionals how they can better help families they work with; Empower caregivers with solutions and to put their health first; Advocate for funding for Alzheimer’s research and heighten early diagnosis awareness; Expose elder abuse and exploitation; Bring attention to the value of Adult Day Care, which saved my parents’ lives as well as my own.

I’ve testified before the Assistant Secretary on Aging and received a Media Award from the National Adult Day Services Association. I was also honored with 'Advocate of the Year' from the National Association of Women Business Owners at their Remarkable Women Awards. www.ElderRage.com

JACQUELINE'S SEMINAR CDs: Available on a 2.5/hr CD, or included on 14/hr CD which includes advice from 12 TOP caregiving/eldercare experts! ASK FOR DETAILS , call (949) 975-1012.