Interview with Julie Hall, author of “Boomer Burden: Dealing with your parent’s lifetime accumulation of stuff,” on February 19th, 9AM pacific. www.BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics
February 5, 2010 by admin
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Join me as I interview Julie Hall, the Estate Lady. She is the author of “Boomer Burden: Dealing with your parent’s lifetime accumulation of stuff,” on February 19th, 9AM pacific. www.BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics
The Estate Lady®, professional estate liquidator Julie Hall, knows what to do. Whether your parents are still alive or you’re in the middle of a crisis, The Boomer Burden has solutions. Hall provides trustworthy counsel on how to:
- divide your parents’ estate with peace of mind
- minimize fighting with siblings during the estate settlement process
- clear out the family home in ten days or less
- identify potential items of value in the home
- have “that conversation” with your parents
- prepare your own children for the future
The Estate Lady® offers guidance for any executor, heir, or beneficiary, sharing some of her most fascinating stories as well as helpful checklists of the things that need to be done now and at the time of your loss.
IF YOU HAVE PARENTS, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.
The Boomer Burden gives you practical, effective steps for liquidating and distributing your parents’ assets in a way that both honors them and promotes family harmony for generations to come.
Julie Hall, known as The Estate Lady®, is a professional estate contents expert and certified personal property appraiser who specializes in estate liquidation. With more than seventeen years of experience with families from the southeastern United States, Julie has successfully assisted thousands of individuals in the daunting and often painful process of managing their deceased parents’ affairs. In addition to her hands-on experience, she is a speaker to civic groups, retirement communities, churches, and professional organizations. She has also written a monthly column, “Ask the Estate Lady®.” Julie resides in Charlotte with her husband and daughter.
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Interview with Lauren Gershen, “Answering your questions about Long Term Care Insurance”, Feb. 5th, 9AM pacific
January 21, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Call in to listen live at (347) 945-5152 or listen online at blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.
Lauren specializes in offering multiple solutions to Long Term Care Planning. She is certified and licensed in 10 different states, and introduces her clients only to those companies that are top rated, financially solid, and experienced in writing and underwriting long term care insurance. “It is important to maintain your quality of life and to have peace of mind knowing that you have a plan that will help you maintain your control and independence when you need it to in an affordable manner, and postpone or even avoid the need for institutionalization.”
Lauren resides in La Quinta, California and is a graduate of UCLA. She has first hand experience of the potentially significant impact that not having a plan can have on you, your family and loved ones, and your retirement portfolio. Her practice focuses specifically on the issue of long term care insurance, plan design & implementation, comparison and analysis, and finding the insurance product and company that is right for you. Her primary mission is to educate people on the value of having protection against the high costs of long term care while choices are still available. After working with Lauren, clients appreciate the value of being able to make “well-informed” YES or NO decisions about how to approach this critical life planning issue. In a caring and supportive way, she can assist you in customizing an appropriate and affordable plan to meet your individual or group needs.
Lauren works very closely with other professionals including elder law attorneys, financial planners and CPA’s to establish a plan that takes into consideration your circumstances and ability to pay. She also assists her clients with life insurance planning, and guides them in sifting through the maze of selecting the appropriate medicare supplement insurance plan.
Lauren actively supports the Alzheimers Association and volunteers her time to provide seminars and workshops to professionals and civic organizations. An astonishing statistic…..”One in six Baby Boomers who reach age 55 will develop some kind of dementia, including Alzheimer’s.”
Lauren actively represents the following top rated LTC insurance companies:
Authorized to offer AARP endorsed Long Term Care Insurance, Prudential, Genworth Life, MetLife, John Hancock, Mutual of Omaha and Allianz.
Lauren V. Gershen CLTC
Planning For Quality of Life
Long Term Care Planning & Insurance Specialist
LGershen@aol.com
(760) 777-9061 Office
(760) 777-9062 Fax
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Interview with Natalie Buriel, MSW and Linda Alexander-Lieblang, Director opf Regions, Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter, “Memory Club and other services available at the Alzheimer’s Association”
January 21, 2010 by admin
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Listen live or download later to my interview with Natalie Buriel, MSW and Linda Alexander-Lieblang, RMT, MA, Director of Regions, Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter to discuss the Memory Club and other services available at the Alzheimer’s Association on January 29th, 10AM pacific, on Blogtalkradio.com/kindethics
Whether your you or your loved one has Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, the Alzheimer’s Association has specialized services available no matter what stage or situation you are dealing with. I have listed below a number of their services. Take some time and look through what they have to offer. Check out their resources at Alz.org. They also have support material in Chinese, Spanish and Korean.
The Alzheimer’s Association is there to help. Please reach out to them and get the support and help you need.
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Helpline
The Alzheimer’s Association Helpline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in 140 languages. Our staff is highly trained and knowledgeable about all aspects of Alzheimer’s disease. Call us if you have questions about:
· Alzheimer’s disease or memory loss, medications and treatment options, brain health and care options
· How the Association can help you
· Caregiving tips and respite care options
· Services available in your community and referrals
You can also call us for emotional support –– as often as you need. We know that living with Alzheimer’s can be overwhelming at times. Remember, we are here for you –– all day, every day.
Care consultation
Our professional staff is dedicated to helping people navigate through the difficult decisions and uncertainties people with Alzheimer’s and their families face at every stage of the disease. We can provide care consultation services to you by telephone, e-mail or in person. These include:
· Assessment of needs
· Assistance with planning and problem solving
· Supportive listening
Contact us for more information:
Phone: 1.800.272.3900
Support groups
Support groups provide a safe place where people go to learn, listen, share and gain emotional support from others who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with dementia. Support groups are held at various times and in many different communities and languages. Each group is different, and depending on each person’s needs will offer different things. Check to see if there is a group close to you that fits your needs.
Message boards
The Alzheimer’s Association message boards and chat rooms provide an online community for persons with Alzheimer’s, caregivers and care providers. Our message boards have thousands of registered members from around the United States and thousands more who refer to the stories and information that is available 24 hours a day.
Join the Alzheimer’s Association online community.
Publications
· The Alzheimer’s Association offers dozens of fact sheets and brochures.
Click here for a listing.
We also maintain a variety of educational materials (brochures, videos, audiotapes and books) on topics related to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. To learn more about our library, call us at 1.800.272.3900.
Quarterly magazine
Our chapter also prints a free quarterly magazine. Click here to view the current issue. If you would like a hard-copy, please call the Helpline at (800) 272-3900.
Educational programs
We offer many educational programs each year that address the specific interests of the general public, individuals with the disease and their families.
Professional training
We offer classroom and Web-based training for healthcare supervisors and direct care workers in assisted living and nursing homes. Many programs allow you to earn CEUs.
Professional training listings.
Multilingual information
Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders that cause dementia know no boundaries. Many individuals and families in ethnic and cultural minority groups are in need of solid information about Alzheimer’s disease and health resources.
· Chinese educational materials
· Korean educational materials
· Spanish educational materials
Lasman Family Library
The Alzheimer’s Association maintains a multimedia library of books, periodicals, videotapes, CDs, DVDs and other materials pertinent to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. The collection covers activities, adult day services, caregiving issues, diagnosis, first-person accounts, legal and financial issues, long-term care options, medical research, memory, stages of Alzheimer’s, and more. There is a selection of children’s books, as well as resources in Spanish and other foreign languages. The library is available to family members, caregivers, professionals and students.
The Lasman Family Library is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Appointments are required; please call (323) 938-3379 and ask for Judy.
- First time borrowers must register.
- A sign-out card must be completed for each item.
- The loan period for library materials is 30 days.
- Two videos or disks may be borrowed at one time, with a deposit by check of $100.00 for each, to be returned when the item is brought back.
- Four books may be borrowed at one time
Satellite libraries with basic collections are housed at these Southland offices:
Greater San Fernando Valley (Northridge); please (818) 677-4404
Coachella Valley (Rancho Mirage): (760) 328-6767
WE MAKE NO PROVISION FOR LOANS BY MAIL: ALL MATERIALS MUST BE PICKED UP IN PERSON.
Medic Alert® + Safe Return®
In a move to significantly improve the safety of individuals with Alzheimer’s, the Alzheimer’s Association and the MedicAlert Foundation have created an alliance to bring you MedicAlert® + Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return®.
MedicAlert + Safe Return offers you the best of both worlds:
· Assistance when a person wanders or is lost
· Access to vital medical information in the time of need
Adult Day Services
What are adult day services?
Adult day services are centers where people with memory problems can spend part of their day in a caring environment. What can they do for you?
• Provide time for you to:
• Go to your job
• Make phone calls and run errands
• Take a nap and rest
• Lower your stress
• Provide emotional support What can they offer the person with memory loss?
• Time to be outside of the home
• Activities with other people
• A chance to make new friends
• A nutritious meal
Learn more about adult day services:
• Types of adult day services
• Steps to selecting adult day services
• Los Angeles County directory of adult day services
• Riverside and San Bernardino Counties directory of adult day services
Local resources and referrals
We maintain updated information on home care, adult day care, care coordination, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, eldercare lawyers and transportation available in the community. Our staff and trained professionals can help assess whether a specific care provider meets the needs of an individual with Alzheimer’s.
Download the Resource Directory
For more information, please contact us: (800) 272-3900.
Clinical trials index
· Clinical studies – what they are, why participate
· Nationwide clinical trials index
· Local clinical trials-descriptions
Interview with Lise Marquis from “A Place for Mom” – Providing senior care and housing options
January 4, 2010 by Viki Kind
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Interview with Lise Marquis from A Place for Mom on January 21st, 1PM pacific, 4PM eastern on BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics. Call in to listen live and to ask your questions at 347-945-5152. Or listen later to the show at BlogTalkRadio.com/KindEthics
The Search for Senior Care….Simplified and FREE
Your personal Eldercare Advisor is Lise Marquis
866-691-2427 (local office) 760-207-9405 (mobile) lisem@aplaceformom.com
ABOUT “A PLACE FOR MOM” (and DAD)
They provide a free comprehensive resource for senior housing and care options to families in need. Each day thousands of families are faced with the unique and complex challenge of finding appropriate elder care. The array of choices and decisions to make can be overwhelming and families are left with too many unanswered questions. A Place for Mom will provide you and your family with one-on-one guidance during this difficult process.
They provide senior care and housing options in the following areas:
Independent Retirement Living
Assisted Living
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care
Respite Care
Skilled Nursing
Home Care
Residential Care (Board & Care) Homes
Hospice
They also provide resources for:
Financing/VA Aid & Attendance
Legal Services
In Home Therapy Services
Support Groups/Professional Organizations
Touring Checklists
Some kind words:
“Hi Lise – Just wanted to thank you for the excellent referrals for my mom.
I am so impressed with you and “A Place for My Mom”. Thanks for making a difficult task SO MUCH EASIER!”
“Dear Lise, This has been the most stressful week of my life, but I could NEVER have gotten through it without you. You are truly a god send, and I will never forget how much you helped me.”
“Lise, I will pass your name along to everyone I talk to that needs a compassionate, caring person to help them in finding a place for their very special loved one.”
A Place for Mom is the nation’s largest eldercare referral network. They help hundreds of families every day. Their consultation is provided at no cost to families, as their partner communities and homes reimburse them for our services.
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Interview with Carol Bursack, author of “Minding Our Elders”, on Jan. 12, 9AM pacific
December 28, 2009 by Viki Kind
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Listen to interview on Jan. 12th, 9AM pacific on blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.com or listen live at 347-945-5152.
For over twenty years author, columnist and speaker Carol Bradley Bursack cared for a neighbor and six elderly family members. As a result of this experience, Bursack wrote Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories, a portable support group for caregivers. Minding Our Elders is used as a college text for gerontology and nursing home administration classes as a way to humanize, for students, the family caregiving experience. Bursack’s award-winning Websites, www.mindingourelders.com and www.mindingoureldersblogs.com include links to helpful agencies, articles rich with information and comfort, links to chat groups, and resources for caregiver, boomer and senior needs.
Bursack’s elder care newspaper column, “Minding Our Elders,” runs weekly, in print and on-line. She is Editor-in-Chief of ElderCarelink.com. She’s an expert blogger and community leader on OurAlzheimers.com and the forum moderator and a regular contributor to AgingCare.com.
Bursack has been interviewed on many national radio shows, including “Mr. Eldercare,” “Today’s Author,” “The Ron Ross Show,” and Kevin Skipper’s “The Parent Care Show.” She has been interviewed and quoted in magazines and newspapers around the world, including Family Circle, Quick and Simple, North Jersey Media Group, The Leader-Telegram, Tampa Tribune and the Sydney Morning Herald. She also speaks on caregiving issues to groups of all sizes.
Bursack is a member of AARP, CAPS (Children of Aging Parents), the National Caregivers Advisory Panel, the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) and the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals (NCHPP). As an expert in her field, she is featured in Montclair’s Who’s Who in Heath and has written hundreds of articles for national publications. Bursack is also a contributing author to “The Media Librarian’s Handbook,” (Facet Publishing, UK 2008) and contributing Author to: “Dementia: Frank and Linda’s story: New approaches, new understanding, new hope.” (Lion-Monarch, March 2010).
Mindingourelders.com
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Interview with Todd Whatley, “Elder Law Issues” on Dec. 2nd, 9AM pacific
November 26, 2009 by Viki Kind
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Listen to the Interview with Todd Whatley, “Elder Law Issues” on Dec. 2nd, 9AM pacific BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics
Todd was a Physical Therapist for 13 years working in home health and nursing homes. He graduated from the Bowen school of law in 1998. He has been in private practice since 1999 and focused on elder law since 2000. He became Arkansas’ second Certified Elder Law Attorney in 2006.
Todd is on the leadership council of the Alzheimer’s Association. He is a regular speaker for Alzheimer’s Association. Todd has been on KATV’s Good Morning Arkansas discussing elder law issues. Todd spoke April 22, 2006 at the National Academy of Elder Conference in Washington D.C. on lawsuits to increase the spousal share in Medicaid applications. He is also an adjunct Professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law teaching Elder Law. He should complete his Masters of Law (LL.M.) course in Elder Law in December 2009.
Certified Elder Law Attorney*
Todd Whatley is a Certified Elder Law Attorney*. What does that mean? It means that he focuses his practice on the needs of the elderly client and their family and that the National Elder Law Foundation has certified Mr. Whatley with requisite amount of experience and knowledge to hold this distinction. Todd is a regular speaker for Continuing Legal Education seminars teaching other attorneys about elder law.
Website: http://www.elderlaw-ar.com
Blog: http://arkansaselderlawblog.com
Email: todd@elderlaw-ar.com
* as certified by the National Elder Law Foundation, an ABA approved organization for certifying specialists.
Interview with author, B. Lynn Goodwin, “You Want Me to Do What? Journaling for Caregivers” on Nov. 16th 10AM pacific, on BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics
October 22, 2009 by Viki Kind
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Interview with author, B. Lynn Goodwin, “You Want Me to Do What? Journaling for Caregivers” on Nov. 16th 10AM pacific, on BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics. Call in to listen live at (347) 945-5152 or listen online at blogtalkradio.com/kindethics
B. Lynn Goodwin is a teacher, editor, freelance writer, former caregiver, and the author of You Want Me To Do What? – Journaling for Caregivers (Tate Publishing). She is published in Voices of Caregivers; Hip Mama; the Oakland Tribune; the Contra Costa Times; the Danville Weekly; Staying Sane When You’re Dieting; Small Press Review; Dramatics Magazine; Career, We Care, Caregiving, and Self-Care NCDA Monograph; 24/7—a caregiving anthology (forthcoming); Families of Loved Ones Magazine (forthcoming); Kaleidoscope (forthcoming) and numerous e-zines. She facilitates journaling workshops for caregivers and publishes Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com. You can reach her at Lgood67334@comcast.net.
In addition, Lynn cared for her mother for six years while she struggled with undiagnosed Alzheimer’s. During this time my outlet was my journal. Whether I wrote three sentences or three pages, journaling eased my frustrations and fears.
You can learn more about the book, the workshops and Lynn at http://www.writeradvice.com/ywmtdw.html or in this article that was published in the Danville Weekly on February 27: http://www.danvilleweekly.com/story.php?story_id=5708.
Lynn’s book creates a wonderful opportunity to give voice to the feelings you are experiencing when caregiving. “You want me to do what?” can also be used to start a conversation with the person you are taking care of or with the others who are also doing the caregiving. Healing the caregiver is just as important as healing the patient and journaling can help with the healing process.
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Interview with author, Lydia Burdick, “Wishing on a Star”, A read-aloud book for mentally challenged adults, on Nov. 10th, 4pm pacific
October 15, 2009 by Viki Kind
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Interview with author, Lydia Burdick, “Wishing on a Star”, A read-aloud book for memory-challenged adults, on Nov. 10th, 4pm pacific.
Call in to listen live at (347) 945-5152 or listen online at blogtalkradio.com/kindethics
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Interview with Debra Joy from BCelebrated.com, Nov. 4th 10AM pacific, on BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics
October 8, 2009 by Viki Kind
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Interview with Debra Joy from BCelebrated.com, Nov. 4th 10AM pacific, on BlogTalkRadio.com/kindethics. Call in to listen live at (347) 945-5152 or listen online.
Debra Joy is founder of Bcelebrated.com. She and her husband developed the service after experiencing the loss of several loved ones over a short period of time.
We created this service so everyone would have a chance to determine how their life will be celebrated. To share their story, say their goodbyes, and comfort and support their loved ones.
Bcelebrated.com enables members to document their life as they are living it. They can write their story in their own words, adding pictures, videos, music and links to other sites. The site will become their permanent online memorial, including funeral and obituary information, at the time of their death. Members can create secure password-protected private pages to offer words to comfort, information about access codes or where important documents are kept. The site has an automatic notification system so the burden of tracking down contacts in a timely manner no longer rests on the shoulders of the grieving family. The notification will alert the community of the member’s death and invite them to the site where they can share their own stories, read about the member’s death in their own words, send a gift to the grieving family and access their private page if one has been created for them.
“Some of our friends knew they were going to die and had a chance to organize matters, tell people how much they love them, say their goodbyes. Those who died unexpectedly they never got that chance. Families were left scrambling to contact people, and make decisions and arrangements on behalf of their loved one, while they are going through their own grief.”
To read more about Bcelebrated go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/bcelebrated—-a-revoluti_b_291536.html
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Laura Bramly, “Getting Alzheimer’s Diagnosed Early” on Oct. 6th, 9AM pacific
September 24, 2009 by Viki Kind
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Laura Bramly, “Getting Alzheimer’s Diagnosed Early” on Oct. 6th, 9AM pacific. Call in to listen live at or listen online at blogtalkradio.com/kindethics.com
Laura lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her husband and two children. Her mother died at age 87 of vascular dementia in June 2008. Her mom had been losing her short term memory for at least 7 years before that, but refused to be properly diagnosed. Her mom had a major stroke in 2006 and lost most of her short term memory abilities, along with use of her legs and one arm. Laura had one week to find a nursing home. Her mom was moved to the memory care unit of the facility in January 2007.
Laura created the book Life Scenes 1 out of desperation for a stimulating cognitive activity for her mother. She liked to look through coffee table books and Laura would tell a story about each photo. These books were cumbersome and had no discussion questions for the weary mind who just can’t think of another thing to say to make conversation. So Laura created her own book with photos, large text and discussion questions. The book has many “access points” so that the reader can connect with the book in the way that appeals to them and their abilities best. Laura was able to read the six-page prototype with her before she died and they spent a wonderful hour just going through those pages. The book was published in November 2008 (self-published) and Laura is putting together the next one: Sports Scenes. The book is a cognitive activity; it stimulates the ability to read (which many people think is lost when in fact it’s just that the reader can’t take in all of the information on the page or can’t read the small print, gets frustrated and gives up) and provides material for discussion and reminiscing.
Laura is a member of Aging With Grace’s (www.agingwithgrace.net) “Ask an Expert” panel. People can contact us for a free consultation on such topics as Alzheimer’s, senior strength-building, insurance, reverse mortgages, care situations… it’s quite diverse!). She is focusing in on diagnosis and activity, and living with dementia.
Laura’s blog: http://eldercaretalk.blogspot.com
You can purchase Laura’s book on her website: http://www.eldercareread.com
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