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The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver

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Joy Loverde is a leading consultant in the senior industry and a trusted advisor in aging and eldercare-related issues. The author of The Complete Eldercare Planner and Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old, Joy's work has been featured on Today, the CBS Early Show, NPR, and in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Joy's podcast, The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, is like having a conversation at your kitchen table with a good friend, discussing important issues that helps all of us be a well-informed caregiver.

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Joy Loverde is a leading consultant in the senior industry and a trusted advisor in aging and eldercare-related issues. The author of The Complete Eldercare Planner and Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old, Joy's work has been featured on Today, the CBS Early Show, NPR, and in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Joy's podcast, The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, is like having a conversation at your kitchen table with a good friend, discussing important issues that helps all of us be a well-informed caregiver.

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English


Episodes
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Episode 6 Legal Needs of The Older Caregiver

6/20/2018
Now more than ever before, people have the potential to live a long life. As boomers become Caregivers to their aging parents, what happens when the Caregiver becomes ill; who will step in to your caregiver role if something happens to you? In this episode of The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, author and mature market expert Joy Loverde talks about the importance of having your legal documents up-to-date and introduces us to her “just in case” plan (as featured in her book, Who Will...

Duration:00:11:28

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Episode 5 Housing and the Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver

6/13/2018
Few experiences are more devastating for older people than having to move out of their home. The subject of housing and all its implication s has the potential to cause a tremendous amount of anxiety for family caregivers. While the ideal place for older adults my change over time, remaining in one's own home is often the most desirable option. In this episode of The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, author and mature market expert Joy Loverde helps us remove the "elephant" in the room...

Duration:00:17:12

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Episode 4 Money and the needs of the Older Caregiver with Joy Loverde

6/6/2018
Are your parents running out of money? Are you dipping into your own pockets to help pay for their care? What is your money mind-set? Changing a lifetime of self-sabotaging habits is not easy. Many people believe that we should care for each other out of love, respect, and duty; but do we family caregivers have to go broke in the process? In this episode of The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, author and mature market expert Joy Loverde, talks about the importance of minding your money...

Duration:00:15:41

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Episode 3 Thriving In The Time of Uncertianty with Joy Loverde

6/5/2018
When it comes to caregiving, making decisions in a world filled with uncertainty becomes even more difficult where there can be multiple ways of dealing with the same situation. If ever there was a need of the importance of making smarter choices, it is when we are in the role of caregiver and looking ahead to our own old age. In our third episode of The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, author and mature market expert Joy Loverde discusses how, even in extremely stressful situations we...

Duration:00:16:18

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Episode 2 Goodbye Change Hello Transition with Joy Loverde

6/5/2018
The older caregiver is managing a fragile balancing act – caring for a loved one while thinking about his or her own old age. Change in all respects takes place at such a quick pace -- another loved one dies, neighbor is diagnosed with dementia, a close friend is moving away. In this episode of The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, Author and mature-market expert Joy Loverde discusses the reality of change and how we can transition from change to lead an active and productive live before,...

Duration:00:21:58

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Episode 1 Get Real with Joy Loverde

6/5/2018
Today’s aging parents have us to care for them in their old age. But what about us? Who will take care of us when we need care? Featured in Episode One of "The Unique Needs of the Older Caregiver, author and mature-market expert Joy Loverde reminds us to GET REAL about the need for planning for caregiving and planning for self-care at the same time equates to gaining better control of the situation at hand.

Duration:00:24:46