Step 7 "Be Fun" and Step 8 "Be Loving" are introduced as the next Beginner Steps To Raising Parents or an Aging Adult.  Stories and tips are shared about how important having fun is for the person you are caring for as well as yourself.  Fun includes laughter and music.  It is also important to show your love for the person you are caring. Resources are shared to help you prepare in caring for an aging adult.  Zack Demopoulos is your host and has guests provide insights.  Guests include wife Phyllis and Eugene "Gene" Foret.   This show is dedicated to Chuck Berry who passed away on March 18th, 2017. 

Step 5 "Be Compassionate" and Step 6 "Be Respectful" are introduced as the next Beginner Steps To Raising Parents or an Aging Adult.  Stories and tips are shared about how important compassion is when caring for someone and to be careful of compassion fatigue; and the importance of being respectful in helping someone with their decisions as they age. Resources are shared to help you prepare in caring for an aging adult.  Zack Demopoulos is your host and has guests provide insights.  Guests include wife Phyllis, a professional caregiver, and a current client who is an aging adult herself.  This show is dedicated to James F. Ward, a former client.  

• Step 3 "Be talking and listening" and Step 4 "Be patient" are introduced as the next Beginner Steps To Raising Parents or an Aging Adult.  Stories and tips are shared about how to have a conversation with someone who needs help, how important it is to listen, and how being patient will increase the probability that they will listen. Resources are shared to help you prepare in caring for an aging adult.  Zack Demopoulos is your host and has guests provide insights.  Guests include wife Phyllis, an aging adult, and a senior advocate/home health care provider/author/radio host.  This show is dedicated to all Social Workers.  March is National Professional Social Worker Month.  

Step 1 "Be good to your self" and Step 2 "Be resourceful" are introduced as the first two Beginner Steps in Raising Parents or an Aging Adult.  Stories and tips are shared about caring for yourself before you can care for someone else.  Resources are shared to help you prepare for caring for an aging adult.  Zack Demopoulos is your host, his wife Phyllis joins in the conversation, and Zack has two industry providers share their experiences.   This show is dedicated to Zack's best friend Tracy Armstrong.  

The new Raising 'Rents podcast series introduces itself.  Raising 'Rents is the show that will share everything you need to know in caring for your aging parents.  Experts, adult kids, caregivers, and aging parents themselves share experiences about aging and how to care for aging adults.  Zack Demopoulos is your host, and he will share clips of future episodes.

-In this episode: Ishmael and Diane visit a mushroom farm. (Chapter 23)

-In this episode: Ishmael and Pip have to visit the Captain, Ishmael discovers who Lois McKendrick is, and Pip makes good as a trader. (Chapters 21 & 22)

-In this episode: Lois McKendrick rents a booth. Bev buys a belt buckle. (Chapter 20)

-In this episode: Ishmael gets a souvenir and learns how to make sludge cakes. (Chapters 18 & 19)

-In this episode: Pip looks for private cargo but Ishmael finds it. (Chapter 17)