Caught Between Generations

It’s 10:00 – Do you know where your children are? Do you know where your parents are? By the way where is your cat, your keys, your phone? There’s probably an app or a home-monitoring system for that. Do these new lifestyle trends and technologies really make life easier and live up to their promises to make life easier for parents and caregivers?

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Join Robin Raskin, founder of Living in Digital Times, and Stephen Ewell, Director of Consumer Technology, and learn about many new and emerging technologies for helping you find everything, being a long-distance grandparent or caregiver, and monitoring your children. We’ll also discuss “digital collar” caregiving and how this technology is changing our lives.

It’s just what happens when you get older. Not necessarily. Listen to geriatric psychiatrist, Dr. Gary Moak discuss how depression is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Hear how to beat depression in order to stay healthier and have a better quality of life.

Then, Robert Blancato, Director of the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services will discuss just how widespread but unrecognized is the problem of senior malnutrition. You or someone in your family could be suffering unnecessarily.

Medication can be a difficult pill to swallow for many parents trying to make the best choice for their child.

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This episode will give parents the option to hope and information on alternative treatments that don’t involve medication.

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Dr. Claudia Gold is a behavioral pediatrician. She is the author of many books, including, Keeping your Child in Mind: Overcoming Defiance, Tantrums, and Other Everyday Behavior Problems and writes regularly for Psychology Today.

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Jennifer Noonan is the mother of an autistic child and author of the book, No Map to this Country. Jennifer will share with us her personal story to finding an alternative approach to her family’s struggle with their son’s autism. Her focus is on alternatives that are founded in scientific research and the need for support by families who struggle with the day-to-day realities of living with autism.

Does your personal definition of success and/or productivity result in your feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and often like a failure? Allison Carmen, author of the Gift of Maybe, was a successful attorney and wife when suddenly all of her life plans suddenly fell apart. Listen to how asking yourself just a few simple questions can result in a changed perception of your life. Dr. Tara Robinson is the author of Sexy and Soul-full. Tara agrees with this approach and will share with us tools for reframing our attitudes and perspectives. This episode will provide you with simple ways to change hurtful messages that we have internalized. Just a few simple words and a little reframing may result in granting you a life with more balance, ease, and comfort.

You never understand what I am really saying! Dr. Robert Humphries will discuss how the differences in communication styles and the expression of emotions between men and women can impact our caregiving throughout the life span.

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From raising children to caring for parents to dealing with adult children, communication and expression of emotion is critical to being able to support each other through the good and the bad times. Dr. Robert Humphries has years of experience in working with children, adults, and families. One of his areas of expertise is working with men as they age and become caregivers themselves. Become aware of how the styles of communication between men and women are different, often resulting in misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Learn how even small changes can make a significant difference in your life and your partners in caregiving.

From children who refuse sleep to adults who cannot sleep. Sleep is an eternal problem that impacts all of us throughout our lives in many different ways. Dr. Stephanie Silberman will share tips and apps to help us with falling asleep or getting back to sleep in the middle of the night. Then listen to Dr. Lisa Meltzer discuss her work with parents who are seeking help for their children who suffer from lack of sleep and learn what a normal sleep pattern is for children and teens. As a caregiver, you need rest. Join us as we discuss sleep for you and for all those people for whom you care.