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This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Nancy Poland. Nancy is a writer and speaker who focuses on caregiving. She gained her experience as a family caregiver by caring for her father with Lewy Body Dementia. Nancy is the author of two books and provides a monthly newsletter, “Caring for the Caregiver,” and free resources on her website. She is a speaker, trainer, wife, mother, volunteer, and contract and compliance manager. Nancy shares the following insights based on her firsthand caregiving experiences:

• Get legal paperwork in order. 
• Doctors can sometimes help with difficult conversations (i.e., driving).
• Get community resources.
• Join a support group.
• Caregiving does take a lot of effort.
• Spending time together is a gift.
• Caregiving can help you to learn grace, patience, and faithfulness.
• Learn to look for the good.
• Do the best you can.
• Researching resources might find answers before you even need them.
• To contact Nancy, order her books, signup for her newsletter, and request free resources, visit her website at www.NancyRPoland.com.