Marty Stevens-Heebner is the Founder & CEO of Clear Home Solutions and an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and podcast host. She is also the President of NASMM (the National Association of Senior & Specialty Move Managers), with certifications in Senior and Specialty Move Management, Professional Organizing, and Aging in Place. Clear Home Solutions was the first nationally accredited firm in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. She was also the first Certified Senior Move Manager in the country. Today we discuss all aspects of moving, organizing, sorting, how to navigate a hoarding situation, moving someone with dementia, the process of where to start when it comes to moving and taking care of yourself along the way. 

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Palliative care - the often misunderstood, under utilized, yet empowering option in medicine. Today my guest is Dr Caitlin Barron an internal medicine physician specializing in palliative care at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington and co-founder and chief medical director of EpioneMD. She also serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Her clinical interests include palliative care in oncology and population community-based palliative care. Above all else, Dr Baran feels privileged to care for patients faced with serious illness, ideally working to help them live as well as possible. Today we discuss the confusion over palliative care, helpful questions to ask your care partner and their providers, and how palliative care can empower caregivers and their care partners.

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EpioneMD.com

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Barry Jacobs is a clinical psychologist, medical educator and writer fostering the well-being of families coping with serious and chronic medical illnesses. Barry is the author of The Emotional survival Guide for Caregivers and co-authored with his wife Julia L Mayer, AARP Meditations for Caregivers and AARP Love and Meaning after 50. Since 2013 he has been a blogger on family caregiving and relationships for AARP.org. In today’s podcast, Barry and I discuss the challenges of caregiving with siblings. He offers strategies on dealing with those who don’t or won’t help, the micromanagers, how past family dynamics play a part in the sibling friction, animosity and how to continue on after caregiving ends. 

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Loveandmeaning.com

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This is a bonus episode of Daughterhood The Podcast. 

At Daughterhood, we hear your challenges in navigating the healthcare system and how it can be both frustrating and disheartening. 

In each of these bonus episodes, I have the pleasure of speaking with Daughterhood Founder Anne Tumlinson where we will bring the caregiving conversation to a different level with change leaders and policy experts. 

Today with speak with Dr. Joanne Lynn. A geriatrician, hospice physician, health services researcher, quality improvement advisor, and policy advocate who has Published over 300 peer-reviewed medical research and policy articles.

Our conversation covers the looming crisis, the unpredictability of care, the necessity of change in policy regarding long-term care, how older Americans are viewed, and strategies all of us can use to change policy.

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Dr. Joanne Lynn

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This is a bonus episode of Daughterhood The Podcast. At Daughterhood, we hear your challenges in navigating the healthcare system and how it can be both frustrating and disheartening. In each of these bonus episodes, I have the pleasure of speaking with Daughterhood Founder Anne Tumlinson where we will bring the caregiving conversation to a different level with change leaders and policy experts. Today with speak with Dr. Joanne Lynn. A geriatrician, hospice physician, health services researcher, quality improvement advisor, and policy advocate who has Published over 300 peer-reviewed medical research and policy articles. Our conversation covers the looming crisis, the unpredictability of care, the necessity of change in policy regarding long-term care, how older Americans are viewed, and strategies all of us can use to change policy.

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Dr Joanne Lynn

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Cynthia Hayes is a former freelance journalist, management consultant, marketing executive, executive trainer and cancer survivor. Cynthia used her 30 years of experience in interviewing, synthesizing information and telling a story to write The Big Ordeal Understanding and Managing the Psychological Turmoil of Cancer. Her research for the book included interviews with patients, caregivers, oncologists, psychologists, neuroscientists and recovery experts of all kinds. Cynthia and I speak about her book, the emotional response to cancer, the need for open dialog between caregivers and their care partners, the importance of support and the many facets of cancer caregiving. 

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The Big Ordeal Cynthia's Website

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Lindsay DeLong is a licensed Occupational Therapist with over 10 years of experience working with adults in the home environment. She is the founder of EquipMeOT, with YouTube, TikTok and Instagram channels that house a library of instructional videos as well as product demonstrations and endorsements. Lindsay and I discuss the role occupational therapists can play in home care. She shares tips on what challenges to look for, how to plan for changes that may occur and strategies that can help the caregiver and care partner maximize quality of life. 

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Here at Daughterhood, we receive numerous questions regarding governmental policy, and the myriad of ways it affects the healthcare system and each of us both as patient and as caregiver. It was my pleasure to speak with two experts in the field and friends of the podcast - Howard Gleckman Senior Fellow at The Urban Institute as well as a columnist at Forbes, editor of TaxVox Blog for the Tax Policy Center and author of Caring for our parents. And creator of Daughterhood Anne Tumlinson who is also the Founder and CEO of ATI Advisory a national research and consulting firm that shapes public policy and business strategy to reform care delivery for individuals with complex care needs and their families. We discuss many issues like the challenges of trying to change policy, the importance of lawmakers hearing and understanding the challenges caregivers face, how policy shapes the care we receive and the importance of making our voices heard. 

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Patti Davis is an author, activist, advocate, and daughter of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. She is a frequent contributor to media outlets including the New York Times and The Washington Post and has written several works of both fiction and nonfiction. She is the founder of Beyond Alzheimer’s, a support group program for caregivers of people living with dementia. Her latest book Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer’s, recently released in paperback, is an extension of that support group. Part handbook, part memoir, Patti offers practical and important strategies for every stage of the disease. I believe this book is a must read for dementia caregivers. Patti and I discuss the book and the many ways your life changes as a caregiver, the power of showing up and the importance of support.

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/floating-in-the-deep-end-patti-davis/1138668991

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Naila Francis is a writer, grief coach, death midwife, ordained interfaith minister and creator of This Hallowed Wilderness which provides compassionate presence and holistic support for the journey of grief, loss and dying. She holds space and offers ritual for people at many of life's sacred thresholds, including birth, marriage, death and other transitional passages. Her work is often informed by her love of poetry, the gifts of healing rooted in nature and community and her commitment to expanding our grief literacy and death awareness. She is a founding member of Salt Trails Philadelphia, A Community Grief Experience Honoring Grief Through Gatherings, Rituals and Art. Naila and I talk about expectations, permission and listening to what YOU need as a griever to move through the holiday season.

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This Hallowed Wilderness

Salt Trails Philly

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