Inspired Caring

The hospital can be a scary and confusing place so after 15 years of treating patients, Hospitalist, Dr. Monique Nugent, wrote the book on how to have a more successful hospital stay!

Prescription for Admission will help you receive better treatment and improve your experience at the hospital. This complete guide provides the critical information you need to navigate the hospital—so you can stay calm, feel confident, and focus on healing after a health crisis.

In this episode, she talks about:

There is so much great information here and I hope you will connect with Dr. Nugent and grab your copy of her book!

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If you are beginning to think your parent may need senior living. This is your time to act and get the information you need!

Illuminating Senior Living will answer all of your questions and help you take that next important step.

When Robin's brother and dad passed away within 5 days of each other she became the primary caregiver for her mother.

Knowing her mom's neighbors and friends helped her manage a year of caregiving from a distance then after a year of managing things from out of State, she asked her mom to move closer to her.

It was a hard conversation but a pivotal point in their relationship allowing them to have 3 wonderful years together. Robin talks about how even with a parent in Assisted Living, we are still active care partners. She shares how she lost herself and what she did to save her sanity and health.

Robin supports caregivers through her coaching programs encouraging people "Don't be scared, be prepared!"

Connect with Robin and learn more about how she can support you!

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Illuminating Senior Living is the comprehensive program you need to understand the next best step for your family!

Candace has been caring for her bipolar mother her entire life. The difference with FTD (frontotemporal dementia) is that, unlike a bipolar episode, the care required never ends.

Isolation comes fast when caring for a family member. When the world shut down in 2020, she knew the isolation would be a temporary challenge for others, but it is an ongoing reality for family caregivers.

In this episode, Candace shares how learning to read her mother's body language has been a game-changer in how they manage

She realized that everything is a phase. Challenging things will stop, and new challenges will pop up to adjust to.

She learned that with sundowning, the environment matters. She sets them both up for success even by adjusting the environment as early as noon.

Turning her frustration about her mother's "shadowing" (following her around) to gratitude that she knew where her mom was, helped reframe how she was feeling throughout her day.

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 Are you trying to figure out if senior living is the next

Movement in our body is imperative for us to age well and it is never too soon, or too late, to get started!

Betsy Spieler is a Physical Therapist who while working in a Nursing Home, saw the need to reach people in the community sooner. In May 2022 she co-founded UBStronger 55+ in Omaha to further fulfill her passion for helping older adults regain and maintain their independence, develop resiliency and increase vitality through a contemporary, research-based approach to fitness for older adults. 

In this episode, Betsy and I discuss 2 options for your health.

1) The benefits of Physical Therapy and how to access a PT

2) How to avoid needing PT in the first place!

UBStronger 55+ is designed with evidence-based programs to accommodate your level of mobility and help you safely reach your goals. They program functional strengthening exercises that apply to real-life movements as well as balance and agility exercises to optimize your mobility. They also focus on nutrition and community, both of which also play major roles in your aging outcomes.

You will also learn about the two important metrics often used to measure a person's "health span", grip strength, and the ability to get up off the floor (even if you use furniture).

We don’t want to just live a long time, we want to have quality of life too!

To learn more about UBStronger 55+

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Call UBX: 402-934-2348

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/UBStronger

Betsy Spieler, PTBoard Certified Geriatric Clinical SpecialistCertified in Modern Management of the Older Adult Owner, Stay Strong Physical Therapy & Wellness, LLC Co-founder/Coach UBStronger 55+ at UBX Gym Physical Therapist at Hillcrest Millard. Betsy is a Physical Therapist with 25 years of experience working in outpatient orthopedics, acute care, home care and skilled rehabilitation settings as well as providing educational seminars to community and professional groups. She is currently specializing in the treatment of older adults with complex medical conditions in her clinical practice.

P.S. 70% of adults age 65 and older at some point will need senior care services! Illuminating Senior Living answers all of your senior living questions and teaches you how to have these conversations with your family members. This course will set you up for success to avoid the next crisis!

Dreamweaver Foundation is on a mission to help older adults realize their dreams and connect with hope! They do this through 2 primary programs.

1) They make dreams come true for terminally ill seniors living in senior care communities. These dreams may be something as simple as a themed birthday party, a visit with a family member they haven't seen in a while, or even a trip to Florida. No dream is too small or too big for Dreamweaver to help with!

Having these dreams come true has been known to spark hope and purpose for the person receiving them and create lasting memories for families.

2) Their partnership with GrandPad connects isolated seniors with their families and interesting programming. These straightforward devices eliminate confusing technology and are adaptive so easier to use. They are available to everyone in the US, for both people living at home or in a care community. You can go directly to GrandPad to learn more. If resources are limited, apply for a scholarship through Dreamweaver.

Erin shares heartwarming stories and inspires ideas on how to help our loved ones live each day with more joy.

Contact Dreamweaver Foundation to nominate someone for a dream or apply for a GrandPad by visiting their website, https://dreamweaver.org/

P.S. Illuminating Senior Living helps families understand how to make the best decision about senior living and how to have those conversations. You're doing a great job! Keep up the great work!

Sometimes we get caught in the trap of having made a promise to a family member (ourselves?) that eventually doesn't line up.

Things change. People change. Situations change.

We can't hold ourselves to a promise made 3 years, 3 months, 3 days, 3 HOURS ago, if when we have new information or the situation changes, we have to move in a different direction.

This episode is packed with goodness. Here are your 3 steps.

1. Know what you will and won't do

2.Know your dealbreaker

3.Know your next step

Illuminating Senior Living get's you answers you need right now to make the best decisions for your family member!

Pando Geriatrics specializes in the mental health of seniors through counseling services appointments via telehealth, in-office, or in-home (in the Omaha area).

Seniors are often dealing with health crises, loss of control in their lives, loss of independence, or living arrangement transitions, just to name a few of life's major curve balls.

We talk about strategies to help our family members through these transitions.

Sometime after a move seniors have a sense of homelessness, having to dispose of their material possessions factor into this feeling. It's hard to process when someone else is having to go through all of your stuff and getting rid of it.

Some ready reminders from our conversation:

Mindy Crouch, LCSW, LIMHP, LISW

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Illuminating Senior Living is the video course you need to get the ball rolling to understand senior living!

It is SO easy to live on autopilot and just plow through our days. Unfortunately, that leaves a lot of room to mindlessly be triggered, anxiety to build, and feeling off track with areas in our lives.

What are your Love Languages? What are your Core Values? What are your Gallup Strengths?

When we pull all of this data together, it helps us understand who we are and the energy we are bringing to our relationships and life.

I love working with clients to help them understand themselves even better, teach them how to observe themselves and in the moment determine what they want to happen next. When you observe your ownself, it gives you the power to do the most immediate next best thing to support yourself.

Everything that has created your success in other areas of your life also applies to this role within the family as a caregiver. So pay attention, see what is working for you and what's not, and let's make a plan for that next first step!

Illuminating Senior Living is the only comprehensive program that will help you before a move to senior living. You don't need to be an expert, you just need this information.

When is it time to move?

What to look for and how to choose?

What are the objections and How to have the conversations

And more! Check it out HERE.

Join me in the conversation with Bill about caring for his mom and turning his pain into a passion to help other families on this caregiving journey. Here's a note from Bill to you!

Hi, I am Bill Cohen.

My loving and talented mother, Sheila, lost her home to Hurricane Katrina. Then, she lost her health, ability to create beautiful art and, ultimately, her life due to Alzheimer's. For almost 10 years, I was her primary caregiver and advocate, not just her son. I turned my personal loss into my passion for supporting other caregivers. 

After “retiring” from state employment after 25 years and entering my “encore career”, I am a caregiver support group and memory cafe leader, podcast guest, and speaker, a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)®, an elder mediator, and a caregiving support consultant. I have completed several caregiving courses through the Alzheimer's Association and the Society for Certified Senior Advisors (CSA)®, and also earned business degrees from Boston and Portland State Universities. 

I am a native New Englander and have lived in the Portland, Oregon area for almost 39 years with my wife and supporter of over 40 years, Lori.  Here are all of the ways you can reach me.

[email protected] 

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Time is tricky. Sometimes it feels like it's moving slowly, other times it feels so fast. We all have the same amount of hours in the day, yet how each of us engages with time can be so different.

Is TIME one of your Core Values? I had hours and hours stuck in airports recently and didn't get anything accomplished during that time. I was OK with my lack of productivity, I was generally OK sitting around the airport for 9 hours.

It was when my core values of integrity, faith, and connection felt triggered that caused me to feel sad about the delayed flights and not being with my mom when she needed me.

How we feel about time and engage with time makes up our lives. When it comes to losing people we love, it never feels like we had enough time with them.

I walk you through an exercise to unpack your thoughts around time and invite you to reflect on observations so you can engage with time in the most meaningful ways.

Questions about a move to senior living? Illuminating Senior Living answers all your questions and puts you in the best position to figure out the next step for your family!