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Bobbi and Mike talk with documentary film producer Joe Applebaum about The Clowder Group’s award-winning film, Gen Silent.

The film explores the issue of aging in the LGBT community and features six homosexual seniors discussing the growing trend of going back in the closet so as to avoid discrimination in their golden years.

“It is incredibly important, the need as you age, to have a support group.” Joe says. “I'm sure that you will agree with me, but that's even more so in the LGBT community because of what's happened in our community.”

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Bobbi and Mike talk with Dr. Tim Johnston, Senior Director of National Projects at SAGE, about the unique challenges that older LGBT adults face. 

Despite increasing advances in gay rights and acceptance, many aging members of the LGBT community struggle to find supportive senior living options.

“LGBT folks are more likely to be supported by groups that we call chosen family so folks that aren't biological or legal relatives.”, says Johnston, “…but creating a care plan that involves LGBT people will often require pulling back from just that nuclear family and really thinking who are the folks who are truly your support network and how can we make sure those people feel empowered to be helping care for you.”

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Bobbi and Mike discuss with Kay Bransford – Founder and CEO of MemoryBanc – how caregiving can be emotionally and physically challenging, but also a rewarding, selfless act. However, it shouldn’t come at the expense of your own financial health and well-being.

The lesson here for caregivers is to start planning now for your own future care.

Kay has spent the last seven years helping seniors and other adults organize and manage a myriad of details and accounts related to their personal, financial, medical, online, and household assets.

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Join Bobbi & Mike as they speak with Certified Caregiving Consultant and Educator, Saskia de Quaasteniet, about the importance of caring for yourself while caring for a loved one. 

Saskia provides coping strategies, tools and resources that help caregivers find relief from personal resentment, guilt and stress that may lead to burnout during the caregiving journey.

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Bobbi & Mike speak with Dr. Warren Hebert, CEO of the HomeCare Association of Louisiana, a nursing professor, and a home health nurse of over 30 years.

Warren notes that “the family caregiving journey is filled with hard changes, sometimes long in duration, and heavy in relationship stewardship. Being intentional about a slow approach, savoring the moments in the caregiving experience, can offer a deeper appreciation of the gifts, in the sacred space we call home.”

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Join Bobbi & Mike as they talk with Gregor Collins, author of “The Accidental Caregiver”, about his life-changing experience of caring for Holocaust refugee, Maria Altmann.

Starting his career in Los Angeles producing reality TV, Gregor eventually shifted gears to acting, performing on stage, on television, and in independent feature films. His writing and acting have been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, Cinema Editor Magazine and many others, as well as on Off-Off Broadway stages across New York. Gregor travels around the world as a keynote speaker for his books, “The Accidental Caregiver” and "The Accidental Caregiver Part 2".

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Join Bobbi and Mike as they talk with Dr. Chrisanne Gordon, founder of Resurrecting Lives, about the connection between Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Dementia. Dr. Gordon’s organization provides a national networking community to assist the nearly 450,000 veterans currently affected by TBI.

Over the past 30 years, research has linked moderate and severe traumatic brain injury to a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia years after a head injury occurs.

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Today's guest, Loren Gelberg-Goff, LCSW, guides caregivers to take as excellent care of themselves as they do of the others in their lives.

Listen as Mike & Bobbi discuss with Loren what it takes to balance work and family life. Loren believes self-worth comes from within and can be achieved by learning how to nurture, respect, and fully care for oneself.

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This episode, Mike and Bobbi discuss with Gail Weatherill – author, RN, BSN, CAEd – how, when caring for someone with dementia, your own mental stability can be the single most critical factor in your loved one’s quality of life.

Gail has been specializing in the care of people with dementia and their families for over twenty years. Her irreverent approach to the health care machine makes her an effective and sought out advocate for those in deepest need.  

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\This episode’s guest is Dr. Melanie Chadwick, a gerontological nurse practitioner, from the Georgetown University Memory Disorders Program. Dr Chadwick talks with Bobbi & Mike about the innovative research and clinical studies that she’s working on at GU.

“The benefits of the clinical trial,”  Dr Chadwick says, “really do outweigh the risks of participation, so you have a chance to play a more active role in your own healthcare and can gain access to potential treatments that wouldn't be widely available to the community.”

Right now, in the U.S. there are about 5.5 million people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and roughly 5% of that population are under the age of 65.

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