Rodger That

Chris Price is a family practice physician whose work with hospice has taught him that those who change their views about dying seem to live so much better.

His first novel, Allison’s Gambit, was inspired by patients of his who have been caregivers to those with dementia and his continued observation that these family members often end up with tremendous guilt.

“What we want is the best care for our loved ones, and sometimes in the end, a home caregiver just can't do it anymore. And if they can't do it anymore, then they gotta have some help in doing it,” Chris explains.

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

Marianne is a registered nurse, author, and co-founder/manager at AlzAuthors.com. When not writing she works as a campus nurse at a community college. 

“What I would encounter in many cases are families that were completely over their head and not tapping into the caregiving resources that were available to them. Across the country, people can find different agencies to help, whether it's an Alzheimer's Association office or a state eldercare office,” Marianne says. “Caregivers are usually too busy and overwhelmed just trying to get through every minute of the day that they don't have time to investigate what assistance is available in their community.”

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

And, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

Jennifer has over 10 years of experience caring for her parents and grandfather. She launched her own business, Brave Caregiving, in 2019, where she helps caregivers who are struggling and professionally.  She is a certified life coach, as well as a Certified Caregiving Consultant, Educator, and Support Group Facilitator.

“There is so much to do. Appointments to coordinate. Supplies and equipment to order. Medications to track. People to keep an eye on. Forms to fill out. Asking for help can feel like a chore of its own. How can any one person possibly manage it all without some amount of resentment and guilt?” Jennifer says.

“You constantly feel like you are living your life waiting for the other shoe to drop. There’s so much waiting, uncertainty, and guilt,” she explains.

“I know when I was taking care of my parents, I felt very trapped, like you can’t leave, or take a vacation.”

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

Dr. Laura Mosqueda is a professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. She is a widely respected authority on geriatric and family medicine, elder abuse, and care of the elderly and underserved.

“I’ve always had a real affinity for older adults, even as a little kid,” Laura says. “Part of it, I’m sure, is because I had wonderful grandparents.”

“I still remember vividly in my practice the time a patient’s husband kept saying, ‘Well, she should do this and she's just not trying hard enough.’  I couldn't get through to him that she was trying and finally I said, ‘All right, I want you to stand on this table and flap your arms as hard as you can and fly.' He said I can't do that, and I said, 'No, I just want you to try and if you tried harder, I'm sure you could do it.’ We made it a little bit lighthearted, but I said, ‘That's what it's like, she really can't remember',” Laura explains.

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

Christopher A. Szpryngel is an associate faculty professor in the Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University and an adjunct professor at The University of Bridgeport. Chris is completing his PhD in Human & Organizational Systems at Fielding Graduate University and his dissertation is titled Dementia in the Workplace: Employee experience after diagnosis.

“Everyone's dementia is different, everyone experiences dementia differently, and you never really know what can happen. If you think about it from a safety perspective, you want to protect not only the employee but also the employees working with that employee who has dementia,” Chris says

Age is considered the most significant risk factor for dementia, and those most at risk are ages 65 and over. As the workforce ages, it is expected that the number of employees who experience cognitive impairment will increase in the coming years.

“I don't think employers and organizations have been educated about dementia,” Chris notes. "I don't think they're even thinking about employees with dementia. I don't see evidence of any policies procedures and protocols for employees with dementia.”

Available resources for those suffering from dementia in the U.S. can be found via your employer-provided health benefits website, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), or directly from organizations such as the Social Security Administration, Alzheimer’s Association, and many other dementia-related support groups.

Don't forget to subscribe, download, and review to share your thoughts about the show!

To find out more about Bobbi and Mike or the inspiration behind this podcast, Rodger That, head over to rodgerthat.show.

Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

Patty Collamer is a retired teacher and became a certified yoga instructor in 2017.  She is also the author of Grace on the Ledge, a memoir of her childhood growing up in the ’60s and later caring for her mother after a stroke, and Grammy’s Eyes, a children’s picture book about a family adapting to changes caused by a stroke. Her most recent book is called One Simple Breath: A Caregiver’s Guide to Inner Peace.

Patty introduces Bobbi and Mike to the four Brahmavihārās found in ancient Buddhist texts and uses her experience as a caregiver to explore the virtues of loving kindness, compassion, joy, and even-mindedness that exist in all of us.

The Brahmavihārās are a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them.

“Once you put words to breathing in and breathing out, self-criticism and worry are replaced with happiness and peace. You become a better person inside so you can be a better caregiver to others. All you need is One Simple Breath,” Patty says.

“As a caregiver I find myself naturally returning to the breath in times when I need to calm down enough to think clearly so that I can respond in a respectful, informative way rather than just losing it,” Patty explains.

“I started breathing in and put an affirmation at the top like, “I'm still here.” I breathe out and think, “I don't know how I'm going do this.” I breathe in and say, “I can't believe she said that,” and I breathe out and say, “But I'm still here.”

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

Emily Ong is a passionate advocate for the rights of those with dementia and a prominent activist in the global dementia community. As one of the newly elected members of Dementia Alliance International’s (DAI) Board of Directors, she shares how her advocacy started and her hopes to make an impact for those affected by the condition. She was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment with the probability of young-onset dementia in 2017.

DAI believes that in all matters concerning dementia the philosophy should be, “Nothing about us, without us.” They believe that many persons with dementia are very capable of representing themselves.

“Our work on claiming the human rights for all people with dementia means we are legally entitled to be included, and not just consulted, or represented by others. We are also entitled to the appropriate disability support that any other persons or groups of disabled people are afforded,” Emily says.

DAI seeks to represent, support, and educate others living with the disease and the wider dementia community.

“Without the support from my family and the new communities where I find solace in it is rather unlikely that I can be so emotionally strong and positive as I am now. My new friends taught me that there’s still life after the diagnosis because life can still be purposeful and beautiful with dementia,” Emily explains.

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

In her role at Honoring Choices Virginia, Laura coordinates and guides the efforts of their partners and volunteers to better meet the advance care planning needs of their community. HCV develops and provides inclusive, accessible educational resources and programming designed to support community members wherever they are in the planning process–whether learning about it for the first time or updating an existing plan. 

Laura brings a deeply humanistic approach to her work and is a certified First Steps Advance Care Planning Facilitator and Instructor. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Mary Washington and a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Studies from the University of Richmond.

“The problem with waiting until you're in a crisis moment to make health care decisions is that emotions come up and unfortunately emotions are not always the best contributors…, to making decisions that are in line with what we would want,” Laura says. “Remember that what our loved one really wants and what you want sometimes can be very different.”

“As we get closer to the time when it becomes more and more a reality, I definitely want people to know what my wishes are,” Mike adds.

“If you leave with nothing else from me today, it is that everyone who currently has decision-making capacity should have an advance directiveand that the forms are only as good as your ability to produce them in the moment that they are needed,” Laura says.

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them.

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.

The Father: Anthony (Academy Award Winner Anthony Hopkins) is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carergivers that his daughter, Anne (Academy Award Winner Olivia Colman), hires to assist him. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can't make daily visits anymore and Anthony's grip on reality is unraveling. As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to?

Supernova: Sam (Academy Award winner Colin Firth) and Tusker (Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci), partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old camper van, visiting friends, family, and places from their past. Following a life-changing diagnosis, their time together has become more important than ever until secret plans test their love like never before.

Our guest, Gregor Collins, started his career in Los Angeles, producing reality TV, then later shifted gears to acting, performing on stage, 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.”

You can find his book, The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann on amazon.

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Clare is a professional orchestral flautist, mother of 3-year-old twins, and the caregiver for her mother, Christine, who was diagnosed with vascular dementia at age 67. Christine, now 70, currently resides in a nursing home in Harpenden, UK.

In 2019, after she discovered how her mother and others responded to music, she started a sing-along group, Sing from the Heart.  Since going online in 2020 due to Covid they have over 200,000 views of the dozens of sing-a-long videos posted on YouTube and shared through Facebook.

“Helping other people is a way for me to manage how we go through this journey of dealing with my mum and how she's changing as she gets progressively worse,” Clare explains.

“We have occasional moments where I feel like she's lifted out of the pain she's in by the music and just has those few glimmers, here and there, where she's happy or calmer,” Clare says. “So, I know that it's working. And it can help others too…as it's helped me to deal with it all.”

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Rodger That is produced by Missing Link—a podcast media company that is dedicated to connecting people to intelligent, engaging and informative content.

Also in the Missing Link line-up of podcasts, is The Designated Drinker Show —a high-spirited show featuring craft cocktails and lively banter with the people who create (and quaff) them

Now, if you are looking for a whole new way to enjoy the theatre, check out Between Acts—an immersive audio theatre podcast experience. Each episode takes you on a spellbinding journey through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in between.