Fact check! Did you know that the elderly are the fastest-growing age group? And did you know that only less than 4% of people over Sixty-Five years old are in nursing homes? In today's world, we get these stats all the time, right! We have the information and the data.  However, elderly care and caregiver challenges were little known facts in the 90s, and having the foresight in the 90s of this upcoming silver tsunami is something. 

Our guest today, Denise Brown, launched caregiving.com. It is an online community that started way back in 1996, having one of the largest libraries of caregiving stories where caregivers find consolation in their reflections and confidence in the contributors' advice. She also started her education and support programs on The Caregiving Years Training Academy, Caregiving Consultant Training Program, and Healing Our Way.

 

Topics:

• Denise backstory and what prompted her to start home care
• On building a support system around you 
• What The Caring Question Project is
• Her suggestion on asking for help
• Her experience towards older adults on technology adoption
• Why do we need these caring questions
• Her take on online support group
• Examples of caring questions to ask family caregivers
• What stops people from asking these questions
• What would she change in the current system
• Her tips to the listeners to make their caregiving journey easier 
• What are courses that people can take to become better caregivers 

 

Links:

• Host’s email: [email protected]
• Sponsor’s Link - Right at Home: www.RightAtHomeCanada.com/Winnipeg
• All Things Senior’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/AllThingsSeniors
• Denise's Website: www.CareYearsAcademy.com 
• Denise's Email: [email protected] 
• Denise's Twitter: @DeniseMBrown3 
• Denise's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denise.brown1 

 

Denise's Latest Project: The Caring Question Project

https://caring.substack.com/  

 

Did You Know Segment: https://agingresources.org/interesting-facts-about-older-adults/