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How to have the best death possible? Through their own personal experience, Katie Ortlip, RN, LCSW and Author Jahnna Beecham have written a no-nonsense, easy to read guidebook LIVING WITH DYING for caregivers everywhere. LIVING WITH DYING: A Complete Guide for Caregivers provides answers to most, if not all questions that might arise as one of the most difficult times in life. Listen in and learn how Jahnna and Katie are creating Healing Ties all around us!

Having a plan is essentail for all components of life. Yet many of us do not create a plan as we age. Author Joy Loverde has written a book entilted "Whole Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old" that guides us though the aging process. Listen in and learn how Joy Loverde is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Having a plan is essentail for all components of life. Yet many of us do not create a plan as we age. Author Joy Loverde has written a book entilted "Whole Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old" that guides us though the aging process. Listen in and learn how Joy Loverde is creating Healing Ties all around us!

In this caregiver spotlight episode, meet Elizabeth's husband Jason Miller and find out how they not only survived their overlapping primary caregiving years but learned many self-care lessons through this journey that have shaped their future goals as a couple.

After four decades of training volunteers to offer comfort at the bedsides of the dying, psychologist and Shanti Project founder, Dr. Charles Garfield has created an essential guide for friends, family and healthcare professionals who want to ease someone's final days but don't know how to begin. Listen in and learn how Dr. Charles Garfield is creating Healing Ties all around us!

After four decades of training volunteers to offer comfort at the bedsides of the dying, psychologist and Shanti Project founder, Dr. Charles Garfield has created an essential guide for friends, family and healthcare professionals who want to ease someone's final days but don't know how to begin. Listen in and learn how Dr. Charles Garfield is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Children are sometimes overlooked when it comes to finding extra hands to help. Like many listeners, Elizabeth is in the sandwich generation caring for aging parents while raising her own family. In this episode, Elizabeth shares how helping her kids to become independent helped her create more time for herself and others.

From childhood on, we're barraged by messages that it's sad to be old. On this episode Author Ashton Applewhite is creating a movment to Change Ageism. Listen and and learn how Ashton is creating Healing Ties all around us

From childhood on, we're barraged by messages that it's sad to be old. On this episode Author Ashton Applewhite is creating a movment to Change Ageism. Listen and and learn how Ashton is creating Healing Ties all around us

Time is so precious when you are caregiving. Everyone seems to need something from you and there is only so much of you to go around. In this episode, Elizabeth shares four tried and true methods she has used to reclaim some time for herself.

In the first episode of Hospital Warrior, Advocates and Experts, Bonnie Friedman shares how she became an advocate for her husband, Bob, and some of the lessons of advocacy that she learned along the way.

Caregivers come from a variety of backgrounds, with one common goal, selfless care for their career. Listen in learn how these caregivers from AARP Caregiver Accelerator program have created a solution for caregivers from their own personal experience!

Caregivers come from a variety of backgrounds, with one common goal, selfless care for their career. Listen in learn how these caregivers from AARP Caregiver Accelerator program have created a solution for caregivers from their own personal experience!

Introducing The Whole Care Network with Show Host, Matt Gurwell from Keeping Us Safe, Host of Beyond Driving With Dignity on The Whole Care Network!

Introducing The Whole Care Network with Show Host, Matt Gurwell from Keeping Us Safe, Host of Beyond Driving With Dignity on The Whole Care Network!

Matt Estrade delivers education, facilitates support groups to help guide families who are facing diagnosis of dementia. Through Matt's blog, Peace With Dementia and his Nine Tips For Caregivers, Matt provides encouraging words and sound advice for everyone in a caregiving role. Listen in and learn how Matt Estrade is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Matt Estrade delivers education, facilitates support groups to help guide families who are facing diagnosis of dementia. Through Matt's blog, Peace With Dementia and his Nine Tips For Caregivers, Matt provides encouraging words and sound advice for everyone in a caregiving role. Listen in and learn how Matt Estrade is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Elizabeth shares how writing is helping her mentally during her caregiving journey and helping her to connect with her mom. She also shares simple ways that journaling and writing can be a part of your self-care.

Guilt is an unwanted emotion that many family caregivers face. Elizabeth shares her thoughts on guilt and how she comes to terms with it while caring for others.

A general introduction to the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast and its host family caregiver and Certified Caregiving Consultant Elizabeth Miller.