Podcasts by Care Giver Life with Dignity Podcast

Family Dynamics - How to Avoid Drama from 2023-10-13T19:57:24

Family Dynamics - How to Avoid Drama

Drama is often hard to avoid when a family is stressed with sickness and disease. Fran and Sue delve into this challenge wit...

How To Recognize the Right Level of Care #40 from 2023-09-19T16:11:02

How To Recognize the Right Level of Care

Have you ever wondered how to determine the level of care that your family member needs; where they should be cared for and how l...

Adult Services with Margo Vesely from 2023-08-02T16:08:12

Adult Services with Margo Vesely

In this episode, Fran and Sue interview Margo Vesely who shares her life journey into adult services, and then they discuss various careg...

Strategies for Moving Your Loved Ones #38 from 2023-03-14T21:10:35

Strategies for Moving Your Loved Ones #38

Caring for an elderly loved one and moving them to a new home can be a challenging task.

1. Start with a plan: Dev...

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Special Needs Trusts with Nancy Roach #37 from 2023-03-09T19:39:27

Special Needs Trusts with Nancy Roach

In this episode Sue and Fran invite guest Nancy Roach to visit and speak about the challenges of Special Needs Trusts and their ability to create fin...

Shoulda Woulda Coulda Caregiving Advice from 2022-10-12T19:09:05

Shoulda Woulda Coulda Caregiving Advice

In this episode Sue asks Fran who asks Sue about caregiving advice that arrived from personal experiences caring for loved ones, and those...

The Ins and Outs of Having and Being a Power of Attorney from 2022-09-08T14:51:13

The Ins and Outs of Having and Being a Power of Attorney

In this episode Fran and Sue discuss Powers of attorney and ask the question, do you really know what you're sign...

Understanding Medicare with Medicare Mike Rice from 2022-08-01T20:34:59

Understanding Medicare with Medicare Mike Rice

What are the basics? Medicare is a complex program and can sometimes be confusing. · What are your coverage options? · Shou...

How To Place Your Loved One In A Nursing Facility from 2022-06-22T09:00

How To Place Your Loved One In A Nursing Facility

In this episode Sue and Fran discuss about the decision making process of choosing a  skilled nursing facility (Nursing ...

Five Things We Take For Granted You Need to Know from 2022-06-07T16:59:26

Five Things We Take For Granted You Need to Know

In this episode Fran and Sue discuss five things they take for granted, but understand not everyone knows. The topics include:

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Caregiving with Cannabis Products with Mr. CBD from 2022-05-18T16:00

Caregiving with Cannabis Products with Mr. CBD

In this episode Fran interviews Mr. CBD Chicago about the benefits of CBD and Cannabis THC products. The conversation discusses the cannabin...

Hoarding and Steps You Can Take to Help Part 2 from 2022-04-13T14:00

This is the second part of a series on hoarding. Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoard...

Hoarding and Steps You Can Take to Help Part 1 from 2022-03-29T20:59:17

Hoarding and Steps You Can Take to Help Part 1

Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with ...

Part 2 Understanding Dementia in a Loved One with Dr. Jennifer Stelter from 2022-03-14T15:49:33

Understanding Dementia in a Loved One Part 2 with Dr. Jennifer Stelter

This is the second part of our Dementia conversation. Caring for someone living with advanced Alzheimer disease is a...

Understanding Dementia in a Loved One with Dr. Jennifer Stelter from 2022-02-17T16:34:10

Understanding Dementia in a Loved One with Dr. Jennifer Stelter

Understanding Grief with Rev. Paul Cutler from 2021-12-14T20:40:55

Understanding Grief with Rev. Paul Cutler

Holidays are a tough time when you've lost a loved one. How can you navigate Christmas and New Years when the loss is ever present? Guest Rev. Pa...

How to Hire a Caregiver from 2021-11-08T22:31:01

How to Hire a Caregiver

In this episode Fran and Sue share advice on how to interview and choose a caregiver for your loved one. They explain what you can expect, what's important and wha...

So Long Summer Fiesta - a Thank You! from 2021-09-20T21:57:07

Join the Life with Dignity Team for an outdoor Fiesta!

Enjoy Mexican cuisine and margaritas from the taco truck and catch up face to face ...

Hospice and Palliative Care with Tammy Smith from 2021-06-17T10:00

Hospice and Palliative Care with Tammy Smith

For over 15 years Tammy has assisted families as they navigate some of the most challenging and emotional times in their lives. She recognizes...

Creative Caregiving from 2021-06-03T19:52:48

How creativity can support your caregiving journey

In this episode Fran and Sue discuss how creativity can support your caregiving journey

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Advocating for patient rights: the Jimmo Act from 2021-05-13T18:02:28

Advocating for patient rights: the Jimmo Act

Linda Strohschein is an estate planning and elder law attorney. Linda, Fran and Sue discuss long term care planning and the i...

Your Right To Choose #20 from 2021-04-07T16:00

Your Right To Choose #20

When it comes to your healthcare, you're the decision maker. In this episode Fran and Sue discuss how you have the right to choose since you're t...

Your Right To Choose #20 from 2021-04-07T16:00

Your Right To Choose #20

When it comes to your healthcare, you're the decision maker. In this episode Fran and Sue discuss how you have the right to choose since you're t...

I Care A Lot - A Movie Review #19 from 2021-03-30T16:34:09

I Care A Lot - A Movie Review

A new movie recently released by Netflix is reviewed and condemned for being all fiction and no reality when it comes to guardianship for th...

Applied Neuroplasticity for Caregivers with John Kennedy #18 from 2021-03-08T19:04:41

Applied Neuroplasticity for Caregivers with John Kennedy #18

John Kennedy is an innovative  master coach, consultant,  and trainer who has helped thousands of people and ...

Understanding the Dementia Connection Model from 2021-02-26T20:48:19

Understanding the Dementia Connection Model

In this episode Fran and Sue welcome back Dr. Jennifer Stelter (Clinical Psychologist) and Jessica Ryan (Biologist and Educator) to the podcast...

How To Recognize Exploitation from 2021-02-21T19:31:15

How To Recognize Exploitation

In this episode Fran and Sue share advice on how to recognize a situation where a loved one is being exploited. Exploitation is a case where...

Preparing for Elective Surgery from 2020-12-22T01:11:54

Preparing for Elective Surgery

What are the key elements?

1. What are the pre-op & post op procedure...
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How to be a Remote Advocate. from 2020-12-04T00:18:15

How to be a Remote Advocate

What to do when you cannot be on-site to advocate for a loved one. Listen

How to Pick an Attorney from 2020-07-29T21:42:16

How to Pick an Attorney

In this episode Sue and Fran discuss common concerns and advice regarding estate planning and asset protection.

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CareScout Services with Larry Nisenson from 2020-07-02T18:48:48

CareScout Services with Larry Nisenson

Alternative Solutions to Mental Anguish from 2020-06-03T11:00

Alternative Solutions to Mental Anguish

Brain Help with Oils

In this episode Fran and Sue welcome Dr. Jennifer Stelter (Clinical Psychologist) and Jessica Ryan (Bi...

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Reducing Stress with Scents from 2020-04-30T13:20:48

Reducing Stress with Scents 

Fran shares ways to relieve stress through Aroma Therapy. Sue asks Fran to share scents and examples that are soothing during times of stress.

Some exa...

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What We've Learned From Covid-19 from 2020-04-14T20:28:46

Fran and Sue are sequestered and share what they've learned from the experience. Topics discussed include how to be prepare yourself and your loved ones.

Three key elements discussed:

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Aroma Therapy for Caregivers from 2020-03-01T23:36:28

Aroma Therapy for Caregivers

Due to limits on psychotropic medications, there is an impact on patients who have behaviour issues. Aroma therapy speaks to that challenge. Sometimes medicat...

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How to Address Issues in Nursing Homes from 2020-02-18T03:17:07

How to Address Issues in Nursing Homes

Write down the facts of issues that your loved ones face in a nursing home. Facts matter and will allow you to keep your focus plus keep the emotion...

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How To Prepare for Surgery from 2020-02-17T23:58:33

How To Prepare for Surgery

Surgery is a dangerous and anxious time. The best way to mitigate risk and accelerate convalescence is to prepare. Proacti...

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What You Need to Know About Power Attorney from 2020-01-08T17:02:03

In this episode Fran and Sue explain the Power of Attorney, what it means for caregivers, friends and family members. Having the Power of Attorney is a significant responsibility and it’s best t...

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Self Care For Caregivers from 2019-12-04T21:04:58

To take care of others, you must take care of yourself. In this episode Fran and Sue provide advice on how caregivers can schedule time focused on themselves.

Self care is critical for he...

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How Guardianship is the Measure of Last Resort from 2019-12-04T17:10:27

In this episode Fran and Sue explain the definition of guardianship, the process for getting guardianship and the difficulties in that process that makes guardianship the measure of last resort....

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What to do when someone you live with is hospitalized from 2019-11-27T15:41:37

In this episode Fran and Sue discuss situations where a loved one is hospitalized with a life threatening illness. This difficult situation creates a toll on caregivers.

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Introduction to the Care Giver Life with Dignity podcast from 2019-11-27T15:38:42

In this introductory episode, Fran and Sue share their background in caregiving. First how they each entered the profession and next how they met to become business partners.

Lastly, they...

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