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Podcast: Medicare ABCs (and D!)
Medicare provides front-line health cost coverage for most Americans over the age of 65. However, Medicare can sometimes seem complicated and confusing. This podcast will help caregivers gain information about Medicare so they may assist loved ones in making good...
Podcast: Technology & Aging
There are an estimated 10 million Americans caring for one or more aging parents, in-laws and other family members. These caregivers are beginning to look at technology as a way to keep their loved ones more independent, more safe and more engaged with family and...
Podcast: Investment Fraud, Scams & Seniors
What is financial abuse? How and why does it impact seniors? What should adult-child caregivers know about financial abuse and the elderly? To help answer these questions, Jane Everson and Frances Hall talk with Lauren Benbow. Lauren is an attorney with the North...
Podcast: Living Confidently with Vision & Hearing Loss
Are you frustrated because your father can’t hear? Are you concerned about your mother’s vision loss? Do you worry about their safety in the home? Do you wish you could help them enjoy reading and watching television again? Perhaps you aren’t even aware that they...
Podcast: Strategies When Parents Experience Alzheimer’s
Talking with aging parents about sensitive subjects is almost always challenging for adult child caregivers. When parents have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another other age related form of dementia or memory loss, the conversations can be even more challenging....
Caregiving Is Wearing Me Out! Strategies for Managing Caregiver Fatigue
On February 9th, ACAP-Hickory is offering a program for adult-child caregivers of aging parents and other family caregivers titled “Caregiving is Wearing Me Out!” The speaker will be Dr. Adina Gabor-Gagea, Psy.D., Psychologist with Broughton Hospital and Brian Hissom...
ACAPcommunity Conference – “Balancing the Juggling Act”
On Saturday, November 5, ACAPcommunity presents its 2nd annual conference, “Balancing the Juggling Act,” in Hickory, NC. If you are an adult-child of an aging parent or a caregiver for a loved one, you won’t want to miss it!
Centre (PA) Daily Times — Organization offers adult caregiver support
// Centre Daily Times (PA) Organization offers adult caregiver support Centre County Adult Children of Aging Parents offers support to adult child caregivers Free programs offered the second Tuesday of every month in State College By Jeremy...
Podcast: Setting Boundaries & Balancing Family
Our aging population is creating historically unique challenges to families, the workforce, our medical and health care systems, and our caregiving culture. Ten million adult-child caregivers, the majority of whom are working-age adults are hit especially hard by...
Podcast: Housing Options for Seniors
As our parents age, they may need to change their housing arrangements. These changes may be relatively minor, such as modifying their homes to make them more physically accessible or safe or securing home-based medical, health, or companion services to allow them to...