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Desperately Seeking Senior Living

For all the sons, daughters, grandkids, spouses and ALL caregivers who suddenly find themselves tangled in the search for senior living and care. We’re interviewing real families who have been through the process. We’re talking tips, red tape and industry speak. Let us help you go from desperate to doable!

Can You Negotiate Assisted Living Costs? - Ep 67

6 mins; September 26, 2022

Ep 66 What is Occupational Therapy and When Do You Need it?

23 mins; September 19, 2022

Ep 65 Home Health Care vs In-Home Care

8 mins; September 12, 2022

Ep 64 What are CCRC’s or a Buy-in Campus?

8 mins; September 05, 2022

Ep 63 What are Adult Family Homes?

8 mins; August 29, 2022

Ep 62 What is a Memory Care Community Like?

11 mins; August 22, 2022

Ep 61 Our Most Popular Tips from Families! From Caregiving to Finding Senior Care.

15 mins; August 15, 2022

Ep 60 Our Most Popular Tips Straight from the Professionals

15 mins; August 08, 2022

What Is Skilled Nursing and Who Is It For? | Ep 59

10 mins; August 01, 2022

Ep 58 What is Assisted Living and How do I Know I Need it?

8 mins; July 25, 2022

Ep 57 What is Independent Living?

6 mins; July 18, 2022

Ep 56 The Caregiving App with Guest Mike the Caregiver Guy

18 mins; July 11, 2022

Ep 55 Keeping Couples Together when One Has Alzheimer’s

7 mins; July 04, 2022

Ep 54 Does Your Senior Living Community Accept Medicaid in the Future?

7 mins; June 27, 2022

Ep 53 When Someone is Keeping You from Selling the House with guest Lilia Anderson

24 mins; June 20, 2022

Ep 52 What if You Can’t Afford Senior Living?

10 mins; June 13, 2022

Ep 51 Family Talk: Dr. Delon Canterbury, Overmedicated, Asked to Leave a Care Setting and Becoming the Caregiver

24 mins; June 06, 2022

Ep 50 From Pets to Pot, What Not to Bring to Senior Living

11 mins; May 30, 2022

Ep 49 Do You Suspect Your Loved One is Overmedicated? With guest Dr. Delon Canterbury

29 mins; May 23, 2022

Ep 48 They Asked You to Move Out Due to Memory Loss...Now What?

11 mins; May 16, 2022

Ep 47 Can Regular Assisted Living Work for Someone with Alzheimer’s or other Dementias?

15 mins; May 09, 2022

Ep 46 Family Talk: Jennifer Fink, Early Alzheimer’s, Refusing Help & Memory Care Communities

35 mins; May 02, 2022

Ep 45 Family Talk: Jodie - Denial, Separating Spouses, Transitional Trauma & Therapeutic Lying

34 mins; April 25, 2022

Ep 44 Legacy Songwriting with guest Hannah Pyett

18 mins; April 18, 2022

Ep 43 Easier Outings with Someone Suffering from Alzheimer’s or Dementia with guests Alicia & Jodie

20 mins; April 11, 2022

Ep 42 Managing Pain & Anxiety Through Music with guest Hannah Pyett

15 mins; April 04, 2022

Ep 41 Family Talk: Jonathon Gerson - Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s

13 mins; March 28, 2022

Ep 40 How do you Connect with those Suffering from Alzheimer’s with guest Jonathon Gerson

16 mins; March 21, 2022

Ep 39 Family Talk: Mike & Liz - Alzheimer’s & Traveling, Family Dynamics & Guilt

34 mins; March 14, 2022

Ep 38 The DNR - Do Not Resuscitate

7 mins; March 07, 2022

Ep 37 Transfer Trauma in Alzheimer’s with Co-Host Kelly Allen

22 mins; February 28, 2022

Ep 36 What Does Rest Actually Look Like? With Co-Host Kelly Allen

16 mins; February 21, 2022

Ep 35 The True Cost of Caring for Someone with Dementia with Co-Host Kelly Allen

20 mins; February 14, 2022

Ep 34 Toilet Talk! With guest Maria Lindbergh

20 mins; February 07, 2022

Ep 33 When to Consider a Residential Care Home with guest Chuck Bongiovanni

17 mins; January 31, 2022

Ep 32 Burnout, Therapy & Covid with Co-Host Kelly Allen

17 mins; January 24, 2022

Ep 31 Family Talk with Guest: Author Rosie Mankes - Touring Assisted Living, Transitioning to Memory Care & Taking Care of You Through the Process

31 mins; January 17, 2022

Ep 30 The Memory Care Move

11 mins; January 10, 2022

Ep 29 The Emotional Side of Moving with guest Tina Baril

16 mins; January 03, 2022

Ep 28 Family Talk: Kelly Allen - Caregiver burnout, difficult conversations and saying goodbye.

34 mins; December 27, 2021

Ep 27 All Things Moving Day

15 mins; December 20, 2021

Ep 26 Stay Home or Move to Senior Living? With guest Sherrel Caprio

17 mins; December 13, 2021

Ep 25 Family Talk: Peter - Out of State Caregiving, Difficult Conversations and Covid

26 mins; December 06, 2021

Ep 24 Why In-Home Care? With guest Margaret Vander Hyden

15 mins; November 29, 2021

Ep 23 Can You Compare the Cost of Assisted Living Apples to Apples?

11 mins; November 22, 2021

Ep 22 That First Phone Call to a Senior Living Community

9 mins; November 15, 2021

Ep 21 Family Talk: Angie - Nursing Home Roommates and Living Apart from Your Spouse

17 mins; November 08, 2021

Ep 20 Why is Moving to Senior Living Such a Difficult Decision? With Guest Amanda Kirilenko

17 mins; November 01, 2021

Ep 19 Family Talk: Host Valerie Borgman, Dementia, Hospice & The Chicago Cubs

31 mins; October 25, 2021

Ep 18 Music in Caregiving & Dementia with Guest Alexis Baker

20 mins; October 18, 2021

Ep 17 Family Talk: Host Valerie Borgman & Guest Adrienne Glusman share their grief experiences

9 mins; October 11, 2021

Ep 16 Using Art to Connect with those who have Dementia with guest Erica Curcio

26 mins; October 04, 2021

Ep 15 Family Talk: Adrienne Glusman, Young Life Interrupted - Caregiving & Grief at a young age

47 mins; September 27, 2021

Ep 14 When is it time to think about Assisted Living? With guest Max Oppenheimer

10 mins; September 20, 2021

Ep 13 Family Talk: Christine, Caregiving, moving and finding the right place

15 mins; September 13, 2021

Ep 12 What Happens on a Senior Living Tour? With guest Emilee Roy

13 mins; September 06, 2021

Ep 11 Family Talk: Julie, What memory loss looks like, communicating creatively & good friends

27 mins; August 30, 2021

Ep 10 Does one move really mean one move? With guest Erin Dwyer

13 mins; August 23, 2021

Ep 9 Family Talk: Donna & Sharon, A father’s memory loss, his dog Theo and his final days

22 mins; August 16, 2021

Ep 8 Letting go of your Home to Move to Senior Living with Guest Peter Gallagher

10 mins; August 09, 2021

Ep 7 Family Talk: Greg, Accessibility in the little things can make a big difference

29 mins; August 02, 2021

Ep 6 Staying motivated to exercise after a surgery, fall or stroke with guest Jan Hunter

12 mins; July 26, 2021

Planning Ahead for Memory Loss and Creative Care with Lee | Ep 5

23 mins; July 19, 2021

Does Medicare or Medicaid Pay for Assisted Living or Rehab? with Erin Dwyer | Ep 4

12 mins; July 12, 2021

Why Do So Many Memory Care Moves Happen? with Troy-Skott | Ep 3

24 mins; July 05, 2021

Executor vs POA vs Trustee: What Families Need to Know with Floy | Ep 1

24 mins; June 28, 2021

Do I Need Independent Living? with Max Oppenheimer | Ep 2

9 mins; June 28, 2021

Extended Trailer - Meet Your Host

1 min; June 25, 2021

Desperately Seeking Senior Living in 30 Sec

31 secs; June 14, 2021

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